Les Davies
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Leslie Elias Davies | ||
Date of birth | 29 October 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales | ||
Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Gap Connah's Quay | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–03 | Caernarfon Town | 6 | (0) |
2003–05 | Bangor City | 49 | (12) |
2005–07 | Porthmadog | 64 | (18) |
2007–15 | Bangor City | 226 | (76) |
2015– | Gap Connah's Quay | 27 | (7) |
International career | |||
Wales U18 | |||
Wales U21 | |||
Wales U23 | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 March 2016 |
Leslie Elias "Les" Davies (born on 29 October 1984) is a Welsh footballer who currently plays as a striker for Welsh Premier League side Gap Connah's Quay.
Playing style
Davies is well known for his strength and has earnt the nickname "The Truck" as a result.
Career
Davies is currently playing for Gap Connahs key after his second spell with Bangor City and was nominated for the UEFA Player of the Year award in July 2012, after receiving the required single nomination from an unknown journalist.[1][2][3][4]
During his time at Bangor City, Davies was dubbed "Bangor's Number 9", and was a popular figure with the fans, winning the BCFCSA Player of the Season for two successive years, whilst also getting voted into the team of the season by the league's managers in 2011–12.
On 8 August 2015, Bangor City announced that Davies had left the club to sign for gap Connah's Quay Nomads, and this was confirmed by The Nomads on Monday 10 August.[5]
International career
Davies has represented Wales at U18, U21 level and also as a semi-professional for their U23 team.
References
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18864565
- ↑ http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/unknown-welshman-uefa-player-year-160519265.html
- ↑ http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1125043/bangor%27s-les-davies-named-on-uefa-list?cc=5739#
- ↑ http://www.football365.com/news/21554/7904903/Bangor-star-among-Europe-s-best
- ↑ http://www.the-nomads.co.uk/news/2015/august/The-Nomads-sign-Davies/
External links
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- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
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- 1984 births
- Living people
- Welsh footballers
- Bangor City F.C. players
- Porthmadog F.C. players
- Wales under-21 international footballers
- Wales under-23 international footballers
- Wales youth international footballers
- People from Bangor, Gwynedd
- Players in the Welsh Premier League
- Welsh football biography stubs