Archie_Davies
Archie Davies
English footballer
Archie Daniel Davies (born 7 October 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for League of Ireland Premier Division side Dundalk.
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Davies playing for Whitehawk in August 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Archie Daniel Davies[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1998-10-07) 7 October 1998 (age 25) | ||
| Place of birth | St Leonards-on-Sea, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Dundalk | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–2014 | Crystal Palace | ||
| 2014–2017 | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2020 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Whitehawk (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Crawley Town | 67 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Aldershot Town | 28 | (0) |
| 2023– | Dundalk | 35 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:00, 5 November 2023 (UTC) | |||
He played youth football with Crystal Palace and Brighton & Hove Albion and had a loan spell from the latter at Whitehawk in 2017. He made his senior debut for Brighton & Hove Albion in 2019, before joining his current club, Crawley Town in August 2020. He signed for Aldershot Town in summer 2022. He joined Dundalk in January 2023 on a multi year deal
Brighton & Hove Albion
Davies played youth football for Crystal Palace before joining Brighton & Hove Albion at the age of 15. He signed his first professional contract with the club in 2017.[3]
Davies joined Whitehawk on loan in August 2017,[4] and played a total 8 league games for them.[2]
Davies made his professional debut for Brighton & Hove Albion, on 25 September 2019 in a 3–1 defeat at home against Aston Villa in the EFL Cup.[5]
Davies was released by Brighton in the summer of 2020 upon the expiry of his contract.[6]
Crawley Town
Davies signed for Crawley Town on 1 August 2020 following his release from Brighton.[7] His first appearance for Crawley on 8 September 2020 in a 2–1 EFL Trophy defeat to Gillingham.[8] He made his league debut for the club four days later in a 2–0 defeat to Port Vale.[8] In total he made 38 appearances across the 2020–21 season.[8]
On 10 August 2021, Davies scored his first senior goal with a 95th-minute equaliser in a 2–2 EFL Cup draw Gillingham. Crawley lost the penalty shoot-out despite Davies scoring his penalty.[9][10] He made 37 appearances during 2021–22 season.[9] Davies was released by Crawley in June 2022.[11]
Aldershot Town
On 16 June 2022, it was announced that Davies had joined National League club Aldershot Town on a one-year contract.[12]
Davies was born in St Leonards-on-Sea and grew up in St Leonards-on-Sea and Lanzarote before attending Buckswood School. He can speak Spanish.[3]
- As of match played 22 January 2024
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Whitehawk (loan) | 2017–18[2] | National League South | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Brighton & Hove Albion U21 | 2018–19[13] | — | — | — | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20[14] | — | — | — | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 2019–20[14] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Crawley Town | 2020–21[8] | League Two | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| 2021–22[9] | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 37 | 1 | ||
| Total | 67 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 75 | 1 | ||
| Aldershot Town | 2022–23[15] | National League | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Dundalk | 2023[2] | LOI Premier Division | 35 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 5[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 43 | 0 | |
| 2024[2] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Total | 35 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | 44 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 138 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 165 | 2 | ||
- appearances in EFL Trophy
- appearances in FA Trophy
- 4 appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League & 1 appearance in Leinster Senior Cup
- Appearances in Leinster Senior Cup
Individual
- "Notification of shirt numbers: Crawley Town" (PDF). English Football League. 11 September 2020. p. 24. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- Archie Davies at Soccerway. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- Howard, Derren (2 October 2019). "Brighton and Hove Albion first team debut for talented young St Leonards footballer". Hastings Observer. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- "Seagulls Youngster Loaned To Neighbouring Hawks". Pitchero Non-League. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- "Brighton 1–3 Aston Villa". BBC Sport. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- Naylor, Andy (8 June 2020). "'It's gutting to be released now... when you can't say goodbye to your mates'". The Athletic. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- "Dannie Bulman: Football League's oldest player signs new deal at Crawley Town". BBC Sport. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- "Games played by Archie Davies in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- "Games played by Archie Davies in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- "2021/22 RELEASED AND RETAINED LIST". www.crawleytownfc.com. 20 May 2022.
- "NEW SIGNING: Shots Sign Davies! | Aldershot Town FC". 16 June 2022.
- "Games played by Archie Davies in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- "Games played by Archie Davies in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- "Games played by Archie Davies in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
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