Benjamin Keith Davies ( bear 11 August 1995 ) is an english professional football player who plays as a centre-back or left-back for Championship club Sheffield United, on loan from Liverpool of the. Davies spent most of his early on career with Preston North End, and had loanword spells with York City, Tranmere Rovers, Southport, Newport County and Fleetwood Town.
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career [edit ]
Preston North end [edit ]
Born in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, [ 5 ] Davies signed with the young system at Preston North end after being spotted playing for Furness Rovers aged 11. [ 6 ] He made his debut for the first team in a home 2–2 draw against Coventry City on 26 January 2013 at the age of 17 years, completing 83 minutes before being replaced by David Buchanan. [ 7 ] During the match, he provided an help for Nicky Wroe ‘s 60th-minute counterweight and picked up a yellow card for a fetid on Cyrus Christie. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] He drew praise from Preston coach Graham Westley, who likened Davies ‘ transition into the first gear team to that of George Boyd at Stevenage. [ 8 ] Davies kept his stead for the next match at home against Shreswbury Town. [ 7 ] His second match did not go vitamin a well as his debut, conceding a 90th-minute punishment ( for which he picked up a booking ), fouling Marvin Morgan in the punishment box. [ 7 ] [ 9 ] He was substituted shortly after for Paul Huntington, with Preston to ultimately lose the match. [ 9 ] He signed a annual professional shrink at Preston, with an option to extend for a second year, in May 2013, after being named the club ‘s scholar of the year for the 2012–13 season. [ 10 ] Davies joined League Two club York City on 19 July 2013 on a one-month lend. [ 11 ] He made his debut in a 1–0 home winnings over Northampton Town on 3 August 2013, in the first couple of 2013–14. [ 12 ] On 15 August 2013, his loanword was extended until January 2014, [ 13 ] having appeared in York ‘s opening two matches. [ 12 ] He played 47 times for York City as they qualified for the 2014 League Two play-offs, but lost 1–0 to Fleetwood Town in the semi-final. [ 14 ] He signed a biennial sign extension with Preston in May 2014. [ 15 ] Davies joined Tranmere Rovers of League Two on 19 September 2014 on a one-month loanword [ 16 ] and made his debut a day late in a 2–1 home frustration to Exeter City. [ 17 ] He played in four matches for Tranmere, returning to Preston once the loanword ended on 22 October 2014. [ 18 ] He joined National League club Southport on 11 September 2015 on a one-month loanword, [ 19 ] and made his introduction a day late in a 2–1 off kill to Forest Green Rovers. [ 20 ] Davies was recalled by Preston on 20 October 2015, to provide cover for injured defensive players, [ 21 ] having made nine appearances for Southport. [ 20 ] On 7 January 2016, Davies joined Newport County of League Two on a one-month young person loanword, [ 22 ] subsequently extended until the end of 2015–16. [ 23 ] He made 19 league appearances for Newport County. [ 24 ]
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On 2 January 2017, Davies joined League One club Fleetwood Town on loanword for the remainder of 2016–17. [ 25 ] He made his introduction for the club on the like day, starting a 1–0 away win over Shrewsbury Town. [ 26 ] He made 22 league appearances for Fleetwood Town and scored once as they qualified for the play-offs, [ 27 ] though Fleetwood were knocked out by Bradford City in the semi-final. [ 28 ] Davies signed a new three-year narrow in July 2017. [ 29 ] He signed a new three-and-a-half-year cover in March 2018. [ 30 ] Davies won Preston ‘s Young Player of the Year award for the 2017–18 temper. [ 31 ] He won Preston ‘s Player of the year award for the 2018–19 season, a well as the Sir Tom Finney Player of the Year award. [ 32 ]
liverpool [edit ]
Davies signed for Premier League club Liverpool on 1 February 2021 on a long-run shrink for an undisclosed fee, [ 33 ] reported to be an initial tip of £500,000, plus £1.1 million in performance-related add-ons. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] Sepp van den Berg besides moved in the opposite steering on lend for the rest of the season as part of the cover. [ 35 ] Davies did not make an appearance for Liverpool during the end of the 2020–21 season. [ 36 ] He joined newly relegated Championship club Sheffield United on 16 August on loanword for the 2021–22 season. [ 37 ]
style of play [edit ]
Davies is a left-sided centre-back who can besides play at left-back. [ 14 ]
career statistics [edit ]
- As of match played 4 December 2021
References [edit ]
- Profile at the Liverpool F.C. website
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