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Alphonso Davies

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Alphonso Davies
Davies with Bayern Munich in 2019
Personal information
Full name Alphonso Boyle Davies[1]
Date of birth (2000-11-02) November 2, 2000 (age 23)[1][2]
Place of birth Buduburam, Ghana
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
Position(s) Left-back, winger
Club information
Current team
Bayern Munich
Number 19
Youth career
Edmonton Internationals
Edmonton Strikers
2015–2016 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Whitecaps FC 2 11 (2)
2016–2018 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 65 (8)
2018–2019 Bayern Munich II 6 (0)
2019– Bayern Munich 115 (6)
National team
2016 Canada U17 12 (2)
2016 Canada U20 1 (0)
2017– Canada 42 (14)
Honours
Men's soccer
Representing  Canada
CONCACAF Nations League
Runner-up 2023
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:21, October 28, 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of October 13, 2023

Alphonso Boyle Davies (born November 2, 2000) is a Canadian professional footballer who plays as a left-back or winger for Bayern Munich and the Canadian national team. He has also played for Vancouver Whitecaps FC of the Major League Soccer (MLS) from 2016 until 2018.

During a 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup match against French Guiana, he scored two goals. In doing this, he became the youngest player to score for the Canada. He also became the youngest player to score in the CONCACAF Gold Cup, and was the first player that was born in the 2000s to have scored at a top international tournament.[4] He won the CONCACAF Men's Player of the Year in 2021 and 2022.[5][6] Davies played for Canada at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. He scored the first ever goal for Canada at a FIFA World Cup event in a 4-1 loss to Croatia.[7]

Davies is an ambassador for United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.[8]

Career statistics

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As of match played September 21, 2024[9][10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Whitecaps FC 2 2016 USL 11 2 0 0 11 2
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2016 MLS 8 0 4 0 3[b] 1 15 1
2017 MLS 26 0 2 2 4[b] 1 1[c] 0 33 3
2018 MLS 31 8 2 0 33 8
Total 65 8 8 2 7 2 1 0 81 12
Bayern Munich II 2018–19 Regionalliga Bayern 3 0 2[d] 0 5 0
2019–20 3. Liga 3 0 3 0
Total 6 0 2 0 8 0
Bayern Munich 2018–19 Bundesliga 6 1 0 0 0 0 6 1
2019–20 Bundesliga 29 3 5 0 8[e] 0 1[f] 0 43 3
2020–21 Bundesliga 23 1 2 0 6[e] 0 4[g] 0 35 1
2021–22 Bundesliga 22 0 1 0 7[e] 0 1[f] 0 31 0
2022–23 Bundesliga 25 1 2 2 9[e] 0 1[f] 0 38 3
2023–24 Bundesliga 29 2 2 0 10[e] 1 1[f] 0 42 3
2024–25 Bundesliga 3 0 1 0 1[e] 0 0 0 5 0
Total 138 8 13 2 41 1 8 0 200 11
Career total 220 18 21 4 48 3 11 0 300 25
  1. Includes Canadian Championship, DFB-Pokal
  2. 2.0 2.1 Appearances in CONCACAF Champions League
  3. Appearance in MLS Cup Playoffs
  4. Appearances in 3. Liga promotion play-offs
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Appearance in DFL-Supercup
  7. One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, one appearance in DFL-Supercup, two appearances in FIFA Club World Cup

International

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As of match played September 10, 2024[11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Canada 2017 6 3
2018 3 0
2019 8 2
2020 0 0
2021 13 5
2022 7 3
2023 7 2
2024 11 0
Total 55 15
As of September 10, 2024. Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Davies goal.[11]
List of international goals scored by Alphonso Davies
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 July 7, 2017 Red Bull Arena, Harrison, United States  French Guiana 3–0 4–2 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup
2 4–2
3 July 11, 2017 BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, United States  Costa Rica 1–0 1–1 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup
4 September 10, 2019 Truman Bodden Sports Complex, George Town, Cayman Islands  Cuba 1–0 1–0 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League A
5 October 15, 2019 BMO Field, Toronto, Canada  United States 1–0 2–0 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League A
6 March 29, 2021 IMG Academy, Bradenton, United States  Cayman Islands 4–0 11–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
7 9–0
8 June 5, 2021 IMG Academy, Bradenton, United States  Aruba 5–0 7–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
9 June 8, 2021 SeatGeek Stadium, Bridgeview, United States  Suriname 1–0 4–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
10 October 13, 2021 BMO Field, Toronto, Canada  Panama 2–1 4–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
11 June 9, 2022 BC Place, Vancouver, Canada  Curaçao 1–0 4–0 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League A
12 3–0
13 November 27, 2022 Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar  Croatia 1–0 1–4 2022 FIFA World Cup
14 June 15, 2023 Allegiant Stadium, Paradise, United States  Panama 2–0 2–0 2023 CONCACAF Nations League Finals
15 November 21, 2023 BMO Field, Toronto, Canada  Jamaica 1–0 2–3 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League A

Bayern Munich

Individual

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