George Davies (footballer, born 1996)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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] | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club 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) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2013– | Sierra Leone | 4 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:26, 12 March 2016 (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
- ↑ George Davies profile at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- 1 2 "Profile" (in German). SpVgg Greuther Fürth. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ↑ Mohamed Fajah Barrie. "FC Johansen promising star joins Manchester City affiliated academy". Sierra Leone Football. 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.
- ↑ Mohamed Fajah Barrie (28 August 2012). "Sierra Leone withdraw ineligible Nigerian from squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- ↑ "George Davies". National Football Teams. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ↑ George Davies – FIFA competition record