Ben Davies (footballer, born 1995)

Benjamin Keith Davies (born 11 August 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or left-back for Premier League club Liverpool.

This article is about the English footballer. For the Welsh footballer, see Ben Davies (footballer, born 1993). For other people named Ben Davies, see Benjamin Davies (disambiguation).

Ben Davies
Davies with Preston North End in 2016
Personal information
Full name Benjamin Keith Davies[1]
Date of birth (1995-08-11) 11 August 1995[2]
Place of birth Barrow-in-Furness, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[3]
Position(s) Centre-back, left-back[4]
Club information
Current team
 Liverpool
Number 28
Youth career
0000–2013 Preston North End
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2021 Preston North End 136 (2)
2013–2014 → York City (loan) 44 (0)
2014 → Tranmere Rovers (loan) 3 (0)
2015 → Southport (loan) 9 (0)
2016 → Newport County (loan) 19 (0)
2017 → Fleetwood Town (loan) 22 (1)
2021– Liverpool 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:57, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

Davies spent most of his early career with Preston North End, and has had loan spells with York City, Tranmere Rovers, Southport, Newport County, and Fleetwood Town.

Career

Preston North End

Born in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria,[5] Davies signed with the youth 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 assist for Nicky Wroe's 60th-minute equaliser and picked up a yellow card for a foul on Cyrus Christie.[7][8] He drew praise from Preston manager Graham Westley, who likened Davies' transition into the first team to that of George Boyd at Stevenage.[8] Davies kept his place for the next match at home against Shreswbury Town.[7] His second match did not go as well as his debut, conceding a 90th-minute penalty (for which he picked up a booking), fouling Marvin Morgan in the penalty box.[7][9] He was substituted shortly after for Paul Huntington, with Preston to ultimately lose the match.[9] He signed a one-year professional contract 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 loan.[11] He made his debut in a 1–0 home win over Northampton Town on 3 August 2013, in the first match of 2013–14.[12] On 15 August 2013, his loan was extended until January 2014,[13] having appeared in York's opening two matches.[12] He signed a two-year contract extension at the end of the season.[14] He played 47 times for York City as they qualified for the League Two play-offs, but lost 1–0 to Fleetwood Town in the semi-final.[15]

Davies joined Tranmere Rovers of League Two on 19 September 2014 on a one-month loan[16] and made his debut a day later in a 2–1 home defeat to Exeter City.[17] He played in four matches for Tranmere, returning to Preston once the loan ended on 22 October 2014.[18] He joined National League club Southport on 11 September 2015 on a one-month loan,[19] and made his debut a day later in a 2–1 away defeat 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 youth loan,[22] subsequently extended until the end of 2015–16.[23] He made 19 league appearances for Newport County.[24]

On 2 January 2017, Davies joined League One club Fleetwood Town on loan for the remainder of 2016–17.[25] He made his debut for the club on the same 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 contract in July 2017.[29] He signed a new three-and-a-half-year deal in March 2018.[30] Davies won Preston's Young Player of the Year award for the 2017–18 season.[31] He won Preston's Player of the year award for the 2018–19 season, as well as the Sir Tom Finney Player of the Year award.[32]

Liverpool

On 1 February 2021, Davies moved to Liverpool on a long-term contract for an undisclosed fee,[33] reported to be an initial fee of £500,000, plus £1.1m in performance-related add-ons.[34][35] Sepp van den Berg also moved in opposite direction on loan for the rest of the season as part of the deal.[35] Davies joined Liverpool on the same day as Ozan Kabak.

Style of play

Davies is a left-sided centre-back who can also play at left-back.[15]

Career statistics
As of 1 February 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Preston North End 2012–13[7] League One 3000000030
2014–15[17] League One 4000200060
2015–16[24] Championship 000010—10
2016–17[27] Championship 00—20—20
2017–18[36] Championship 3410010—351
2018–19[37] Championship 4010010—411
2019–20[38] Championship 3601010—380
2020–21[39] Championship 1900000—190
Total 13621080001452
York City (loan) 2013–14[12] League Two 440——3[lower-alpha 1]0470
Tranmere Rovers (loan) 2014–15[17] League Two 30——1[lower-alpha 2]040
Southport (loan) 2015–16[20] National League 90———90
Newport County (loan) 2015–16[24] League Two 19010——200
Fleetwood Town (loan) 2016–17[27] League One 22120—2[lower-alpha 3]0261
Liverpool 2020–21[39] Premier League 0000000000
Career total 23334080602513
  1. One appearance in Football League Trophy, two in League Two play-offs
  2. Appearance in Football League Trophy
  3. Appearances in League One play-offs

References
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  6. "Barrow boy Ben's dream PNE debut". North-West Evening Mail. Barrow-in-Furness. 28 January 2013. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013.
  7. "Games played by Ben Davies in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  8. "PNE youngster set for the top". Lancashire Evening Post. Preston. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  9. "Preston 1–2 Shrewsbury". BBC Sport. 2 February 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  10. "Davies targeting regular PNE spot". Lancashire Evening Post. Preston. 4 May 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  11. "York City bring in Preston defender Ben Davies on loan". BBC Sport. 19 July 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
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  13. Davies, Ben [@BenDavies1108] (15 August 2013). "Really happy to say I've extended my loan until January @yorkcityfc. Really enjoying it so far!⚽" (Tweet). Retrieved 3 September 2017 – via Twitter.
  14. "Davies extends contract at Preston". BBC Sport. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  15. Markham, Carl (2 February 2021). "Who is Ben Davies? Everything you need to know about Liverpool's new centre-back". The Independent. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  16. "Tranmere Rovers: Ben Davies joins from Preston on loan". BBC Sport. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
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  18. "Davies loan spell ends". Tranmere Rovers F.C. 22 October 2014. Archived from the original on 21 June 2017.
  19. "Ben Davies: Preston North End defender joins Southport on loan". BBC Sport. 11 September 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  20. "B. Davies: Soccerway". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  21. "Ben Davies heads back to Preston". Sky Sports. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  22. Seddon, Dave (7 January 2016). "PNE defender joins Newport". Lancashire Evening Post. Preston. Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  23. "Newport County to keep Preston's Ben Davies for season". BBC Sport. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  24. "Games played by Ben Davies in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  25. "Ben Davies signs on loan from Preston North End". Fleetwood Town F.C. 2 January 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  26. "Report: Fleetwood start 2017 with a great win at Shrewsbury". Fleetwood Town F.C. 2 January 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  27. "Games played by Ben Davies in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  28. Scrivener, Peter (7 May 2017). "Fleetwood Town 0-0 Bradford City (agg: 0-1)". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  29. "Defender Davies signs new Preston deal". BBC Sport. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  30. "Davies signs new Preston North End deal". BBC Sport. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  31. "Player Of The Year Awards 2018". www.pnefc.net. Preston North End F.C. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  32. "2018/19 Player Of The Year Awards: The Winners". www.pnefc.net. Preston North End F.C. 27 April 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  33. Carroll, James (1 February 2021). "Liverpool seal signing of Ben Davies on long-term deal". Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  34. "Ben Davies determined to make most of 'surprise' Liverpool transfer". ca.finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  35. "Liverpool complete £1.6m Ben Davies signing from Preston". Goal.com. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
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  37. "Games played by Ben Davies in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  38. "Games played by Ben Davies in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  39. "Games played by Ben Davies in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
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