Rhys Norrington-Davies

Rhys Llewelyn Norrington-Davies (born 22 April 1999) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a defender for Stoke City, on loan from Premier League club Sheffield United, and the Wales national team.

Rhys Norrington-Davies
Personal information
Full name Rhys Llewelyn Norrington-Davies[1]
Date of birth (1999-04-22) 22 April 1999
Place of birth Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Stoke City
(on loan from Sheffield United)
Number 46
Youth career
Bow Street
Aberystwyth Town
Merstham
0000–2017 Swansea City
2017–2018 Sheffield United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Sheffield United 0 (0)
2018–2019 → Barrow (loan) 28 (0)
2019–2020 → Rochdale (loan) 27 (1)
2020–2021 → Luton Town (loan) 18 (0)
2021– → Stoke City (loan) 4 (0)
National team‡
2017 Wales U19 3 (0)
2017– Wales U21 14 (0)
2020– Wales 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:48, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:40, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

Education

Born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,[3] Norrington-Davies was educated at Ysgol Penglais in Aberystwyth,[4] and Royal Russell School in Croydon, South London.[5]

Club career

Norrington-Davies played at youth level for Bow Street,[6] Aberystwyth Town,[7] and Merstham.[8] He played for Swansea City, before joining Sheffield United's academy in 2017.[3] He joined Barrow on a one-month loan in September 2018,[9] before the loan was extended to the end of the season in October.[10] He moved on loan to Rochdale in July 2019 on a season-long loan.[11]

Norrington-Davies joined Championship club Luton Town on a season-long loan on 3 September 2020.[12][13] On 12 January 2021, he was recalled by Sheffield United after making 22 appearances in all competitions,[14] and was loaned to Stoke City later that day.[15]

International career

Norrington-Davies is a Wales under-19 and under-21 international.[16][17][18] He was called up to the senior Wales squad for the first time in October 2020.[19] He made his full international debut for Wales on 14 October 2020 in the starting line-up for the 1-0 Nations League win against Bulgaria. [20]

Career statistics
As of match played 30 January 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sheffield United 2018–19[21] Championship 000000—00
2019–20[22] Premier League 000000—00
2020–21[23] Premier League 000000—00
Total 000000—00
Barrow (loan) 2018–19[18] National League 28010—00290
Rochdale (loan) 2019–20[22] League One 27140201[lower-alpha 1]0341
Luton Town (loan) 2020–21[23] Championship 1801030—220
Stoke City (loan) 2020–21[23] Championship 400000—40
Career total 771605010891
  1. Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy.

References
  1. "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2019" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  2. "Rhys Norrington-Davies". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  3. "Rhys Norrington-Davies – Defender – First Team – Rochdale AFC". Rochdale A.F.C. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  4. "'Dream come true' as Aber footballer is called up by Ryan Giggs". Cambrian News.
  5. "Why football is a league for gentlemen". The Spectator. 8 September 2018.
  6. https://twitter.com/BowStreetFC/status/1311713345708404736
  7. "Jenkins to lead out Wales at Aber". Cambrian News.
  8. "Folkestone Invicta 1–4 Merstham (2016–17 FA Youth Cup) – YouthHawk". youthhawk.co.uk. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  9. "Youth internationals make AFC loan moves". The Mail (Barrow). 15 September 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  10. "Rhys-Norrington Davies extends loan with Barrow AFC". The Mail (Barrow). 8 October 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  11. "Rhys Norrington-Davies: Sheffield United defender joins Rochdale on a season-long loan". BBC Sport. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  12. "RHYS NORRINGTON-DAVIES JOINS THE HATTERS ON LOAN FROM SHEFFIELD UNITED!". Luton Town. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  13. "Luton sign Norrington-Davies on loan" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  14. "Rhys Norrington-Davies recalled by Sheffield United". Luton Town F.C. 12 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  15. "Stoke sign left-back Norrington-Davies" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  16. "From Croydon to Wales. Former U18 skipper makes his Wales U19 debut". Kinetic Foundation. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  17. Rhys Norrington-Davies at WorldFootball.net
  18. Rhys Norrington-Davies at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  19. "Gareth Bale: Wales without Tottenham star for England and Nations League matches". BBC. 30 September 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  20. "Williams gives Wales late win in Bulgaria" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  21. "Games played by Rhys Norrington-Davies in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  22. "Games played by Rhys Norrington-Davies in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  23. "Games played by Rhys Norrington-Davies in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
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