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Personal information | |||
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Full name | George Kweku Davies[1] | ||
Date of birth | 16 November 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Freetown, Sierra Leone[2] | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Left midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Admira Wacker | ||
Number | 12 | ||
Youth career | |||
2011–2012 | FC Johansen | ||
2012 | Right to Dream Academy | ||
2012–2014 | Manchester City | ||
2014 | Greuther Fürth | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2017 | Greuther Fürth | 9 | (0) |
2017 | → Floridsdorfer AC (loan) | 15 | (1) |
2017–2023 | St. Pölten | 87 | (8) |
2018 | → Riga FC (loan) | 18 | (0) |
2023– | Admira Wacker | 37 | (6) |
International career‡ | |||
2013– | Sierra Leone | 11 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 07:49, 27 May 2024 (UTC) |
George Kweku Davies (born 16 November 1996) is a Sierra Leonean footballer who plays for Austrian Football Second League club Admira Wacker as a left midfielder.[3]
Club career
[edit]Davies has played youth football in Sierra Leone, Ghana and England for FC Johansen, Right to Dream Academy and Manchester City.[4]
Davies joined the youth team of German club Greuther Fürth in August 2014.[5] In November 2014 he signed a professional contract with them which runs until June 2019.[6] Davies made his first team league debut for the club on 16 December 2014 as a 71st-minute substitute in a 0-0 draw with VfL Bochum.[7]
In January 2017 Davies joined the Austrian club Floridsdorfer AC on loan.[8] On 19 July 2017, he joined SKN St. Pölten.[9]
International career
[edit]After receiving his first call up to the Sierra Leone national team in August 2012,[10] Davies made his senior international debut in 2013.[11][12]
References
[edit]- ^ George Davies at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ a b "Profile" (in German). SpVgg Greuther Fürth. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ^ George Davies at Soccerway
- ^ Mohamed Fajah Barrie. "FC Johansen promising star joins Manchester City affiliated academy". Sierra Leone Football. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- ^ "Kleeblatt-U23 bekommt Zuwachs aus Sierra Leone" (in German). fupa.net. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ "Davies unterschreibt in Fürth Lizenzspielervertrag" (in German). Bundesliga. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ Schmidt, Juergen. "SpVgg Greuther Fürth : VfL Bochum 1848". Greuther Furth. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ^ "Davies Deal mit Greuther Fürth" (in German). fac.at. 18 January 2017. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- ^ SKN St. Pölten verstärkt sich mit George Davies‚ laola1.at, 19 July 2017
- ^ Mohamed Fajah Barrie (28 August 2012). "Sierra Leone withdraw ineligible Nigerian from squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- ^ "George Davies". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ George Davies – FIFA competition record (archived)