Simon Davies (footballer born 1979)
Davies playing for Wales in October 2006
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Simon Davies | ||
| Date of birth | 23 October 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Haverfordwest, Wales | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Solva | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Solva | |||
| Wrexham | |||
| Peterborough United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–2000 | Peterborough United | 65 | (6) |
| 2000–2005 | Tottenham Hotspur | 121 | (13) |
| 2005–2007 | Everton | 45 | (1) |
| 2007–2013 | Fulham | 137 | (13) |
| 2013– | Solva | ? | (?) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1998–2001 | Wales U21 | 10 | (0) |
| Wales B | 1 | (0) | |
| 2001–2010 | Wales | 58 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:23, 17 May 2012 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:31, 16 July 2011 (UTC) |
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Simon Davies (born 23 October 1979) is a Welsh international footballer who plays as a winger for Solva in Pembrokeshire League Division Two. Davies started his career at Peterborough United before playing for Premier League clubs Tottenham Hotspur, Everton and Fulham, earning a runner-up medal during the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League with Fulham. Davies made more than 350 appearances at senior club level in England, along with earning 58 caps for the Welsh national team.
Born in Haverfordwest, Davies grew up in nearby Solva and played locally as a junior for Solva AFC, before becoming a trainee at Wrexham and then moving to Peterborough United at the age of 15. After graduating from the side's academy system, he quickly established himself as a first team player with the club, amassing over 50 first team appearances before he turned 20.
At the end of the 98/99 season he was named in the Division Three team of year, and as Peterborough's player of the year.
After a trial with Manchester United in July 1999, Davies' performances for Peterborough encouraged Tottenham Hotspur manager George Graham to spend £700,000 to take him, along with fellow winger Matthew Etherington, to White Hart Lane on 31 December 1999.
Davies made his Spurs debut on 9 April 2000 during a 2–0 defeat against Liverpool.
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