Arron Davies
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Arron Rhys Davies | ||
| Date of birth | 22 June 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Cardiff, Wales | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Northampton Town | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–1997 | Cardiff City | ||
| 1997–2002 | Southampton | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2002–2004 | Southampton | 0 | (0) |
| 2004 | → Barnsley (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2004–2007 | Yeovil Town | 101 | (22) |
| 2007–2010 | Nottingham Forest | 32 | (1) |
| 2009 | → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2010 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Yeovil Town (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Peterborough United | 22 | (1) |
| 2011– | Northampton Town | 15 | (4) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2003 | Wales U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2004–2006 | Wales U21 | 14 | (4) |
| 2006 | Wales | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:18, 7 January 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Arron Rhys Davies (born 22 June 1984 in Cardiff, Wales) is a Welsh international footballer who currently plays for Northampton Town.
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[edit] Club career
[edit] Southampton
Davies was brought up in Llantwit Major, where he attended Llantwit Major Comprehensive School.
He joined Southampton's Centre of Excellence at Bath [1] before moving up to the Academy. He made his first appearance for the reserves in September 2001 and became a regular for the Saints reserves in the 2002–03 season after moving from the wing to a striking role. In March/April 2003 he scored 4 times in 5 reserve games, which brought him to the attention of first team manager Gordon Strachan who named Davies in his initial 20 man squad for the 2003 FA Cup final although he failed to make the bench. He also travelled to Bucharest for Saints' UEFA Cup tie.
Although seemingly on the verge of breaking into the senior team, Davies never made a first team appearance for Southampton. In February 2004 he went on loan to Second Division side Barnsley where he made four appearances, although never being on the winning side. Following the arrival of Harry Redknapp as Southampton manager in December 2004, Davies was released.[2]
[edit] Yeovil Town
On 16 December 2004, he moved to Yeovil Town on a free transfer. After a solid first season with the Glovers, Davies blossomed during 2005–06, scoring 8 league goals. On 4 March 2006, he scored a hat-trick at Chesterfield.[3]
In 2006–07 Davies scored 6 league goals. On 18 May 2007, he scored twice in Yeovil's 5–2 Football League One play-off semi-final win against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground helping Yeovil to a 5–4 aggregate win.[4]
[edit] Nottingham Forest
In a combined £1.2m deal with team-mate Chris Cohen, Davies moved to another League One side, Nottingham Forest, on 6 July 2007, signing a 3 year contract.[5] He has missed the start of the 2007–08 campaign due to injury but finally made his debut by coming off the bench in Forest's 0–0 draw against Oldham. He scored his first goal for the club in the 2–0 win against Crewe Alexandra, but a couple of injuries saw him move down the pecking order and failed to make any real impact for The Reds, scoring just once in nineteen appearances. He did, however, help Forest gain promotion to the Championship. The 2008–09 season was ruined by injury limiting him to just 12 league appearances all season.
On 1 September 2009, Davies signed a loan deal with League One side Brighton & Hove Albion until 31 December 2009.[6] However, after only 7 appearances, Brighton terminated his loan spell on 2 December 2009 and Davies returned to Nottingham Forest.[7]
On 19 January 2010, Davies, along with James Reid, Aaron Mitchell and Joe Heath, had his contract terminated by mutual consent.
[edit] Return to Yeovil
A proposed move to join his former club, Yeovil Town, in January 2010 collapsed because FIFA regulations state that a player "may only play for two clubs in any one season where he has been on contract or a standard loan", which prevented him signing for a third club.[8] To avoid these regulations, on 11 February 2010, Davies was signed on non-contract terms for Brighton & Hove Albion and then was immediately loaned out until the end of the season back to Yeovil.[9]
[edit] Peterborough United
Having been released by Yeovil at the end of the season Davies was signed by former boss Gary Johnson for Peterborough United on a two year contract.[10] Having made 28 appearances scoring 1 goal during the 2010–11 season he was originally transfer listed and then had his contract terminated by mutual consent by new manager Darren Ferguson.[11]
[edit] Northampton Town
Davies was signed by Gary Johnson for a third time on 30th June 2011 signing for League Two side Northampton Town.[12]
[edit] International career
Davies has represented his country at all levels including captaining Wales at under-21 level. He earned his first senior international cap for Wales, coming off the bench in a friendly against Trinidad and Tobago shortly before the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
[edit] Career Statistics
| Season | Club | League | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2002-03 | Southampton | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003-04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barnsley | Football League Second Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2004–05 | Southampton | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yeovil Town | Football League Two | 23 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 9 | |
| 2005–06 | Football League One | 39 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 10 | |
| 2006–07 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 8 | ||
| 2007–08 | Nottingham Forest | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |
| 2008–09 | Football League Championship | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| 2009–10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Brighton & Hove Albion | Football League One | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Yeovil Town | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | Peterborough United | 22 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 1 | |
| 2011–12 | Northampton Town | Football League Two | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 |
| Career totals | 191 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 224 | 33 | ||
[edit] Honours
- League Two champion: 2004–05
- League One play-off final runner up: 2006–07
- League One runner-up: 2007–08
- League One Play Off Winner (promotion to The Championship): 2010–11
[edit] References
- ^ Saints' youth team news update (broken link)
- ^ Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk (2003). In That Number – A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC. Hagiology. ISBN 0-9534474-3-X.
- ^ Chesterfield 0–3 Yeovil
- ^ Dead-eye Davies sends Yeovil to Wembley
- ^ Forest seal deal for Glovers duo
- ^ One In, One Out, Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., 1 September 2009
- ^ Forest Duo Leave Albion The Argus, 2 December 2009. Retrieved 2 December 2009
- ^ "Yeovil Town are denied the signing of Arron Davies". BBC Sport. 29 January 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/y/yeovil/8485202.stm.
- ^ "A Huish Park Return for Arron". Yeovil Town F.C.. 11 February 2010. http://www.ytfc.net/page/NewsDetail/0,,10673~1946128,00.html. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
- ^ "Arron Davies signs two-year Peterborough deal". BBC Sport. 9 July 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/peterborough_united/8805102.stm.
- ^ "Peterborough United release listed winger Arron Davies". BBC Sport. 29 June 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13960516.stm.
- ^ "Davies is latest new addition". Northampton Town F.C.. 30 June 2011. http://www.ntfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10425~2366685,00.html.
[edit] External links
- Arron Davies career stats at Soccerbase
- Photo gallery whilst with Wales under-21 team
- Profile on Yeovil Town fansite
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- 1984 births
- Living people
- People from Cardiff
- Welsh footballers
- Wales youth international footballers
- Wales under-21 international footballers
- Wales international footballers
- Southampton F.C. players
- Barnsley F.C. players
- Yeovil Town F.C. players
- Nottingham Forest F.C. players
- Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players
- Peterborough United F.C. players
- Northampton Town F.C. players
- The Football League players
