George Davies (footballer, born 1996)

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George Davies
Personal information
Full name George Kweku Davies[1]
Date of birth (1996-11-16) 16 November 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Freetown, Sierra Leone[2]
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Greuther Fürth
Number 25
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– Greuther Fürth 25 (0)
International career‡
2013– Sierra Leone 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:26, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:59, 16 November 2014 (UTC)

George Kweku Davies (born 16 November 1996) is a Sierra Leonean footballer who plays for German club Greuther Fürth, as a midfielder.

Career

Club career

Davies has played youth football in Sierra Leone, Ghana and England for FC Johansen, Right to Dream Academy and Manchester City.[3]

Davies joined the youth team of German club Greuther Fürth in August 2014.[4] In November 2014 he signed a professional contract with them which runs until June 2019.[5] 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.[6]

International career

After receiving his first call up to the Sierra Leone national team in August 2012,[7] Davies made his senior international debut in 2013.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ George Davies at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Profile" (in German). SpVgg Greuther Fürth. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  3. ^ Mohamed Fajah Barrie. "FC Johansen promising star joins Manchester City affiliated academy". Sierra Leone Football. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Kleeblatt-U23 bekommt Zuwachs aus Sierra Leone" (in German). fupa.net. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Davies unterschreibt in Fürth Lizenzspielervertrag" (in German). Bundesliga. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  6. ^ Schmidt, Juergen. "SpVgg Greuther Fürth : VfL Bochum 1848". Greuther Furth. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  7. ^ Mohamed Fajah Barrie (28 August 2012). "Sierra Leone withdraw ineligible Nigerian from squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  8. ^ "George Davies". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  9. ^ George Davies – FIFA competition record (archived)
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