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Joshua Solomon-Davies (born 20 November 1999) is a Saint Lucian semi-professional footballer who plays as a right back for the Saint Lucia national football team. He currently plays for Marine in the Northern Premier League,[2] winning promotion to the Northern Premier League Premier Division at the end of the 2021/22 season following victory in the play off final.[3]

Josh Solomon-Davies

Personal information
Full name	Joshua Solomon-Davies
Date of birth	(1999-11-20) 20 November 1999 (age 22)
Place of birth	Castries, Saint Lucia[1]
Position(s)	Right back
Club information
Current team	Marine
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2018	Tranmere Rovers	2	(0)
2018–2019	Stalybridge Celtic	18	(1)
2019–	Marine	58	(1)
National team‡
2016-2018	St Lucia U20	6	(0)
2019–	St Lucia	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:51, 24 October 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 March 2019

Early life

Solomon-Davies was born in Saint Lucia to an English father, and moved to England at the age of six.[4] His grandfather, Carlos "Ball" Southwell was a Saint Lucian footballer.[5]

While a pupil at St Anselm's College, Birkenhead (Edmund Rice Trust), he won the national 100 metres final in 11.3 seconds, competing in the English Schools' Athletics Championships, in Bedford, in July 2015, aged 15.[6]

Career

At age 17 Solomon-Davies made his professional debut with Tranmere Rovers in a 1-0 National League win over Maidstone United on 29 April 2017.

The following season, on the 24th of April, 2018, Solomon-Davies made his second senior team appearance for Tranmere Rovers in the home fixture against Solihull Moors, losing 2–1.[7]

Having declined the offer of a professional contract with Tranmere Rovers, Solomon-Davies signed with Stalybridge Celtic on the 27th of September, 2018, on a non-contract basis.[8]

In August 2019, he signed for Marine.[9] Solomon-Davies appeared in every round as Marine F.C. progressed to the Third Round of the FA Cup during the 2020/21 season where they were rewarded with a home tie versus Tottenham Hotspur, the widest gap (167 places) between two competing clubs in FA Cup history. [10]

International career

On the 22nd of October, 2016, Solomon-Davies made his international debut, aged 16, for Saint Lucia's Under-20 team against Haiti in the Caribbean Union qualifying tournament for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup held at the Ergilio Hato Stadium, Curaçao. Solomon-Davies went on to represent Saint Lucia throughout the tournament in subsequent games against Trinidad & Tobago and Cuba.[11]

Solomon-Davies made his senior debut for the Saint Lucia national football team in a 1-0 friendly loss to Grenada on the 28th of February, 2019.[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 29 November 2020

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		EFL Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Tranmere Rovers	2016–17[13]	National League	1	0	0	0	—		0	0	1	0
	2017–18[14]		1	0	0	0	—		0	0	1	0
Total		2	0	0	0	—		0	0	2	0
Stalybridge Celtic	2018–19[15]	Northern Premier League Premier Division	18	1	0	0	—		1[lower-alpha 1]	0	19	1
Marine	2019–20[16]	Northern Premier League Division One North West	29	1	4	0	—		3[lower-alpha 2]	0	36	1
	2020–21[17]		2	0	5	0	—		2[lower-alpha 1]	0	9	0
Total		31	1	9	0	—		5	0	45	1
Career total			51	2	9	0	—		6	0	66	2

International

As of match played 2 March 2019[18]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Saint Lucia	2019	2	0
Total		2	0

References

External links

• Josh Solomon-Davies at Soccerway
• Josh Solomon-Davies at National-Football-Teams.com
• Rovers Rearguard Profile
• Stalybridge Celtic Profile

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