canadian soccer player

Alphonso Boyle Davies ( hold November 2, 2000 ) [ 2 ] [ 3 ] is a canadian master soccer musician who plays as a winger, left-back, or ahead for Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga and the Canada national team. Davies was the beginning actor born in the 2000s to play in a Major League Soccer match. Davies joined Bayern in January 2019 from MLS side Vancouver Whitecaps FC on a narrow lasting until 2023 for a then-MLS record transfer tip. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Davies was named the Bundesliga Rookie of the Season for 2019–20. [ 6 ] In that season he besides was partially of the team winning the continental double after Bayern won the Bundesliga, the UEFA Champions League and the DFB-Pokal. He is considered by some to be the best left-back of his generation. [ 7 ] [ 8 ]

In June 2017, he became the youngest actor to appear for the Canadian men ‘s national team. [ 9 ] By scoring two goals in a 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup pit against french Guiana, he became the youngest player to score for the Canadian men ‘s national team, the youngest to score at the CONCACAF Gold Cup, and first player born in the 2000s to score at a top level international tournament. [ 10 ] Davies is the first soccer actor, and inaugural canadian, to become an ambassador for the United Nations refugee charity UNHCR. [ 11 ]

early life [edit ]

Davies was born to liberian parents in Buduburam, a refugee camp in Ghana. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] His father, Debeah Davies, and his mother, Victoria Davies, in the first place lived in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia. [ 14 ] They fled during the Second Liberian Civil War, which displaced more than 450,000 Liberians. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] When Alphonso was five, his family moved to Canada, finally relocating to Edmonton. [ 9 ] [ 15 ] After Edmonton, he joined a soccer accelerator program in Vancouver ‘s University Hill Secondary School. [ 17 ] On June 6, 2017, he received canadian citizenship ; [ 18 ] until then he was a liberian national. [ 15 ] Alphonso was the fourth youngest of six siblings. [ 19 ] Davies attended the St Nicholas Catholic Junior High in the Edmonton Catholic School District. His school soccer teammate, Onesphore Hamis recalled, “ soccer was the thing he wanted to get into, but language was a problem. ” [ 20 ] His schoolmate and fellow Liberian immigrant, Chernoh Fahnbulleh recalled of Davies, “ He spoke English but it was, like, broken english ”. [ 20 ] As a child in Edmonton, Davies first gear played organized soccer with Free Footie, an after-school soccer league for inner-city elementary school students who can not afford registration fees and equipment, or who lack department of transportation to games. [ 21 ] After playing for Edmonton Internationals, and Edmonton Strikers, Davies joined the Whitecaps FC Residency in 2015 at the age of 14. [ 22 ] [ 12 ] [ 23 ]

Club career [edit ]

Whitecaps FC 2 [edit ]

After joining Vancouver Whitecaps FC during their 2016 MLS preseason tour, [ 24 ] Davies signed with Whitecaps FC 2 in the USL on February 23, 2016. [ 25 ] At the time of his sign language, he became the youngest player signed to a USL contract at 15 years, 3 months. Davies made his master introduction for Whitecaps FC 2 at the age of 15 years, 5 months in April 2016. [ 26 ] On May 15, 2016, he scored his first professional finish, making him the youngest finish scorekeeper in USL history at 15 years, 6 months, [ 27 ] a record held by Davies until 2020. He scored two goals in 11 games played during the 2016 season. [ 28 ]

Vancouver Whitecaps FC [edit ]

Davies was named to the Whitecaps roll for the 2016 canadian Championship on a short-run abridge. [ 29 ] On June 1, 2016, he made his first team introduction in the first leg of the canadian Championship against Ottawa Fury FC and started the second base leg in Vancouver. [ 30 ] On July 15, 2016, Davies signed a beginning team contract with the Whitecaps through 2018, with options for the 2019 and 2020 seasons. At the time of his sign, he was the youngest active player in Major League Soccer, and the third youngest actor to have signed an MLS contract. [ 31 ] Davies made his MLS introduction on July 16, 2016, becoming the second youngest actor to play in MLS, behind Freddy Adu. [ 32 ] In September 2016, he scored his first goal for the first team in the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League against Sporting Kansas City in injury time to send the club through to the knockout beat. [ 33 ] In September 2016, Davies became the second gear youngest crank in MLS history when he started a game against the Colorado Rapids. [ 34 ] On October 2, 2016, he started against rival golf club Seattle Sounders FC earning a punishment kick. [ 35 ] During the 2016 season, Davies played in eight MLS games, four canadian Championship games, and three games in the CONCACAF Champions League. [ 37 ] In the 2017 season, he played in both legs against New York Red Bulls and Tigres UANL in the CONCACAF Champions League quarter-finals and semi-finals respectively, in which he scored in a 2–0 succeed over New York Red Bulls. [ 37 ] Following his impressive early MLS appearances, Davies attracted interest and was scouted by european clubs including Manchester United, Chelsea, and Liverpool, [ 38 ] and was besides named one of the 60 best young soccer talents in the world in 2017. [ 39 ] In the 2018 season opener against the Montreal Impact, Davies scored his first base finish in MLS carry through, and assisted on a Kei Kamara goal. [ 40 ] On June 10, 2018, he scored a finish and got three assists in a 5–2 acquire over Orlando City. [ 41 ] Davies scored two goals and provided two assists to help his side get the better of Minnesota United with a 4–2 victory on July 29. [ 42 ] On June 29, 2018, Davies was included in the MLS All-Star roll for the 2018 MLS All-Star Game on August 1 against Juventus. [ 43 ] Davies made an appearance during the match, which finished as a 3–5 penalty shoot-out loss following a 1–1 draw. [ 44 ] Davies was named the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Player of the class on October 24, [ 45 ] and besides received the Whitecaps ‘ Goal of the Year prize. [ 46 ] In Davies ‘ final game for Vancouver on October 28, he scored both goals in a 2–1 victory over the Portland Timbers. [ 47 ]

