Simon Davey
Inofrmation
Birthdate: 1 OCT 1970
Birthplace: Swansea
Position: Midfielder
Appearences: 273
Goals: 43
Playing Experience: Swansea City, Carlisle United, Preston North End.
Coaching Experience: Barnsley F.C (Youth Academy Manager, Head Coach/ Manager)
Nationality: Welsh
Facts
Simon Davey began his professional playing career in 1987 with Swansea, enjoying success at an early age.
In August 1992, he went from Swansea to Carlisle United on a free transfer.
Within a few games, aged 22, he took over as team captain.
In the 1993–94 season, he played every game and challenged for the title of leading scorer, eventually finishing second to David Reeves with a tally of 13.
Carlisle supporters voted one of these goals, a 35-yard free-kick against Shrewsbury Town, as their second best goal of all time.
Davey went onto make 132 appearances for the club and scored a total of 23 goals.
Davey then took his talents to Preston and achieved a similar level of success there.
While at Preston, Davey played 5 matches in midfield alongside a youngster on loan from Manchester United who arrived to make his league debut, David Beckham.
After an injury suffered during training that shortened his promising playing career, Preston manager David Moyes (EPL Manager) gave him a chance at coaching with the club.
Within a short time, Davey was in charge of Preston’s Youth Academy, later moving to the Youth Academy at Barnsley.
As part of his coaching education, he gained the UEFA C Licence, the UEFA B Licence, the UEFA A Licence and the UEFA Pro Licence in 2005 as well as the Academy Managers licence and the UEFA Youth Licence.
After a successful start at Barnsley, he was given the job on a permanent basis at the end of the year, and later led the club to a successful fight against relegation at the end of the 2006–07 season.
He later signed a four-year contract in December 2007 after an impressive start to the following season. Two months later, he led the club to a shock FA Cup win at Liverpool and 3 weeks after that, led them to victory over Chelsea to take the club into the semi-finals, before losing to Cardiff City.
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