Paul Davis (footballer, born 1961)

Paul Davis
Personal information
Full name Paul Vincent Davis[1]
Date of birth (1961-12-09) 9 December 1961 (age 62)
Place of birth Dulwich, England
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1995 Arsenal 447 (30)
1990 → IFK Eskilstuna (loan) 7 (1)
1995 Stabæk 1 (0)
1995–1996 Brentford 5 (0)
Total 482 (30)
International career
1982–1988 England U21 11 (2)
1991 Football League XI 1 (0)
1991 England B 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Vincent Davis (born 9 December 1961) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Davis was an integral part of the successful Arsenal side of the late 1980s, and early 1990s,[3] winning the League Cup in 1987 and the First Division in 1989 and 1991. He also won the Cup-Double in 1993 and the Cup-Winners Cup 1994. Davis played 447 senior games for Arsenal, scoring 30 goals in the League and seven goals in the cups.

  1. ^ "Paul Davis". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Soccerbase was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Paul Davis: the Arsenal midfielder ahead of his time who remains one of the club’s most under-appreciated legends thesefootballtimes.co