Bayern Munich [edit ]

2018–19 : vancouver to Munich [edit ]

On July 25, 2018, Vancouver announced that it had agreed to a multi-million-dollar transfer of Davies to Bundesliga club Bayern Munich, with Davies seeing out the 2018 MLS season with Vancouver, before joining Bayern in January 2019. [ 48 ] [ 49 ] The base fee for the transfer was US $ 13.5 million, with performance-related bonuses that sum $ 22 million, a then-record for MLS, [ 5 ] belated eclipsed by the transfer of Miguel Almirón to Newcastle United. [ 50 ] Davies had his first discipline session with Bayern on November 21, 2018, [ 51 ] and debuted on January 12, 2019 against Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Telekom Cup championship stopping point, which Bayern won on penalties following a scoreless pull. [ 52 ] Davies made his Bundesliga introduction on January 27 against VfB Stuttgart, appearing as a late alternate for Kingsley Coman in a 3–1 victory. [ 53 ] He scored his inaugural goal for Bayern on March 17, netting the final goal in a 6–0 rout of Mainz 05. [ 54 ] In doing then, and at the age of 18 years, 4 months and 15 days, he became the youngest player since Roque Santa Cruz, twenty years anterior, to score for the club. He is the first canadian international to score for Bayern. [ 55 ] On May 18, 2019, Davies won his first Bundesliga deed as Bayern finished two points above Dortmund with 78 points. A workweek later, Davies won his first DFB-Pokal as Bayern defeated RB Leipzig 3–0 in the 2019 DFB-Pokal Final. Davies was not selected for the equal day squad. [ 56 ]

2019–present : First team discovery and Champions League triumph [edit ]

Davies made his first Bundesliga start with Bayern on matchday nine of the 2019–20 Bundesliga season, going the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 home plate victory over Union Berlin. [ 57 ] He made his first UEFA Champions League startle on November 6, 2019, in a 2–0 victory against Olympiacos. [ 58 ] Throughout the 2019–20 season, passenger car Niko Kovač moved Davies to the left back stead, following long-run injuries to Niklas Süle and Lucas Hernandez, to allow David Alaba to play at center back. [ 59 ] [ 60 ] Davies earned gamey praise during his prison term in that function, gaining an early repute as one of the best left backs in the world. [ 61 ] On February 25, 2020, Davies set-up Robert Lewandowski ‘s finish in a 3–0 away win over Chelsea in the first branch of the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League ; his performance during the meet was widely praised in the media, with initiate Gary Lineker commenting that Davies played “ beautifully, ” while erstwhile U.S. international Stuart Holden described him as a “ earth classify left back. ” [ 62 ] In April 2020, Bayern Munich and Davies agreed to a shrink reference to 2025, adding two years onto his existing abridge. [ 63 ]

Following the restart of the Bundesliga which had halted all matches ascribable to the COVID-19 pandemic, Davies started against both Eintracht Frankfurt and Borussia Dortmund. He scored and assisted in the Frankfurt meet and ended up running down Dortmund ‘s Erling Haaland at a accelerate of 35.3 kilometres per hour ( 21.9 miles per hour ). [ 64 ] On June 16, 2020, Davies featured for Bayern against Werder Bremen in a game they won 1–0, securing Bayern Munich their eighth back-to-back league title. Davies was sent off in the 79th hour for a second yellow menu, but not before breaking the record for the fastest speed clocked in the Bundesliga at 36.51 kilometres per hour ( 22.69 miles per hour ). [ 65 ] Davies was named the Bundesliga Rookie of the year for the 2019–20 temper. [ 6 ] On August 14, 2020, Davies, who was playing the left-back military position, was applauded for assisting Joshua Kimmich ‘s goal against Barcelona in the Champions League quarter-finals which Bayern Munich won with an impressive final examination mark of 8–2. [ 66 ] On August 23, he started in the Champions League concluding against Paris Saint-Germain, which Bayern won 1–0 to complete a continental soprano ; [ 67 ] consequently, Davies became the first gear canadian men ‘s international to win the Champions League. [ 68 ] On October 24, Davies was forced off in the one-third hour of free rein in an eventual 5–0 home plate winnings over Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga, after sustaining an wound to his properly ankle ; it was former announced that he was expected to remain sideline for 6 to 8 weeks. [ 69 ] Davies finished in third base place for the 2020 Golden Boy award, behind Erling Haaland and Ansu Fati. [ 70 ] On February 11, 2021, he played in a 1–0 succeed over Tigres UANL in the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup Final. [ 71 ]

