Archie Davies
Davies playing for Whitehawk in August 2017
Personal information
Full name Archie Daniel Davies[1]
Date of birth (1998-10-07) 7 October 1998
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)

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.

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

Career

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]

Personal life

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]

Career statistics

As of match played 3 November 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Whitehawk (loan) 2017–18[2] National League South 8000—0080
Brighton & Hove Albion U21 2018–19[13] ———3[lower-alpha 1]030
2019–20[14] ———3[lower-alpha 1]030
Brighton & Hove Albion 2019–20[14] Premier League 000010—10
Crawley Town 2020–21[8] League Two 34020002[lower-alpha 1]0380
2021–22[9] 33010112[lower-alpha 1]0371
Total 670301140751
Aldershot Town 2022–23[15] National League 28010—2[lower-alpha 2]0310
Dundalk 2023[2] LOI Premier Division 35030—5[lower-alpha 3]0430
2024[2] 0000—0000
Total 35030—00430
Career total 138070211701641
  1. 1 2 3 4 appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. ↑ appearances in FA Trophy
  3. ↑ 4 appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League & 1 appearance in Leinster Senior Cup

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Notification of shirt numbers: Crawley Town" (PDF). English Football League. 11 September 2020. p. 24. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Archie Davies at Soccerway. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  3. 1 2 Howard, Derren (2 October 2019). "Brighton and Hove Albion first team debut for talented young St Leonards footballer". Hastings Observer. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  4. ↑ "Seagulls Youngster Loaned To Neighbouring Hawks". Pitchero Non-League. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  5. ↑ "Brighton 1–3 Aston Villa". BBC Sport. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ "Dannie Bulman: Football League's oldest player signs new deal at Crawley Town". BBC Sport. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Games played by Archie Davies in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  9. 1 2 3 "Games played by Archie Davies in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  10. ↑ "Crawley Town 2 Gillingham 2 (Gillingham win 10-9 on penalties): Shootout heartache for Reds in Carabao Cup".
  11. ↑ "2021/22 RELEASED AND RETAINED LIST". www.crawleytownfc.com. 20 May 2022.
  12. ↑ "NEW SIGNING: Shots Sign Davies! | Aldershot Town FC". 16 June 2022.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Archie Davies in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  14. 1 2 "Games played by Archie Davies in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Archie Davies in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
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