Curtis Davies

Early career

Davies started his football career with Wimbledon as a trainee but was released at the age of 16. He wrote to every club in the local area, including Arsenal, Crystal Palace, Queens Park Rangers, Tottenham Hotspur and Millwall asking for a trial. Colchester United responded first, two weeks before any other club, and a trial was offered; after a couple of trial matches he was released. Luton Town were the next to offer him a trial. During the trial, he scored two goals in three matches and was offered a scholarship.

Luton Town

Davies made his professional debut for Luton in the second round of the Football League Trophy against Rushden & Diamonds in November 2003, and ended 2003–04 season having made seven first team appearances. The next season Davies achieved his first promotion as he appeared in 44 league matches for the Hatters, scoring his first senior goal in the League One title-clinching win at Wrexham. As well as winning Luton Town's Young Player of the Year award, Davies was named League One Player of the Year, and was selected alongside five Luton teammates in the League One PFA Team of the Year. The next season Davies only managed six matches, and one goal in his final match, at home to Millwall, before he was signed by Premier League club West Bromwich Albion on 31 August 2005 for a fee of £3 million.

West Bromwich Albion

Davies made 35 starts and scored two goals in his first season with Albion, which ended with the club…

Davies made his England under-21 debut on 28 February 2006, against Norway U21s. He was capped three times by the England under-21s from 2006 to 2007. He was named in Fabio Capello's first provisional England squad in January 2008. Davies initially expressed shock at the news of his call-up. He was also named in England's squad to face Germany in November of that year, but did not take the field. Davies was also eligible for the Republic of Ireland through his grandparents and it was reported that the FAI had contacted him about the possibility. He then revealed that his grandmother was born in Ireland while her English father was serving there in the army, so he has no Irish heritage. He went on to say that he would prefer to play for the country of his father, Sierra Leone, if he fails to get into the England squad. In October 2023 at age 38, Davies was called up to the Sierra Leone national team squad for their friendly matches against Benin and Somalia. On 5 June 2024, Davies scored his first international goal, in a 2–1 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification win against Djibouti.

As of end of 2023–24 season

International

As of match played 10 June 2024

As of match played 5 June 2024 Sierra Leone score listed first, score column indicates score after each Davies goal.

Davies was born in Leytonstone, London, to an English mother and a Sierra Leonean father. He is married and has three daughters (the eldest from a previous marriage). He is the patron of Saving Lives, a charity which seeks to increase public awareness about HIV and encourage them to get tested. Along with Gavin Rae and Chris Burke, Davies co-founded and was a director of the clothing company Seven One Zero, which was voluntarily dissolved in 2018. In June 2020 Davies gained a first class honours degree in professional sports writing and broadcasting from Staffordshire University.