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My Take
Davies is the kind of footballer I have a soft spot for: an honest, hard-running striker who built a long career on graft rather than glamour. From Chesterfield to Southampton, Blackburn, Bolton and Preston, he was the player who did the unglamorous work up front, the sort managers trust and fans quietly love. His brief, quickly-ended spell managing Southport shows how brutal the coaching ladder is. Still, a Sheffield lad carving out two decades at that level deserves respect. I see him as a craftsman of the English game, not a headline-grabber but a genuine professional.
Overview
Kevin Cyril Davies (born 26 March 1977) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker for Chesterfield, Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Millwall, Bolton Wanderers and Preston North End. He managed Southport in the 2017–18 season, before his contract was terminated on 30 April 2018.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Kevin Davies
- Name (Japanese)
- ケヴィン・デイヴィス
- Reading
- けゔぃん・でいゔぃす
- Born
- March 26, 1977 (age 49)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Snake
- Origin
- Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 183 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.