Adam Davies (footballer, born 1992)

Adam Rhys Davies (born 17 July 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as goalkeeper for Championship club Stoke City and the Wales national team.

Adam Davies
Davies with Wales in 2016
Personal information
Full name Adam Rhys Davies[1]
Date of birth (1992-07-17) 17 July 1992[2]
Place of birth Rinteln, Germany
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[3]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Stoke City
Number 16
Youth career
2006–2012 Everton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Sheffield Wednesday 0 (0)
2014–2019 Barnsley 184 (0)
2019– Stoke City 12 (0)
National team‡
2019– Wales 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:40, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:48, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

Davies began his career with Sheffield Wednesday after previously playing in the Everton Academy. He did not make any appearances for Wednesday and left for Barnsley in June 2014. At Oakwell Davies experienced promotion from League One in 2015–16, relegation from the Championship in 2017–18 and promotion again in 2018–19. In June 2019 Davies joined Stoke City.

Early life

Davies was born in Rinteln, Lower Saxony, with his father stationed in Germany while serving in the British Armed Forces.[4] His family moved to Warrington, where Davies attended Great Sankey High School.[5]

Club career

Early career

Davies started his career with the Everton youth system at the age of 14.[6] He started his scholarship with Everton in July 2008[7] and broke into the under-18 team during the 2008–09 season.[6] He was named as the Academy Player of the Season for 2009–10.[8] Davies joined the first team on a pre-season tour of the United States in July 2011[9] before playing regularly for the reserve team in 2011–12.[6] He was released by Everton at the end of the season.[10]

Davies signed for Championship club Sheffield Wednesday on 23 October 2012 on a month-to-month contract as backup to first-choice goalkeeper Chris Kirkland.[11] He was an unused substitute for the first team on multiple occasions throughout the 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons[12] before being released by the club.[13]

Barnsley

Davies signed for League One club Barnsley on 13 June 2014 on a two-year contract.[14] He made his first-team debut on 9 August 2014 in the opening match of 2014–15, a 1–0 home defeat to Crawley Town.[15] Davies played 25 times in 2014–15 as the Tykes were unable to mount a promotion challenge finishing in 11th.[15] He signed a new contract with Barnsley in May 2015.[16] Barnsley had a successful 2015–16 season as they recovered from a slow start to gain promotion via the play-offs, beating Millwall 3–1 in the 2016 Football League One play-off Final.[17] They also beat Oxford United 3–2 in the 2016 Football League Trophy Final.[18]

On 26 January 2017, Davies signed a new contract with Barnsley until June 2019.[19] Davies was a ever-present in 2016–17 helping the side finish in a safe mid-table position of 14th.[20] He was appointed as the team's vice-captain on 3 August 2017.[21] He was later named first team captain.[22] Barnsley were relegated from the Championship in 2017–18.[23]

Davies was one of the key players in Barnsley's 2018–19 season, during which the Tykes won promotion back to the Championship, starting 42 of their 46 games.[24] He made vital contributions in crucial fixtures, most notably the away fixtures against Doncaster Rovers and Portsmouth, saving a second-half penalty in the latter.[25][26] On 26 March 2019, Davies was one of four Barnsley players named in the EFL Team of the Season for League One.[27] Davies was also named in the overall EFL Team of the Season on 8 April 2019.[28] Davies' season was again recognised on 24 April 2019 when he was named in the PFA Team of the Year for League One along with four teammates.[29] He was offered a new contract by Barnsley at the end of the 2018–19 season.[30]

Stoke City

Davies signed for Championship club Stoke City on 25 June 2019 along with Barnsley teammate Liam Lindsay.[31] He made his debut for Stoke in an FA Cup tie against Brentford on 4 January 2020.[32][33] He made his Championship debut for Stoke on 12 July 2020 in a 2–0 victory against Birmingham City in place of the injured Jack Butland.[34] Davies kept his place in the side for the final few matches of the 2019–20 season and impressed as Stoke remained unbeaten to avoid relegation from the Championship.[35]

International career

Davies was called up to the Wales national team squad on 4 October 2016 to replace the injured Danny Ward for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Austria and Georgia.[36] He made his debut on 20 March 2019 in a 1–0 friendly win over Trinidad and Tobago at the Racecourse Ground in Wrexham, coming on at half time for Danny Ward.[37]

He made another competitive debut on 14 October 2020 in a win over Bulgaria in Sofia replacing injured Wayne Hennessey.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 27 October 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sheffield Wednesday 2012–13[38] Championship 0000——00
2013–14[39] Championship 000000—00
Total 000000—00
Barnsley 2014–15[15] League One 23000101[lower-alpha 1]0250
2015–16[40] League One 38010109[lower-alpha 2]0490
2016–17[20] Championship 4602010—490
2017–18[23] Championship 3501030—390
2018–19[41] League One 42030002[lower-alpha 3]0470
Total 184070601202090
Stoke City 2019–20[42] Championship 401000—50
2020–21[43] Championship 800040—120
Total 1201040—170
Career total 1960801001202260
  1. Appearance in Football League Trophy
  2. Six appearance in Football League Trophy, three in League One play-offs
  3. Appearances in EFL Trophy

International
As of match played 15 October 2020[44]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Wales 201910
202010
Total20

Honours

Barnsley

Individual

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