George Davies (footballer, born 1996)

George Davies
Personal information
Full nameGeorge Kweku Davies[1]
Date of birth16 November 1996
Place of birthFreetown, Sierra Leone[2]
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[2]
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
Greuther Fürth
Number25
Youth career
2011–2012FC Johansen
2012Right to Dream Academy
2012–2014Manchester City
2014Greuther Fürth
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2014–Greuther Fürth2(0)
National team‡
2013–Sierra Leone4(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:50, 12 April 2015 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ 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 profile at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "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. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  9. ↑ George Davies – FIFA competition record