Andrew Davies

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Andrew Davies

Personal information
Full name	Andrew John Davies
Date of birth	(1984-12-17) 17 December 1984 (age 27)
Place of birth	Stockton-on-Tees, England
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Bradford City
Youth career
1998–2002	Middlesbrough
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2002–2008	Middlesbrough	53	(0)
2005	→ Queens Park Rangers (loan)	9	(0)
2005–2006	→ Derby County (loan)	23	(3)
2007–2008	→ Southampton (loan)	12	(0)
2008	Southampton	11	(0)
2008–2012	Stoke City	2	(0)
2009	→ Preston North End (loan)	5	(0)
2009	→ Sheffield United (loan)	8	(0)
2010	→ Walsall (loan)	3	(0)
2011	→ Middlesbrough (loan)	6	(0)
2011	→ Crystal Palace (loan)	1	(0)
2011–2012	→ Bradford City (loan)	26	(2)
2012–	Bradford City	0	(0)
National team
2007	England U21	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:56, 5 May 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Andrew John Davies (born 17 December 1984) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Bradford City. He has been capped for England at Under-21 level.

Playing career

Middlesbrough

Davies was born in Stockton-on-Tees and went to Northfield School in Billingham near Middlesbrough. He joined Middlesbrough as a thirteen year old and moved up the ranks of the club, achieving a place in the reserve side. He signed professional terms with October 2002 after impressing in the Under-19s and as captain of the reserve team. He made his debut on 6 November 2002, in a League Cup defeat against Ipswich Town. His Barclaycard Premiership debut came three months later in a 5–2 defeat at home to Aston Villa.

He made nine further appearances during the 2003–04 season before suffering a broken leg in a reserve league game in March 2004. He made two appearances in the first half of the 2004–05 season before joining Queens Park Rangers on an initial one month's loan in January to gain some first team experience, eventually remaining there for three months. In July 2005 he was loaned out again, to Derby County.

This was initially for a period of six months, although it was later extended to a full season's loan. However, an injury crisis at Middlesbrough prompted them to recall Davies in January 2006. Davies had generally impressed during his time at Derby, despite being sent off on three occasions. On his return to the Riverside he played a significant role in Middlesbrough’s journey to the semi finals of the FA Cup and final of the UEFA Cup. With Gareth Southgate committing to youth in 2006–07, Davies found his way into the first team and made 23 appearances in all.

Southampton

Davies signed for Southampton on 9 October 2007 on an initial 3 month loan with a view to a permanent transfer in January.^[1] On 10 January 2008 the signing was made permanent, for an undisclosed fee.^[2]

He missed the last few matches of the 2007–08 season as a result of a fractured cheek bone incurred in March 2008. Despite only playing for half a season, he was voted the Saints "player of the season".

Stoke City

On 19 August 2008 he signed for newly promoted Stoke City for an undisclosed fee, signing a four year contract. Davies did not feature until the beginning of December 2008 when he made several appearances on the bench with his first being an away game against Newcastle. Davies made his Stoke City debut against Manchester United, coming on as a substitute for Rory Delap in the 72nd minute on Boxing Day 2008. Davies was filling in at right back after Andy Wilkinson had been sent off for a second bookable offence. He made another substitute appearance on 28 December 2008 against West Ham Davies made his first Stoke City start against Hartlepool in the F.A Cup third Round which ended in a shock 2–0 victory for the League One Side. Davies sustained an injury in the 71st minute when he fell in to the Hartlepool dugout. Davies played no further part in Stoke's 2008–09 campaign.

Loan moves

On 13 February 2009 Davies signed for Preston North End on a one month emergency loan.^[3] Having failed to make the bench for Stoke at the start of the 2009–10 season Davies joined Sheffield United on a three-month loan in September 2009, making his debut in the Steel City derby.^[4] With his loan expiring in December Davies returned to Stoke having played eight times for The Blades.^[5] After being left out of Stoke's 25 man squad, Davies joined Walsall for an initial months loan on 6 October 2010.^[6]

On 18 February, he re-joined Boro on loan for the rest of the 2010–11 season^[7] and made his debut against in a 3–2 victory at Millwall the same day.^[8]

On 3 August 2011 Davies joined Crystal Palace on a one-month loan deal,^[9] but only made one league appearance for the Eagles before returning to Stoke.

He signed for Bradford City on a three-month loan on 23 September 2011.^[10][11] He was sent off on both his debut and second game for Bradford, following a three-game suspension, prompting a further four-game ban. In December 2011 Davies agreed to extend his loan until the end of the season.^[12] He scored his first goal for the club with a curling free kick on 21 January 2012, in a 1-1 draw at home to Burton Albion.^[13] He appeared to score his second goal for the club against Bristol Rovers, however the goal was eventually credited to team mate David Syers.^[14] His second goal of 2012 came in the 5th minute of injury time against Port Vale in a 1 - 1 draw on the 14th February.^[15] Davies was sent off for a third time in the 2011/2012 season following a post-match brawl against Crawley Town. He received a 5 match ban and was one of 5 players to receive red cards following the brawl.

Bradford City

On 24 May 2012 Bradford announced that Davies had agreed a permanent contract on a one year deal.^[16]

International

Davies received one cap at England U21 level.

Family

His elder brother, Mark is a cricketer with Kent.

Career statistics

As of 5 May 2012

References

External links

• Andrew Davies player profile at saintsfc.co.uk
• Andrew Davies player profile at mfc.co.uk
• Andrew Davies career stats at Soccerbase