Gordon Davies

Gordon Davies

Personal information
Full name	Gordon John Davies
Date of birth	3 August 1955 (1955-08-03) (age 56)
Place of birth	Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
1972-1973	Manchester City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
?–1978	Merthyr Tydfil
1978–1984	Fulham	247	(114)
1984–1985	Chelsea	13	(6)
1985–1986	Manchester City	31	(9)
1986–1991	Fulham	147	(45)
1991–1992?	Wrexham	22	(4)
1992?–1993	Northwich Victoria
Total		460+	(178+)
National team
1979–1986	Wales	16	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Gordon John Davies (born 3 August 1955) is a former Welsh international football player. He earned 16 caps for Wales between 1979 and 1986, scoring 2 international goals.^[1]

Club career

Davies, a forward, played club football for a number of English clubs, including Fulham, Manchester City and Chelsea.^[1][2]

He joined Fulham in 1978 from Merthyr Tydfil F.C., and spent six years with the London club. After a season with Chelsea he was signed by Manchester City for a fee of £100,000. He made his City debut on 12 October 1985 against Watford, and his first goal came two days later in a 6–1 victory over Leeds United in the Full Members Cup; Davies scored a hat-trick that day. Once Billy McNeill departed as City manager Davies' days at the club were numbered and his final City match was against Southend United in the Football League Cup, and he returned to Fulham in October 1986.^[2]

His second spell at Fulham lasted five years, at the end of which he had become Fulham's record goalscorer, with 159 league goals in 394 appearances. At the end of his Fulham career, the club granted him a testimonial which was played against a Wales XI. He then had short spells at Wrexham and Northwich Victoria, and retired from the game in 1993.^[2]

International career

Davies made his Wales debut on 21 November 1979 against Turkey. He made 16 Wales appearances in total (scoring two goals) with his last game against Republic of Ireland on 26 March 1986.^[3]

International goals^[4]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	31 May 1983	Belfast, Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	0–1	Win	1983 British Home Championship
2	15 February 1986	Dahran, Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	1–2	Win	Friendly

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Football League Career Stats at Neil Brown
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Gordon Davies: Manchester City 1985-1986". Football Heroes. Sporting Heroes. http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=36694. Retrieved 11 April 2011. 
3. ^ "Gordon Davies: Wales 1979-1986". Football Heroes. Sporting Heroes. http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_international.asp?HeroID=36693. Retrieved 11 April 2011. 
4. ^ Wales - International Results and line-ups 1980-1989

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Name	Davies, Gordon
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Date of birth	3 August 1955
Place of birth	Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
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