Charlie Davies
Davies during a 2011 regular season match against the Houston Dynamo
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| Full name | Charles Desmond Davies | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | June 25, 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Manchester, New Hampshire, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team
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Philadelphia Union | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2004–2006 | Boston College Eagles | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Westchester Flames | 9 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | Hammarby | 56 | (21) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2012 | Sochaux | 10 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | → D.C. United (loan) | 26 | (11) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Randers FC | 23 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | → New England Revolution (loan) | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | New England Revolution | 60 | (14) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2016– | Philadelphia Union | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 2004–2005 | United States U20 | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | United States U23 | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | United States | 17 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 15, 2016. |
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Charles Desmond "Charlie" Davies (born June 25, 1986) is an American soccer player who plays as a striker with the Philadelphia Union in Major League Soccer.
Davies set several soccer records at his high school, the Brooks School, before appearing for the Boston College Eagles and the Westchester Flames in college. Davies signed his first professional contract with Swedish Allsvenskan club Hammarby IF in December 2006 before joining Sochaux in July 2009.
Davies has been capped seventeen times for the United States national team, with four international goals.
On October 13, 2009, Davies was involved in a serious car crash on the George Washington Parkway that killed a fellow passenger and left Davies with severe injuries that kept him out of the 2010 World Cup, and effectively ended his international career.
On July 30, 2016, Davies and the New England Revolution announced that he had been diagnosed with cancer.
Born in Manchester, New Hampshire, as a child Davies was encouraged to play soccer and coached by his father Kofi Davies, an immigrant from the Gambia. He attended the Brooks School in North Andover, Massachusetts and graduated in 2004. While there he set many Brooks scoring records, scoring twenty-nine and thirty goals in his junior and senior seasons, respectively. In his senior campaign, Davies led Brooks School to a 15–0 league record, and New England Class-A Championship. Davies also starred in wrestling at Brooks, earning National Prep All-American his senior season.
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