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Steven Davis
Davis Nov2010.jpg
Davis playing for Rangers
Personal information
Full name Steven Davis
Date of birth 1 January 1985 (1985-01-01) (age 27)
Place of birth Ballymena, Northern Ireland
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Centre midfielder
Club information
Current club Rangers
Number 8
Youth career
St Andrews Boys Club
2002–2004 Aston Villa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2004–2007 Aston Villa 91 (5)
2007–2008 Fulham 22 (0)
2008 → Rangers (loan) 12 (0)
2008– Rangers 136 (17)
National team‡
2003–2004 Northern Ireland U21 3 (0)
2005– Northern Ireland 51 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 March 2012.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 Ocotber 2011

Steven Davis (born 1 January 1985) is a Northern Irish association footballer who captains Scottish Premier League club Rangers and the Northern Ireland national team. Davis made his full international debut in 2005 and has since been capped 51 times at senior level, scoring four goals.

Davis began his career with Premier League side Aston Villa and made his first appearance for the club in 2004 against Norwich City. Davis was named "Young Player of the Year", "The Fans Player of the Year" and "Player of the Year" for season 2005-06 after making 42 appearances during the season. Davis was sold to Fulham for £4million in the summer of 2007. He fell out of favour after then manager Lawrie Sanchez left the club and was loaned to Scottish side Rangers in January 2008 for an initial six months. He was part of the side that reached the 2008 UEFA Cup final and that won the League Cup and Scottish Cup. The move was made permanent in the summer of 2008 for £3million. As of the end of season 2010-11, Davis has made over 160 appearances for the Glasgow club, winning three consecutive league titles in 2009, 2010 and 2011, two Scottish Cups and three League Cups.

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[edit] Club career

[edit] Aston Villa

Davis as an Aston Villa player.

Davis, who was born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, started his career at St Andrews Boys Club before transferring to Aston Villa in 2002.[1][2] He was a member of the 2002 FA Youth Cup winning team that beat Everton 4–2 in the final.[3][4] His first professional appearance was on 18 September 2004, he was a 57 minute replacement for Nolberto Solano in a Premier League match against Norwich City.[5]

By October 2005 he was a regular for the club and missed only one game for Villa in the 2005/06 season.[3] Davis was named Villa's "Young Player of the Year", "The Fans Player of the Year" and "Player of the Year" for 2005/06.[3][6] His form prompted the Northern Ireland manager Lawrie Sanchez, to state that Davis could be "another Frank Lampard".[7] Davis made 102 appearances for Villa and scored nine times.[8]

[edit] Fulham

In the summer of 2007 Davis followed team-mate Aaron Hughes to Fulham on 5 July 2007 to team up with international manager Lawrie Sanchez, for a fee of around £4 million.[1] He made his Fulham debut against Arsenal on 12 August 2007 and made 22 appearances for Fulham before his dream move to Rangers.[9].[10]

[edit] Rangers

On 31 January 2008 Davis was signed on a six-month loan deal by Rangers, the club he supported as a boy.[10] Davis made his Rangers debut against Panathinaikos in the UEFA Cup on 13 February.[11] He scored his first goal, again in European competition, against German side Werder Bremen.[12] Davis scored for Rangers in the penalty shootout against Dundee United that won Rangers the League Cup.[13] He also helped the team reach the 2008 UEFA Cup Final[14] and won the Scottish Cup in May.[15]

On 21 August 2008, Davis made his move from Fulham permanent in a deal worth £3m, signing a four-year contract.[16] He made his first appearance of the season for Rangers against Aberdeen during a 1–1 draw the day after he permanently signed.[17] He scored his first goal for Rangers, since his move became permanent, against Motherwell.[18] On 9 May 2009, Davis scored the only goal in the final Old Firm derby of the season to take Rangers to the top of the SPL by two points.[19] Davis won the SPL title and Scottish Cup with Rangers in the 2008–09 season.[20]

Davis began his goalscoring in the 2009–10 season against St. Mirren on 27 January.[21] He continued his goalscoring form against Falkirk in the next game curling a free kick into Robert Olejnik's top right hand corner.[22] Davis's performances in January 2010 earned him the SPL player of the month award.[23] Davis was named SPFA Players' Player of the Year on 2 May 2010 and won the SPL and League cup each for the second time.[24]

Davis scored his first goal of the 2010-11 season against Motherwell at Ibrox in October 2010, when he collected the ball 30 yards from goal before striking it into the top corner.[25] The goal drew comparisons to former Rangers favourite Ian Durrant.[25] Davis followed this up by scoring the winning goal in the match against Inverness at Ibrox in January 2011.[26] In the 2011 Scottish League Cup Final against Celtic Davis opened the scoring in a match which Rangers won 2-1 after extra time.[27] This was the third time Davis had won the Scottish League Cup.[27] Davis scored in back to back games in the 2011 title run in against Motherwell[28] and then Hearts[29] before playing his 54th and final game of the season in a 5-1 win over Kilmarnock as Rangers won their 3rd consecutive SPL championship.[30]

On July 19 2011, Davis signed a new five-year contract with Rangers.[31] Davis was made Rangers temporary captain with the absence of formal club captain David Weir for the first part of the 2011-12 season.[32] Davis scored his first goal of season 2011-12 in a 2-0 win over Aberdeen at Ibrox in August.[33] In the first old firm match of the 2011-12 season Davis provided two assists in the game as Rangers beat Celtic 4-2.[34] After Rangers beat Dunfermline 4-0 at East End Park Rangers manager Ally McCoist praised Davis's performance by saying "It was a captain's performance from the best player on the park."[35] For his performances during September 2011 Davis received the SPL player of the month award.[36]

[edit] International career

Davis made his full international debut on 9 February 2005 in a 1–0 loss to Canada, and made the assist in Northern Ireland's famous 1–0 victory over England in a 2006 World Cup qualification match.[37] Davis' first goal came against Wales in a 3–2 defeat.[38] He was also part of the side who beat Spain 3–2 at Windsor Park in September 2006.[39]

On 21 May 2006 he became Northern Ireland's youngest modern day captain against Uruguay in the United States, unfortunately his tenure as captain got off to a losing start, as the team lost 1–0.[3][40]

[edit] International goals

Scores and results list Northern Ireland's goal tally first

Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 8 October 2005 Windsor Park, Belfast  Wales 2–2 2–3 2006 World Cup qualifying
2 15 October 2008 Windsor Park, Belfast  San Marino 4–0 4–0 2010 World Cup qualifying
3 10 August 2011 Windsor Park, Belfast  Faroe Islands 2–0 4–0 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
4 7 October 2011 Windsor Park, Belfast  Estonia 1–0 1–2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

[edit] Career statistics

As of 3 March 2012[41]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Aston Villa 2004–05 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 29 1
2005–06 35 4 4 2 3 2 0 0 42 8
2006–07 28 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 31 0
Total 91 5 5 2 6 2 0 0 102 9
Fulham 2007–08 22 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 25 0
Total 22 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 25 0
Rangers 2007–08 12 0 4 0 1 0 9 1 26 1
2008–09 34 6 5 1 4 0 0 0 43 7
2009–10 36 3 5 0 3 1 6 0 50 4
2010–11 37 4 3 0 3 1 10 0 53 5
2011–12 29 4 1 0 1 0 4 0 35 4
Total 148 17 18 1 12 2 29 1 207 21
Career total 261 22 24 3 20 4 29 1 334 30

[edit] Honours

Aston Villa

Rangers

Personal awards

[edit] References

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