Liam Davis (footballer)

Liam Davis

Personal information
Full name	Liam Lloyd Davis[1]
Date of birth	23 November 1986[1]
Place of birth	Wandsworth, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Playing position	Midfielder / Defender
Club information
Current team	GAIS
Number	3
Youth career
2001–2002	Fulham
2002–2005	Coventry City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2008	Coventry City	11	(0)
2006	→ Peterborough United (loan)	7	(0)
2008–2011	Northampton Town	79	(8)
2011–2013	Oxford United	67	(3)
2013–2015	Yeovil Town	35	(1)
2016–	GAIS	18	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:22, 28 November 2016 (UTC).

Liam Lloyd Davis (born 23 November 1986) is an English professional footballer who plays for GAIS.

Playing style

Born in Wandsworth, Greater London, Davis is a predominately left-footed player, a winger who can also operate at left back or behind the front man. His former Northampton Town manager Ian Sampson stated that "He has the ability to take players on and to be a match-winner for us."

Career

Davis joined Coventry City as a 16-year-old trainee from Fulham's Academy. He made his Coventry debut in September 2005, aged 18, in a Football League Championship clash against Hull City at the Ricoh Arena. He then spent the start of the 2006/07 campaign on loan at Football League Two outfit Peterborough United, playing 7 games. He returned to feature in three first-team matches for Coventry under Iain Dowie at the tail-end of the season and signed a new one-year deal at the club in May 2007. He had made rapid progress since arriving in the Midlands, but injuries restricted his progress in the first half of 2007/08. However, an impressive substitute appearance in a 2–1 in over Ipswich Town in December prompted an extended run in the side, both on the left wing and in an unaccustomed role at left-back.

At the end of the 2007/08 season, Davis was told his contract would not be renewed and he was free to find a new club as then manager Chris Coleman did not think he would feature regularly in his plans. Davis then signed for Football League One side Northampton Town on a two-year contract on 6 June 2008.^[2] An unfortunate metatarsal injury in Davis's second season restricted him to only 46 appearances in the two seasons but he showed glimpses of his talent through his goals against Grimsby Town^[3] and Morecambe^[4] during the 2009/10 season. He signed a one-year contract extension in June 2010. The season brought a good cup run which saw Northampton Town beat Premier League giants Liverpool at Anfield, where Davis put in a performance that gained recognition from clubs in higher leagues.^[5] On 13 May 2011, it was announced that Davis would be leaving Northampton at the end of his contract.

On 29 July 2011, Davis signed a one-year deal with Oxford United.^[6]

After spending time on trial with Birmingham City,^[7] Davis signed for newly promoted Championship side Yeovil Town on a two-year contract.^[8] Davis made his Yeovil debut as a second-half substitute in their 1–0 victory over Millwall, on 3 August 2013.^[9]

Davis left yeovil at the end of the 2014–15 season following Yeovil's relegation to League Two.^[10]

Ahead of the 2016 season, Davis signed for Swedish Superettan side GAIS.^[11]

Career statistics

As of 3 March 2015.^[12]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Coventry City	2005–06[13]	Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	—		2	0
	2006–07[14]	Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	—		3	0
	2007–08[15]	Championship	6	0	1	0	0	0	—		7	0
	Total		11	0	1	0	0	0	—		12	0
Peterborough United (loan)	2006–07[14]	League Two	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
Northampton Town	2008–09[16]	League One	29	4	2	0	2	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	34	4
	2009–10[17]	League Two	17	2	1	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	19	2
	2010–11[18]	League Two	33	2	2	0	2	1	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	38	3
	Total		79	8	5	0	4	1	3	0	91	9
Oxford United	2011–12[19]	League Two	44	2	0	0	1	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	46	2
	2012–13[20]	League Two	23	1	2	0	0	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	27	1
	Total		67	3	2	0	1	0	3	0	73	3
Yeovil Town	2013–14[21]	Championship	27	1	1	0	2	0	—		30	1
	2014–15[22]	League One	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
	Total		35	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	39	1
Career totals			199	12	10	0	8	1	6	0	223	12

1. Appearances in Football League Trophy

References

1. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0.
2. Winger Davis signs for Cobblers BBC Sport. 6 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
3. Grimsby 1–2 Northampton BBC Sport. 2 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
4. Northampton 2–0 Morecambe BBC Sport. 20 March 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
5. Davis signs new deal www.ntfc.co.uk. 29 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
6. "Oxford United swoop for versatile Liam Davis". BBC Sport. 30 July 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
7. "Birmingham have taken former Oxford defender Liam Davis on trial". SkySports. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
8. "Liam Davis: Yeovil Town sign former Oxford midfielder". BBC Sport. 30 July 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
9. "Millwall 0–1 Yeovil". BBC Sport. 3 August 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
10. "Yeovil Town: Paul Sturrock releases 11 players". BBC Sport. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
11. "Liam Lloyd Davis till GAIS" (in Swedish). GAIS. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
12. "Liam Davis". Soccerbase. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
13. "Games played by Liam Davis in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
14. "Games played by Liam Davis in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
15. "Games played by Liam Davis in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
16. "Games played by Liam Davis in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
17. "Games played by Liam Davis in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
18. "Games played by Liam Davis in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
19. "Games played by Liam Davis in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
20. "Games played by Liam Davis in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
21. "Games played by Liam Davis in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
22. "Games played by Liam Davis in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Retrieved 9 August 2014.

External links

• Liam Davis career statistics at Soccerbase