Archie Daniel Davies (born 7 October 1998) is an English professional

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who plays as a defender for

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Carlisle United Carlisle United Football Club ( , ) is a professional association football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They have played their home games at Brunton Par ...

. He played youth football with Crystal Palace and Brighton & Hove Albion and had a loan spell from the latter at Whitehawk in 2017. His former clubs also include Crawley Town, Aldershot Town &

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Career

Brighton & Hove Albion

Davies played youth football for Crystal Palace before joining Brighton & Hove Albion at the age of 15. He signed his first professional contract with the club in 2017. Davies joined Whitehawk on loan in August 2017, and played a total 8 league games for them. Davies made his professional debut for Brighton & Hove Albion, on 25 September 2019 in a 3–1 defeat at home against

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in the

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. Davies was released by Brighton in the summer of 2020 upon the expiry of his contract.

Crawley Town

Davies signed for Crawley Town on 1 August 2020 following his release from

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. His first appearance for Crawley on 8 September 2020 in a 2–1

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defeat to Gillingham. He made his league debut for the club four days later in a 2–0 defeat to

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. In total he made 38 appearances across the 2020–21 season. On 10 August 2021, Davies scored his first senior goal with a 95th-minute equaliser in a 2–2

draw Gillingham. Crawley lost the penalty shoot-out despite Davies scoring his penalty. He made 37 appearances during 2021–22 season. Davies was released by Crawley in June 2022.

Aldershot Town

On 16 June 2022, it was announced that Davies had joined

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club Aldershot Town on a one-year contract.

Dundalk

On 26 January 2023, Davies signed a two-year contract with

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club

Carlisle United

On 9 July 2024, Davies signed for

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for an undisclosed fee.

Personal life

Davies was born in

St Leonards-on-Sea St Leonards-on-Sea (commonly known as St Leonards) is a town and seaside resort in the Borough of Hastings in East Sussex, England. It has been part of the borough since the late 19th century and lies to the west of central Hastings. The origina ...

and grew up in St Leonards-on-Sea and

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before attending

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. He can speak Spanish.

Career statistics

Honours

Individual

* PFAI Team of the Year:

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References

1998 births Living people Footballers from Hastings English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players Whitehawk F.C. players Crawley Town F.C. players Aldershot Town F.C. players Dundalk F.C. players Carlisle United F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players League of Ireland players Expatriate men's association footballers in the Republic of Ireland {{England-footy-defender-1990s-stub