International career [edit ]

young person [edit ]

Although a liberian citizen by birth, Davies was called to numerous canadian under-15 and under-18 camps in 2014 and 2015. [ 3 ] On March 17, 2016, he was called up to the Canada under-20 police squad for a friendly against England under-20. [ 72 ] [ 73 ] In November 2016, Davies attended a canadian under-17 camp, where he scored against Jamaica. [ 74 ] In 2016, he was named the Canada U17 Male Player of the year for his performances with the under-17 and under-20 squads in friendlies. [ 75 ] In March 2017, Davies stated in an consultation that, “ to be able to represent Canada, it is one of my dreams. ” [ 76 ] In 2017, he was named the Canada under-17 Male Player of the year for a irregular time due to his performances with the senior team. [ 77 ]

aged [edit ]

Davies playing for Canada in 2019 Born a liberian refugee, Davies was primitively entirely eligible for the liberian national team. [ 78 ] [ 79 ] On June 6, 2017, Davies passed his canadian citizenship examination and formally became a citizen of Canada, making him eligible to play for the Canadian national team. [ 18 ] On the like day, Davies was added to a senior team camp for a friendly against Curaçao, [ 80 ] vitamin a well as Canada ‘s preliminary 40-man roll for the 2017 Gold Cup. [ 81 ] Davies would debut for the senior team in the friendly against Curaçao at the old age of 16, making him the youngest player to play for the national team. [ 82 ] On June 27, Davies was named to the final 23-man squad for the 2017 Gold Cup. [ 83 ] In Canada ‘s first base match of that tournament, Davies scored twice in a 4–2 victory over french Guiana. The goals made him the youngest goalscorer in Gold Cup history. [ 84 ] [ 85 ] He then scored in their irregular match against Costa Rica to earn a 1–1 draw. [ 86 ] Davies went on to win the Golden Boot as the tournament ‘s top scorer, the Young Player of the Tournament award, and was included in the tournament ‘s Best eleven selection. [ 87 ] On May 30, 2019, Davies was named to the police squad for the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup. [ 88 ] Davies was called up for a match of 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League A matches against Cuba on September 7 and 10, 2019. In the second meet, Davies scored the critical goal in a 1–0 victory for Canada. [ 89 ] In October 2019, Davies would help lead Canada to their beginning succeed over the United States in 34 years, scoring the opening goal of their CONCACAF Nations League match, which ended 2–0. [ 90 ] In July 2021, Davies was named to the Canada team for the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup, [ 91 ] however he suffered an ankle injury on July 9, two days before Canada ‘s opening match at the tournament, that ruled him out of the competition. [ 92 ] On October 13, 2021, in a World Cup qualifying match against Panama, Davies scored a foreground reel goal, making an 80-yard run to keep the ball in play, reaching a crown accelerate of 37.1 kilometers per hour. [ 93 ] [ 94 ]

style of looseness [edit ]

Although chiefly playing as an attacking full moon spinal column on the left flank, Davies is capable of playing as a wing-back, left midfielder, or winger due to his explosive yard, dribble, creativity, and crossing ability. He is considered to be a highly promise unseasoned actor in the media. [ 15 ] [ 95 ]

personal life [edit ]

He has been in a relationship with canadian forward Jordyn Huitema of Paris Saint-Germain Women and the Canada women ‘s national soccer team since September 2017. [ 96 ] In September 2019, he was fined €20,000 for arriving late to a Bayern drill after visiting Huitema in Paris, [ 97 ] and by June 2020, french urge were aware that Davies might be interested in having Huitema sign with Bayern ‘s women ‘s side. [ 98 ]

career statistics [edit ]

cabaret [edit ]

As of December 17, 2021[28]

International [edit ]

As of November 16, 2021[99]
Canada
Year Apps Goals
2017 6 3
2018 3 0
2019 8 2
2021 13 5
2022 0 0
Total 30 10

International goals [edit ]

As of October 13, 2021. Scores and results list Canada’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Davies goal.[99]

List of international goal scored by Alphonso Davies

Honours [edit ]

cabaret [edit ]

Bayern Munich

individual [edit ]

References [edit ]