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{{Short description|Northern Irish association football player}} {{for|people with a similar name|Steve Davis (disambiguation)}} {{EngvarB|date=January 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Steven Davis<br /><small>{{nobold|{{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE}}}}</small> | image = Steven Davis, CZE-NIR 2019-10-14 (2).jpg | image_size = | caption = Davis with [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]] in 2019 | full_name = Steven Davis<ref>{{cite web |title=Squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed |url=https://www.premierleague.com/news/465277 |publisher=Premier League |access-date=23 December 2018}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|1|1|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Ballymena]], Northern Ireland | height = {{convert|1.73|m|order=flip}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/2423/Steven-Davis/overview |title=Steven Davis: Overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=1 January 2019}}</ref> | position = [[Midfielder]] | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = St Andrews Boys Club | youthyears2 = 2002β2004 | youthclubs2 = [[Aston Villa Under-21s and Academy|Aston Villa]] | years1 = 2004β2007 |clubs1 = [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] |caps1 = 91 |goals1 = 5 | years2 = 2007β2008 |clubs2 = [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]] |caps2 = 22 |goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2008 |clubs3 = β [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]] (loan) |caps3 = 12 |goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2008β2012 |clubs4 = [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]] |caps4 = 140 |goals4 = 18 | years5 = 2012β2019 |clubs5 = [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] |caps5 = 193 |goals5 = 12 | years6 = 2019 |clubs6 = β [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]] (loan) |caps6 = 14 |goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2019β2023 |clubs7 = [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]] |caps7 = 85 |goals7 = 1 | totalcaps=557 |totalgoals=36 | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = [[Northern Ireland national under-16 football team|Northern Ireland U15]] | nationalcaps1 = 8 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | nationalyears2 = | nationalteam2 = [[Northern Ireland national under-16 football team|Northern Ireland U16]] | nationalcaps2 = 3 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | nationalyears3 = | nationalteam3 = [[Northern Ireland national under-17 football team|Northern Ireland U17]] | nationalcaps3 = 8 | nationalgoals3 = 0 | nationalyears4 = | nationalteam4 = [[Northern Ireland national under-19 football team|Northern Ireland U19]] | nationalcaps4 = 8 | nationalgoals4 = 0 | nationalyears5 = 2003β2004 | nationalteam5 = [[Northern Ireland national under-21 football team|Northern Ireland U21]] | nationalcaps5 = 3 | nationalgoals5 = 0 | nationalyears6 = 2004 | nationalteam6 = [[Northern Ireland national under-23 football team|Northern Ireland U23]] | nationalcaps6 = 1 | nationalgoals6 = 1 | nationalyears7 = 2005β2022 | nationalteam7 = [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]] | nationalcaps7 = 140 | nationalgoals7 = 13 | manageryears1 = 2023 | managerclubs1 = [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]] (caretaker) }} '''Steven Davis''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}} (born 1 January 1985) is a Northern Irish former professional [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[midfielder]]. He made his full international debut in 2005 and made 140 appearances at senior level, scoring 13 goals, to become the most capped [[Northern Ireland men's national football team|Northern Ireland]] player, also a record for any man from the British [[home nations]]. He captained his country at [[UEFA Euro 2016]] where they reached the last 16. Davis began his club career with English [[Premier League]] club [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] in 2004. He was named "Young Player of the Year", "The Fans Player of the Year" and "Player of the Year" for the 2005β06 season after making 42 appearances during the season. He was sold to [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]] for Β£4 million in the summer of 2007, but moved on loan to Scottish club [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]] in January 2008 for an initial six months. He was part of the team that reached the [[2008 UEFA Cup final]] and won the [[2007β08 Scottish League Cup]] and [[2007β08 Scottish Cup]]. At the end of the season, he moved to Rangers permanently for Β£3 million. He won three consecutive [[Scottish Premier League]] titles with the Glasgow club in [[2008β09 Scottish Premier League|2009]], [[2009β10 Scottish Premier League|2010]] and [[2010β11 Scottish Premier League|2011]], as well as one further [[Scottish Cup]] in [[2008β09 Scottish Cup|2009]] and two more [[Scottish League Cup|League Cup]]s ([[2009β10 Scottish League Cup|2010]] and [[2010β11 Scottish League Cup|2011]]). Following [[Administration and liquidation of The Rangers Football Club plc|Rangers' liquidation in 2012]], Davis exercised his rights under [[Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006|TUPE regulations]] to rescind his contract and become a [[Free agent#Association football|free agent]], returning to the Premier League with [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] where he made over 200 appearances across six full seasons and captained the side for much of that time, which included twice qualifying for the Europa League from league position and reaching the [[2017 EFL Cup final]]. Davis returned to Rangers under manager [[Steven Gerrard]] in 2019. He won another Scottish league title in [[2020β21 Scottish Premiership|2021]] and another Scottish Cup in [[2021β22 Scottish Cup|2022]], as well as reaching the [[2022 UEFA Europa League final]]. He announced his retirement from playing in January 2024, having been absent through injury for over a year (during which he was briefly the interim manager of Rangers, taking charge of two matches).<ref name="BBC retire"/> He made 371 appearances, with 28 goals, across his two spells at [[Ibrox Stadium|Ibrox]].<ref name="fs rangers"/>
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