1. Curtis Eugene Davies was born on 15 March 1985 and is a former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
42 Facts About Curtis Davies
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Curtis Davies moved to Premier League side West Bromwich Albion in 2005.
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Curtis Davies signed on loan for Aston Villa in 2007, making the move permanent in 2008.
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Curtis Davies signed for Hull City in 2013 and then moved to Derby County in 2017, before leaving in 2023.
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Curtis Davies then joined Cheltenham Town in 2023, then announced his retirement from football in 2024 after his release by Cheltenham.
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Curtis Davies made three appearances for the England under-21s and was called up to the senior squad several times but never made a full international appearance, before declaring for Sierra Leone in 2023, where he was capped 3 times, scoring once.
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Curtis Davies started his football career with Wimbledon as a trainee but was released at the age of 16.
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Curtis Davies wrote to every club in the local area, including Arsenal, Crystal Palace, Queens Park Rangers, Tottenham Hotspur and Millwall asking for a trial.
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The next season Curtis Davies achieved his first promotion as he appeared in 44 league matches for the Hatters, scoring his first senior goal in the League One title-clinching win at Wrexham.
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Curtis Davies made 35 starts and scored two goals in his first season with Albion, which ended with the club being relegated to the Championship.
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Curtis Davies was sent off for the first time in February 2007 after receiving two yellow cards for challenges on Middlesbrough striker Mark Viduka.
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The club were unwilling to allow him to leave unless their valuation was met, but Curtis Davies himself felt the asking price was too high for a player who had "been part of a relegated team".
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On 31 August 2007, Curtis Davies signed for Aston Villa on loan for the season, with a view to a permanent transfer in the summer of 2008.
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Curtis Davies then became a regular in Villa's back four at the expense of Zat Knight.
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On 1 March 2008, Curtis Davies suffered a ruptured achilles tendon against Arsenal and was expected to be out for at least six months.
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Curtis Davies signed a four-year contract with Aston Villa to make the move permanent on 3 July 2008.
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Curtis Davies chose not to celebrate the goal out of respect for his former club.
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In contrast, a week later, Curtis Davies scored the second of Villa's three goals away to Liverpool with a header from a corner-kick in first-half stoppage time, in what BBC Sport's reporter called "an outstanding defensive display".
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The loan was extended until January 2011, and Curtis Davies played regularly until returning to Aston Villa when his loan expired.
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On 28 January 2011, Curtis Davies signed for rivals Birmingham City on a three-and-a-half-year contract for an undisclosed fee.
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Curtis Davies was cup-tied for Birmingham's victory in the 2011 League Cup Final.
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In Birmingham's first match in major European competition for nearly 50 years, the Europa League play-off round first leg against Portuguese club Nacional, which finished goalless, Curtis Davies made a well-timed tackle from behind to prevent Mateus opening the scoring.
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At the annual awards ceremony on 7 May 2014, at the KC Stadium, Curtis Davies was voted as the Player of the Year.
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On 16 March 2016, Curtis Davies signed a two-year extension to his contract with the club.
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On 7 June 2017, Curtis Davies signed a two-year contract with Championship club Derby County for an undisclosed fee following Hull's relegation from the Premier League.
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In September 2019, Keogh sustained a serious knee injury in a car crash after which two team-mates were charged with drink driving, so Curtis Davies regained both his starting place and the captaincy for the next match, against his former club Birmingham City.
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Curtis Davies received praise across the course of the season and was one of the favourites among Derby fans for the player of the season award despite Derby's relegation.
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Former referee Keith Hackett called this decision a major error by the referee and Curtis Davies was left devastated by the sending off and being out of contract didn't know where is future lied at Derby.
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On 10 May 2023, Derby announced the Curtis Davies would be released at the end of the season after making a total of 175 appearances for the club in six years.
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On 27 June 2023, it was announced that Curtis Davies had signed for League One side Cheltenham Town on a one-year deal.
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On 30 April 2024 the club announced Curtis Davies would be leaving at the end of the season.
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Curtis Davies made his England under-21 debut on 28 February 2006, against Norway U21s.
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Curtis Davies was capped three times by the England under-21s from 2006 to 2007.
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Curtis Davies was named in Fabio Capello's first provisional England squad in January 2008.
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Curtis Davies initially expressed shock at the news of his call-up.
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Curtis Davies was eligible for the Republic of Ireland through his grandparents and it was reported that the FAI had contacted him about the possibility.
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Curtis Davies then revealed that his grandmother was born in Ireland while her English father was serving there in the army, so he has no Irish heritage.
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Curtis Davies went on to say that he would prefer to play for the country of his father, Sierra Leone, if he fails to get into the England squad.
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In October 2023 at age 38, Curtis Davies was called up to the Sierra Leone national team squad for their friendly matches against Benin and Somalia.
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Curtis Davies was born in Leytonstone, London, to an English mother and a Sierra Leonean father.
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Curtis Davies is the patron of Saving Lives, a charity which seeks to increase public awareness about HIV and encourage them to get tested.
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In June 2020 Curtis Davies gained a first class honours degree in professional sports writing and broadcasting from Staffordshire University.