Mark Davies

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Born in Willenhall, West Midlands, Davies was a former student of Pool Hayes Community School. He joined Wolverhampton Wanderers Youth Academy at the age of nine. He signed his first professional contract at Wolves in February 2005, aged 17. In the 2005–06 season, Davies broke into the Wolves first team under then manager Glenn Hoddle, making his league debut as a substitute against Leeds United on 20 August 2005, losing the game 2–0 at Elland Road. He made his first league start for Wolves against Watford on 20 September 2005, losing the game 2–1. Davies scored his first professional league goal against Luton Town on 13 January 2006, winning the game 2–1 at Molineux. He went on to frequently feature for Wolves throughout the season, and becoming a vital member of the team, making 20 appearances for Wolves in his first season. Former Wolves Academy manager Chris Evans said Davies was the best prospect to come out the youth system since players Robbie Keane and Joleon Lescott. The start of the 2006–07 season was a blow to Davies as he suffered a cartilage problem in pre-season. However, he returned to fitness in January 2007, making 10 substitute appearances for Wolves, and also went on to feature for the England U-19s. In the 2007–08 season, Davies picked up a shoulder injury and other niggling injuries which kept him out for the whole season, limiting him to only a few reserve outings. The 2008–09 season started brightly for Davies as he had…

Youth teams

Davies represented England U17s in the UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship in 2004. He scored two goals for his country, his first against Portugal U17s in the group stages, and his second against Portugal in the third-place play-off, drawing the game 4–4, but losing on penalties. Davies captained the England U17 team in the UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship Qualifier against Northern Ireland U17 at Molineux in March 2005. He also went on to represent the England U17s in the UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship in May 2005, but they did not make it out of the group stages. Davies was called up to the England U21 squad to face Ecuador U21s on 16 February 2010, but had to pull out due to the ankle injury he picked up against Arsenal. On 14 March 2011, Davies received his second call up to the England Under-21s, but pulled out due to injury. He received a third call up, for the England Under-21 Championships provisional squad, but once again pulled out due to the same injury from his second call up and was replaced by Liverpool's Jay Spearing.

As of match played 27 August 2016.

His younger brother Richard Davies was also a professional footballer.