Jordan Davies (footballer)

Jordan Andrew Davies (IPA: [Davis]; born 18 August 1998) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL League Two club Wrexham. Born in Wrexham, Davies joined the local team's academy. He joined Cymru Premier side Bangor on a short-term loan the day after his 18th birthday. Following an unsuccessful stint at Brighton, he re-signed for Wrexham in 2020.

For other people named Jordan Davies, see Jordan Davies (disambiguation).

Jordan Davies
Personal information
Full name Jordan Andrew Davies[1]
Date of birth (1998-08-18) 18 August 1998
Place of birth Coedpoeth, Wales
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Wrexham
Number 7
Youth career
2009–2016 Wrexham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Wrexham 0 (0)
2016 → Bangor City (loan) 14 (1)
2017–2020 Brighton & Hove Albion 0 (0)
2020– Wrexham 110 (28)
International career‡
2015 Wales U17 1 (0)
2016 Wales U19 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:28, 15 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:58, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Davies has represented Wales U17 in a one-off appearance in 2015 and Wales U19 in a duel against the Czech Republic U19 in 2016.

Club career

Bangor (loan)

Following impressive displays within the Wrexham academy, Davies joined Cymru Premier side Bangor on a short-term loan the day after his 18th birthday.[2] Davies made 14 appearances in four months at Bangor with his performances leading to comparisons with Gareth Bale by former Wales international Andy Legg.[3] Following the conclusion of the loan, Bangor made an offer to sign Davies on a permanent basis. However, this offer was rejected by Wrexham.[4]

Brighton & Hove Albion

Championship leaders Brighton & Hove Albion signed him to a two-and-a-half-year contract for an undisclosed fee shortly after his return to Wrexham.[5] Davies was selected and scored his first professional goal in the EFL Trophy victory over Peterborough United in October 2018.[6] On 10 June 2020, Davies was released by the club.[7]

Wrexham

Following his release by Brighton at the conclusion of the 2019–2020 Premier League season, Davies re-signed with Wrexham on a two-year contract.[8] In his first season back at the Racecourse, Davies played a central role as Wrexham narrowly missed out on the National League playoffs the final day of the season. This season included Davies scoring the first hattrick of his professional career in the April win over Halifax Town.[9]

On 1 January 2022, Davies signed a three-and-a-half-year extension with Wrexham.[10]

Career statistics
As of match played 7 April 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wrexham 2016–17[11] National League 0000—0000
Bangor City (loan) 2016–17[11][12] Welsh Premier League 1410010—151
Brighton & Hove Albion 2016–17[11] Championship 0000——00
2017–18[11] Premier League 000000—00
2018–19[11] Premier League 000000—00
2019–20[11] Premier League 000000—00
Total 000000—00
Brighton & Hove Albion U23 2018–19[11] ———3[lower-alpha 1]131
2019–20[11] ———3[lower-alpha 1]030
Total ———6161
Wrexham 2020–21[11] National League 38810—1[lower-alpha 2]0408
2021–22[11] National League 391531—6[lower-alpha 3]54821
2022–23[11] National League 27331—00304
Total 1042672—7511833
Career total 11827721013613935
  1. Appearances in the EFL Trophy
  2. Appearance in the FA Trophy
  3. Five appearances and four goals in the FA Trophy, one appearance and one goal in the National League play-offs

Honours

Brighton & Hove Albion

Wrexham

Individual

References
  1. "EFL Released and Retained List" (PDF). EFL. 20 May 2017.
  2. "Bangor City draft in Wrexham's Jordan Davies". North Wales Live. 19 August 2016.
  3. "Andy Legg on Wrexham AFC youngster Jordan Davies". North Wales Live. 23 December 2016.
  4. "Wrexham AFC turn down Bangor City bid for Jordan Davies". The Leader. 20 December 2016.
  5. "Brighton and Hove Albion sign Wrexham prospect Jordan Davies". The Argus. 9 January 2016.
  6. "Peterborough United vs Brighton and Hove Albion U21". The Posh. 9 October 2018.
  7. "Jordan Davies released by Brighton". The Leader. 10 June 2020.
  8. "Davies rejoins Wrexham after Brighton exit". BBC Sport. 25 August 2020.
  9. "Halifax 0-4 Wrexham: Jordan Davies hat-trick takes Dragons back into play-offs". BBC Sport. 13 April 2021.
  10. "Jordan Davies: Midfielder signs Wrexham extension". BBC Sport. 1 January 2022.
  11. "J. Davies". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  12. For Welsh League Cup First Round: Jones, Dave (8 September 2016). "Bangor City keeper Connor Roberts is hero of penalty shoot-out victory". Daily Post. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  13. "Brighton earn PL2 promotion in play-off". Premier League. 13 May 2018.
  14. "Mullin the hero as Wrexham win to earn promotion". BBC Sport. 22 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  15. "Bromley beat Wrexham to win FA Trophy". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  16. "Jordan Davies Biography".
  17. "Jordan Davies Biography".
  18. Scott, Tom (5 June 2022). "Vanarama National League Team Of The Season Announced". The Vanarama National League. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
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