Julius Doe Davies (born 30 September 1994) is a
Sierra Leone
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an-Australian
football (soccer)
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player who last played for
Melbourne Knights FC
Melbourne Knights Football Club is an Australian professional Association football, soccer club based in the suburb of Sunshine North, Victoria, Sunshine North, Melbourne. The club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues Victoria, t ...
in the
NPL Victoria
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.
Career
Club career
Whilst in Australia he played for
Swan IC Football Club Julius started his football career. In 2006 he moved to Inglewood where he definitely made a huge step forward towards a professional career. In fact, at Inglewood, Julius won the u/15's Premier League and the State Cup resulting to be the best youth player of that year. In 2009 Julius went to
Germany
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where he was offered a contract by
Bayern Munich
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to play in the
U17 team, which he scored nine goals from 20 appearances. He later moved to
1899 Hoffenheim
Turn- und Sportgemeinschaft 1899 Hoffenheim e.V. (), commonly known as TSG Hoffenheim (), are a German professional football club based in Sinsheim.
Originally founded in 1899 as a gymnastics club, Hoffenheim came into being in their modern for ...
only making five appearances in their
U19 team, before returning to Australia at the age of seventeen.
He started training with
Melbourne Victory
Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Competing in the country's premier men's competition, the A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL), Victory ...
and signed a youth contract with the club until the end of the
2011–12 A-League
The 2011–12 A-League was the 35th season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the seventh season of the Australian A-League soccer competition since its establishment in 2004. At the end of the previous season, the North Queensland Fury we ...
season.
Melbourne Victory
On 24 January 2012, it was confirmed that Davies had signed with
Melbourne Victory
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after impressing the staff during his two weeks of training with the club. On 16 March 2012 it was confirmed that Davies was cleared to play for Melbourne Victory and on the same day made his professional debut for the club in a round 26 match against
Wellington Phoenix
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at
AAMI Park
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as an 81st-minute substitute for Harry Kewell in which Melbourne won 3–0, picking up an assist in the process. Julius then continued his stay at Melbourne Victory by signing an extension to 30 April 2013. On 9 January 2013, it was announced that he was to leave the club by mutual termination.
Brisbane Roar
On 9 January 2013, he signed with
A-League
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club
Brisbane Roar
Brisbane Roar Football Club is a professional soccer club based in Brisbane, Queensland. competing in Australia's premier men's competition, A-League Men, which is the top tier Australia's football pyramid.
When Queensland Lions F.C. were ...
after his contract with Melbourne Victory was mutually terminated. Davies made his Brisbane Roar debut against the Western Sydney Wanderers at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on 20 January 2013, as an 81st-minute substitute for Ben Halloran. The Brisbane Roar gave Julius Doe Davies an early release before the start of the 2014/2015 A-League season to join Liga I outfit, Otelul Galati, in Romania.
Oţelul Galaţi
Julius Doe Davies joined Romanian Liga I outfit, Otelul Galati at the start of the 2014/2015 season.
NPL Victoria
Davies spent the 2015 season with
Port Melbourne SC
Port Melbourne SC is an Australian soccer club based in Port Melbourne, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. The club was formed in 1968 by local Greek Australians, and was promoted over the years to the Victorian Premier League in 1994. It spent ...
but was released at the end of that campaign. He joined
Northcote City on the registration deadline day ahead of the 2016 season.
Melbourne Knights
On 9 June 2016, Davies signed with former National League champions Melbourne Knights during the NPL Victoria mid-season transfer window.
Personal life
Davies was born in
Monrovia
Monrovia () is the administrative capital city, capital and largest city of Liberia. Founded in 1822, it is located on Cape Mesurado on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast and as of the 2022 census had 1,761,032 residents, home to 33.5% of Liber ...
,
Liberia
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. He came to
Perth
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, Australia from
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered to the southeast by Liberia and by Guinea to the north. Sierra Leone's land area is . It has a tropical climate and envi ...
as an eleven-year-old
refugee
A refugee, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), is a person "forced to flee their own country and seek safety in another country. They are unable to return to their own country because of feared persecution as ...
.
References
http://www.fourfourtwo.com/au/news/brisbane-roar-bring-home-young-and-bowles
External links
Ultimate A-League profile
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1994 births
Living people
Footballers from Monrovia
Sierra Leonean men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
A-League Men players
Brisbane Roar FC players
Melbourne Victory FC players
Australian expatriate men's soccer players
Australian men's soccer players
National Premier Leagues players
Port Melbourne SC players
21st-century Australian sportsmen