Simon Davies (footballer, born 1974), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Simon Davies (footballer, born 1974)

Welsh association football player

Date of Birth: 23-Apr-1974

Place of Birth: Winsford, England, United Kingdom

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Simon Ithel Davies (born 23 April 1974) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
He is currently part of the coaching set-up at Anderlecht, briefly managing the club in 2019. He began his playing career with Manchester United, where he was a member of the 1992 youth team, before leaving the club in 1997.
He spent the rest of his career playing for a number of Football League and Welsh Premier League clubs.
He was capped once for Wales, in a match against Switzerland. Davies went into coaching towards the end of his career, where he was a youth team coach at Chester City.
He was caretaker manager of the club in 2007 and 2008, before being given the position full-time, saving the club from relegation.
Davies was sacked in late 2008, following a difficult start to the 2008–09 season, but was reappointed as a youth team coach a month later.
In 2010, Davies joined Manchester City, continuing his involvement in youth football.
He was assistant to Patrick Vieira during the Frenchman's time as EDS manager, and succeeded him in the role in 2016, after he joined New York City.
Davies was then Head of Academy Coaching for the 2018–19 season, before following City captain Vincent Kompany to Anderlecht in his dual role as player-manager.
When Kompany stepped down from managerial duties, Davies took the reins at the Belgian club, but only managed to get four points from a possible fifteen, and was replaced in the role by Franky Vercauteren.