Alex Davey

Alex Davey
Personal information
Full name Alexander James Davey[1]
Date of birth (1994-11-24) 24 November 1994
Place of birth Welwyn Garden City, England
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Playing position Defender
Youth career
2005–2014 Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Chelsea 0 (0)
2014–2015 → Scunthorpe United (loan) 13 (0)
2015–2016 → Peterborough United (loan) 7 (0)
2016 → Stabæk (loan) 5 (0)
2016–2017 → Crawley Town (loan) 14 (0)
National team‡
2012–2013 Scotland U19 7 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:14, 3 December 2016 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:10, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

Alexander James "Alex" Davey (born 24 November 1994) is a professional footballer who is currently a free agent, having decided to leave Chelsea in the summer of 2017.[3]

Club career

Chelsea

Born in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, Davey joined Chelsea at the age of ten. He made his Under-18 debut for the club as a schoolboy during the 2010–11 season, making 12 appearances. That season Davey also made his debut for the club's Reserves against Manchester United in April 2011.[4]

In 2011–12 Davey lifted the FA Youth Cup and was youth team manager Adi Viveash’s pick of the players in the second leg of the final as the trophy was won. Davey signed his first professional contract in July 2012.[4] During the following season he was one of only two players – along with Lewis Baker – to feature in every game of both the NextGen Series and FA Youth Cup campaigns when the final was reached in both. He also became a regular at the heart of the Under-21 team defence, often partnering Nathan Aké. In total, he made 17 appearances for the older age group, finishing the season as the highest appearance maker.[4] In 2014 Chelsea won the inaugural Under-21 Premier League.[5] Davey made 14 appearances and scored in a 4–1 win against Southampton at St Mary's Stadium.[4]

Before Davey was sent on his first loan deal to Scunthorpe United, he signed a new deal keeping him with the Blues until the end of the 2016 season.[4]

On 26 November 2014, Davey joined Scunthorpe of League One on loan until 3 January 2015. He made his debut for the club in a 2–1 victory at Barnsley three days later, playing the full 90 minutes.[6] His loan was extended to 30 June 2015, the end of the season.[7] On 17 December, Davey scored as his team defeated Worcester City 14–13 in a penalty shootout in the FA Cup second round, a record score in the competition.[8] He scored his first senior goal n a 2–2 draw against Chesterfield in the following round on 6 January 2015.[9][10]

On 8 August 2015, Davey joined another League One team, Peterborough United, on a one-month loan deal.[11][12] He made his debut for them the same day in a 2–0 away defeat to Rochdale, playing the full 90 minutes.[13] On 1 September, he signed an extension of his loan until 3 January 2016, after impressing under manager Dave Robertson.[14]

On 15 March 2016, Davey joined Norwegian side Stabæk on loan until 22 July 2016.[15] On 20 March 2016, Davey made his Stabæk debut in a 2–1 home defeat to Molde, playing the full 90 minutes.[16] Davey went on to appear four more times for Stabæk before the club terminated his loan in early June 2016.[17]

On 12 August 2016, Davey joined League Two side Crawley Town until 3 January 2017.[18] A day later, Davey made his Crawley Town debut in a 1–1 draw against Doncaster Rovers, playing the full 90 minutes.[19] After falling out of favor under manager; Dermot Drummy, Crawley decided against extending his loan deal in January 2017. So he therefore, returned to Chelsea along with team-mate Mitchell Beeney, after appearing 18 times in all competitions.[20]

On 17 May 2017, Davey announced via Twitter that he would be leaving Chelsea upon the expiry of his current deal in June 2017.[3]

International career

On the international stage Davey has represented Scotland at under-19 level, though still remains eligible for England.

Davey made his debut against Germany under-19 in August 2012 as part of the UEFA Under-19 European Championship qualifying campaign [21]

Career statistics

As of 3 December 2016.[22][23]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Scunthorpe United (loan) 2014–15 League One 130410000171
Peterborough United (loan) 2015–16 League One 70002010100
Stabæk (loan) 2016 Tippeligaen 5000——50
Crawley Town (loan) 2016–17 League Two 14020002[lower-alpha 1]0180
Career total 380612020481
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

Honours

Club

Chelsea Reserves[24]

References

  1. ↑ "Barclays Premier League Squad Lists 2013/14 are revealed" (PDF). Premier League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Iron sign defender Davey". Scunthorpe United Official Site. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  3. 1 2 Alex Davey on Twitter
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Chelsea F.C. - Alex Davey". Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "Chelsea F.C crowned.Barclays Under 21 Premier League Champions".
  6. ↑ "Iron bring Davey in for Boyce". scunthorpe-united.co.uk. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "Davey extends Scunthorpe loan". chelseafc.com.
  8. ↑ Scott, Ged (18 December 2014). "Worcester City 1-1 Scunthorpe". Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  9. ↑ Jack Carnell. "REPORT: IRON 2-2 CHESTERFIELD". scunthorpe-united.co.uk.
  10. ↑ "BBC Sport - Scunthorpe United 2-2 Chesterfield". BBC Sport.
  11. ↑ "Chelsea defender loaned to Peterborough". BBC Sport. 8 August 2015.
  12. ↑ "Posh Sign Chelsea Defender". Peterborough United F.C. 8 August 2015.
  13. ↑ "BBC Sport - Rochdale 2-0 Peterborough United". BBC Sport. 8 August 2015.
  14. ↑ "Davey loan extended". Chelsea FC. 1 September 2015.
  15. ↑ "Defender makes loan move to Norway". Chelsea F.C. 15 March 2016.
  16. ↑ "Stabæk vs. Molde (1 : 2)". One Football. 20 March 2016.
  17. ↑ Strømnes, André (7 June 2016). "To spillere ferdige i Stabæk". Budstikka (in Norwegian). p. 13.
  18. ↑ "Davey in Crawley loan switch". Chelsea F.C. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  19. ↑ "Doncaster Rovers 1-1 Crawley Town". BBC Sport. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  20. ↑ "Loan pair return". Crawley Town Official Site. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  21. ↑ http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_fa_news.cfm?page=2986&newsCategoryID=6&newsID=10389
  22. ↑ Alex Davey at Soccerway
  23. ↑ "Alex Davey". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  24. ↑ "Alex Davey: Chelsea Profile". Retrieved 21 August 2016.
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