Josh Klein-Davies

Josh Klein-Davies

File:Josh Klein-Davies York City v. Lewes 1.png Klein-Davies playing for Lewes in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Joshua David Klein-Davies
Date of birth	(1989-07-06) 6 July 1989
Place of birth	Bristol, England
Height
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Bridgwater Town
Youth career
	Cadbury Heath
	Bristol City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2009	Bristol Rovers	10	(1)
2007	→ Yate Town (loan)
2008	→ Luton Town (loan)	1	(0)
2008	→ Newport County (loan)
2009	→ Lewes (loan)	9	(0)
2009	→ Bath City (loan)
2009	Weston-super-Mare	1	(0)
2009	Weymouth	5	(1)
2009–2010	Weston-super-Mare	9	(2)
2010	Brislington	7	(2)
2010	Weston-super-Mare	2	(0)
2010–2011	Almondsbury Town
2010–2011	Hanham Sunday
2011	→ Hastings United (loan)	1	(0)
2011	Brislington
2011–2012	Shepton Mallet
2012	Mangotsfield United
	Paulton Rovers
2015	Shortwood United
2015	Taunton Town
2015–	Bridgwater Town
International career‡
2005–2006	Wales U17	6	(1)
2006–2008	Wales U19	5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:49, 8 June 2011 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:24, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Joshua David "Josh" Klein-Davies (born 6 July 1989) is a footballer who plays as a striker for Bridgwater Town.

Career

Born in Bristol, Klein-Davies grew up in the St Pauls area of Bristol. He played in the Avon Youth League for Cadbury Heath from a young age and started out at Stoke Lane A.F.C. He began his career as an academy player at Bristol City and was capped by Wales at Under-17 and Under-19 levels. He signed for Bristol Rovers in May 2007 after being released by Bristol City.

In November 2007, Klein-Davies joined Yate Town on a one-month loan deal to enable him to gain first-team experience. This loan was extended for a second month, however the deal was cut short when Bristol Rovers recalled him to the Memorial Stadium on 28 December. He scored a total of five goals in eight league appearances for Yate.

Klein-Davies made his Football League debut on 29 December 2007, when he came on as a substitute for Andy Williams in a home match against Carlisle United. He scored his first senior goal against Huddersfield Town with a header from close range.

He joined Luton Town on loan shortly before the start of the 2008–09 season, but returned to Rovers early after manager Mick Harford felt he "wasn't what he was looking for". In November 2008 Klein-Davies was loaned out again, this time to Newport County, and following the expiry of this deal he joined Lewes and then Bath City, again on loan.

He was released by Rovers late in April 2009, having not made an appearance for the club since the final day of the 2007–08 season.

In July 2009 he had an unsuccessful trial with Weymouth and he joined Weston-super-Mare in August. He played one game for them before turning out for Weymouth, making five appearances and scoring one goal before returning to Weston in December. He finished the 2009–10 season with nine appearances and two goals for Weston after returning and in July 2010 he trained with League Two team Cheltenham Town.

He spent the summer of 2010 in pre season training with Conference National side Forest Green Rovers and featured in a number of pre season and reserve team matches.

However he moved to Western Football League side Brislington and in October 2010 re-signed for former club, Weston-super-Mare, for a third time. He signed on for Southern League South & West outfit, Almondsbury Town shortly after. On 9 April 2011, Klein-Davies suffered a dislocated shoulder in a game for Almondsbury against local rivals, Mangotsfield United. Klein-Davies stayed with Almondsbury Town until the end of the season when the club was forced to resign from the Southern League, and also played for Hanham Sunday in the Sunday League Cup.

Klein-Davies played the entire 2011–12 season with Western Football League side, Shepton Mallet.

In January 2015, he linked up with Shortwood United in the Southern League. He scored on his debut for Shortwood in a 2-2 draw against Swindon Supermarine. At the start of the 2015-16 season, he signed for Taunton Town but was released in mid-November and joined divisional rivals Bridgwater Town shortly after.

External links

• Josh Klein-Davies career statistics at Soccerbase