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Steven Davis
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Key facts
- 2004
- Northern Ireland U23
- 2008
- → Rangers (loan)
- 2019
- → Rangers (loan)
- 2023
- Rangers (caretaker)
- Full name
- Steven Davis
- Date of birth
- ( 1985-01-01 ) 1 January 1985 (age 41)
- Place of birth
- Ballymena , Northern Ireland
- Height
- 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
- Position
- Midfielder
- Current team
- Blackburn Rovers , (1st Team Coach)
- 2002 2004
- Aston Villa
- Years
- Team
- 2004 2007
- Aston Villa
- 2007 2008
- Fulham
- 2008 2012
- Rangers
- 2012 2019
- Southampton
- 2019 2024
- Rangers
- 2003 2004
- Northern Ireland U21
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Steven
- Family name
- Davis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Ballymena
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 2004–05 FA Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Rangers F.C.
- Position played
- midfielder
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- Northern Ireland
- Mass
- 72
- Image
- Steven Davis, CZE-NIR 2019-10-14 (2).jpg
- Height
- 170
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- Commons category
- Steven Davis
- date of birth
- 1985-01-01
- sport number
- 10
- start of work period
- 2003-00-00
- name in native language
- Steven Davis
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Encyclopedic overview
Steven Davis MBE (born 1 January 1985) is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He made his full international debut in 2005 and made 140 appearances at senior level, scoring 13 goals, to become the most capped Northern Ireland player, also a record for any man from the British home nations. He captained his country at UEFA Euro 2016 where they reached the last 16.
Davis began his club career with English Premier League club Aston Villa in 2004. He was named "Young Player of the Year", "The Fans Player of the Year" and "Player of the Year" for the 2005–06 season after making 42 appearances during the season. He was sold to Fulham for £4 million in the summer of 2007, but moved on loan to Scottish club Rangers in January 2008 for an initial six months. He was part of the team that reached the 2008 UEFA Cup final and won the 2007–08 Scottish League Cup and 2007–08 Scottish Cup. At the end of the season, he moved to Rangers permanently for £3 million. He won three consecutive Scottish Premier League titles with the Glasgow club in 2009, 2010 and 2011, as well as one further Scottish Cup in 2009 and two more League Cups (2010 and 2011).
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