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Archie Daniel Davies (born 7 October 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for National League club Aldershot Town.

Archie Davies

Davies playing for Whitehawk in August 2017
Personal information
Full name	Archie Daniel Davies[1]
Date of birth	(1998-10-07) 7 October 1998 (age 24)
Place of birth	St Leonards-on-Sea, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Aldershot Town
Number	2
Youth career
0000–2014	Crystal Palace
2014–2017	Brighton & Hove Albion
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2020	Brighton & Hove Albion	0	(0)
2017	→ Whitehawk (loan)	8	(0)
2020–2022	Crawley Town	67	(0)
2022–	Aldershot Town	15	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:25, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

He played youth football with Crystal Palace and Brighton & Hove Albion and had a loan spell from the latter at Whitehawk in 2017. He made his senior debut for Brighton & Hove Albion in 2019, before joining his current club, Crawley Town in August 2020. He signed for Aldershot Town in summer 2022.

Career

Brighton & Hove Albion

Davies played youth football for Crystal Palace before joining Brighton & Hove Albion at the age of 15. He signed his first professional contract with the club in 2017.[3]

Davies joined Whitehawk on loan in August 2017,[4] and played a total 8 league games for them.[2]

Davies made his professional debut for Brighton & Hove Albion, on 25 September 2019 in a 3–1 defeat at home against Aston Villa in the EFL Cup.[5]

Davies was released by Brighton in the summer of 2020 upon the expiry of his contract.[6]

Crawley Town

Davies signed for Crawley Town on 1 August 2020 following his release from Brighton.[7] His first appearance for Crawley on 8 September 2020 in a 2–1 EFL Trophy defeat to Gillingham.[8] He made his league debut for the club four days later in a 2–0 defeat to Port Vale.[8] In total he made 38 appearances across the 2020–21 season.[8]

On 10 August 2021, Davies scored his first senior goal with a 95th-minute equaliser in a 2–2 EFL Cup draw Gillingham. Crawley lost the penalty shoot-out despite Davies scoring his penalty.[9][10] He made 37 appearances during 2021–22 season.[9] Davies was released by Crawley in June 2022.[11]

Aldershot Town

On 16 June 2022, it was announced that Davies had joined National League club Aldershot Town on a one-year contract.[12]

Personal life

Davies was born in St Leonards-on-Sea and grew up in St Leonards-on-Sea and Lanzarote before attending Buckswood School. He can speak Spanish.[3]

Career statistics

As of match played 3 September 2022

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Domestic Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Whitehawk (loan)	2017–18[2]	National League South	8	0	0	0	—		0	0	8	0
Brighton & Hove Albion U21	2018–19[13]	—			—		—		3[lower-alpha 1]	0	3	0
	2019–20[14]	—			—		—		3[lower-alpha 1]	0	3	0
Brighton & Hove Albion	2019–20[14]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	1	0	—		1	0
Crawley Town	2020–21[8]	League Two	34	0	2	0	0	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	38	0
	2021–22[9]	League Two	33	0	1	0	1	1	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	37	1
	Total		67	0	3	0	1	1	4	0	75	1
Aldershot Town	2022–23[15]	National League	7	0	0	0	—		0	0	7	0
Career total			82	0	3	0	2	1	10	0	97	1

References

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