| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ulises Alejandro Dávila Plascencia | ||
| Date of birth | 13 April 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Vitesse (on loan from Chelsea) |
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| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Guadalajara | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2008–2011 | Guadalajara | 15 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | → Tapatio (loan) | 18 | (3) |
| 2011– | Chelsea | 0 | (0) |
| 2011– | → Vitesse (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2007–2011 | Mexico U-20 | 11 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Ulises Alejandro Dávila Plascencia (born 13 April 1991 in Guadalajara, Jalisco) is a Mexican professional footballer, currently playing as an Attacking Midfielder for the Dutch Eredivisie club Vitesse, on loan from Chelsea.
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In July 2006 Dávila was champion with Guadalajara in the category 1990–91 in the National Youth Championship, with a 1–0 win over Pachuca, where he scored the only goal. That same year, Chivas also won the Manchester United Premier Cup "Generation 1991", beating Arsenal by a score of 2–1. In the 2008/09 season he was on loan at affiliate club Tapatio scoring three goals in eighteen matches in the Primera División A.
He made his debut in the Primera Division on 29 August 2009, in a 2-2 draw against Pachuca. Dávila featured in five matches in the Copa Libertadores tournament.
On 27 August 2011, it was announced that Dávila signed for English club Chelsea, signing a 5-year contract making him the first Mexican to sign with Chelsea F.C.[1]
On 30 August 2011, it was announced that Dávila joined Dutch football club Vitesse on loan for the 2011-12 season.[2] He was given the number 24 jersey. He made his club debut against Roda JC Kerkrade on the 17 September 2011, with the game ending in a 5-0 win for Vitesse.[3] Unlike his teammate from Chelsea, Tomáš Kalas, Dávila has been struggling to get into the starting XI and has been an unused substitute for a number of games.[4] Recently, he's been playing for their reserve side and has seem promising, scoring 3 goals in 3 games.[5]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||||||
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| Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | ||
| CD Tapatio | 2008–09 | 18 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 18 | 3 | — | ||||||
| Total | 18 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | 3 | - | |
| C.D. Guadalajara | ||||||||||||||||
| 2009–10 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | — | |||||
| 2010–11 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | — | |||||||
| Total | 15 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | |
| Chelsea | 2011-12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vitesse (loan) | 2011-12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
He has also been part of the under-20 team that played the 2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, in which Mexico finished as champions. He also participated in the 2011 Toulon Tournament in France, where Mexico finished in fourth place.
Dávila was part of the 20 man squad that participated in the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia. Mexico would eventually finish third in the tournament, and he was able to score one goal.
Dávila received his first call up to the senior national team to play the 2011 Copa America, to replace one of the five players that were suspended for having disciplinary problems in Quito, Ecuador. He did not play in any of Mexico's matches.
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