{{short description|English footballer}} {{distinguish|Keenan Davis}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Use British English|date=December 2019}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Keinan Davis | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | full_name = Keinan Vincent Joseph Davis<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.efl.com/siteassets/efl-documents/efl-professional-retain-list--free-transfers---2017-18.pdf |title=Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2018: Aston Villa |publisher=English Football League |page=2 |access-date=16 June 2018}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1998|02|13}}<ref name=PremProfile>{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/13130/Keinan-Davis/overview |title=Keinan Davis: Overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=17 August 2019}}</ref> | birth_place = Stevenage, England | height = {{convert|1.91|m|order=flip}}<ref name=PremProfile/> | position = Forward | currentclub = Udinese | clubnumber = 9 | youthyears1 = 2014–2015 | youthclubs1 = Stevenage | youthyears2 = 2015 | youthclubs2 = Biggleswade Town | youthyears3 = 2015–2017 | youthclubs3 = Aston Villa | years1 = 2017–2023 | clubs1 = Aston Villa | caps1 = 73 | goals1 = 3 | years2 = 2022 | clubs2 = → Nottingham Forest (loan) | caps2 = 15 | goals2 = 5 | years3 = 2022–2023 | clubs3 = → Watford (loan) | caps3 = 34 | goals3 = 7 | years4 = 2023– | clubs4 = Udinese | caps4 = 61 | goals4 = 13 | nationalyears1 = 2017–2018 | nationalteam1 = England U20 | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 2 | medaltemplates = | club-update = 25 May 2026 }} '''Keinan Vincent Joseph Davis''' (born 13 February 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for {{Italian football updater|Udinese}} club Udinese.
Following youth spells at Stevenage and Biggleswade Town Davis moved to the Aston Villa Academy at the age of 17 in December 2015 and made his first team debut just over a year later against Tottenham Hotspur in the FA Cup in January 2017. Having played in a role in Aston Villa's promotion back to the Premier League in 2019, he played on loan at EFL Championship sides Nottingham Forest and Watford, helping the former win the 2022 Championship play-offs. He has represented England at Under-20 level.
==Club career==
=== Early career === Davis grew up in Stevenage and went to The Nobel School. He started his football career within the Stevenage F.C. academy but was released by coach Darren Sarll in 2015. Keinan was then picked up by Biggleswade Town under-18 coach Dave Northfield.
=== Aston Villa === In December 2015, following a four-week trial after being scouted in a friendly between Biggleswade Town Under-18s and an Aston Villa youth side, Davis signed for Aston Villa on an 18-month professional contract.
Following a calendar year in the Aston Villa U21 side, manager Steve Bruce gave Davis his Villa debut on 8 January 2017, coming off the bench against Tottenham Hotspur in the FA Cup, Villa lost 2–0.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38481612|title=Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 Aston Villa|first=Tom|last=Rostance|website=BBC Sport|date=8 January 2017|access-date=20 January 2017}}</ref> Davis was given his league debut on 14 January 2017 against Wolverhampton Wanderers.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38538971|title=Wolves 1-0 Aston Villa|first=Phil|last=Shepka|website=BBC Sport|date=14 January 2017|access-date=18 June 2020}}</ref> Davis scored his first professional goal away to Barnsley on 16 September 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41209838|title=Barnsley 0–3 Aston Villa |work=BBC Sport|date=16 September 2017|access-date=18 September 2017}}</ref>
On 22 September 2020, Davis was given a new Aston Villa contract extension to keep him with the club until 2024.<ref>{{Cite news|date=22 September 2020|title=Keinan Davis: Aston Villa striker extends contract until 2024|work=Sky Sports|url=https://www.skysports.com/transfer/news/12691/12078827/keinan-davis-aston-villa-striker-extends-contract-until-2024|access-date=22 September 2020}}</ref> On 25 April 2021, Davis scored his first Premier League goal, an injury time equaliser against West Bromwich Albion.<ref>{{Cite web|date=25 April 2021|title=Aston Villa 2-2 West Brom|url=https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2021/april/Aston-Villa-2-2-West-Brom/|access-date=25 April 2021|website=Aston Villa F.C. Official Site}}</ref>
==== Nottingham Forest (loan) ==== On 1 January 2022, Davis joined Championship side Nottingham Forest on loan for the rest of the season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/news/2022/january/01/davis-arrives-on-loan/|title=DAVIS ARRIVES ON LOAN|publisher=Nottingham Forest FC|date=1 January 2022|access-date=1 January 2022}}</ref> He made his Forest debut on 9 January, in a 1–0 FA Cup victory over Arsenal.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/59911445|title=Grabban's late goal knocks out Arsenal|first=Harry|last=De Cosemo|website=BBC Sport|date=9 January 2022|access-date=14 January 2022}}</ref> Davis got his first goal for Nottingham Forest on 25 January 2022, in a 3–0 victory over Barnsley.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Forest cruise past struggling Barnsley|language=en-GB|work=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/59798430|access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref> On 10 June 2022, Forest announced that Davis would return to Villa once his loan expired.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Club |first=Nottingham Forest Football |title=Reds confirm retained list |url=https://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/news/2022/june/10/reds-announce-retained-list/ |access-date=11 June 2022 |website=Nottingham Forest Football Club}}</ref>
==== Watford (loan) ==== On 13 August 2022, Watford announced the signing of Davis on a season-long loan.<ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.watfordfc.com/news/official-davis-signs-for-the-hornets |title = Official: Davis Signs For The Hornets |publisher = Watford F.C. |date = 13 August 2022 |access-date = 13 August 2022}}</ref> He scored his first goal for Watford in a 2–2 draw with Sunderland on 17 September 2022. He scored his second in the 30th minute against Norwich on 15 October 2022, to make the score 2–0 to Slaven Bilić's men.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62858313|title=Watford 2-2 Sunderland|publisher=BBC Sport|date=17 September 2022|access-date=22 September 2022}}</ref>
=== Udinese === On 1 September 2023, Davis joined Italian club Udinese for an undisclosed fee.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-01 |title=Keinan Davis departs |url=https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2023/september/01/keinan-davis-departs/ |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=Aston Villa Football Club}}</ref> He signed a four-year contract.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Udinese|url=https://www.udinese.it/news/squadra/welcome-keinan|title=Welcome Keinan|trans-title=Welcome Keinan|date=1 September 2023|access-date=1 September 2023|language=it}}</ref> Owing to injury, it was not until 7 January 2024 when Davis made his Serie A debut as a late substitute in a 2–1 defeat to Lazio.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-07 |title=Serie A {{!}} Udinese 1-2 Lazio: Aquile flying up the table - Football Italia |url=https://football-italia.net/serie-a-udinese-1-2-lazio-aquile-flying-up-the-table/ |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=football-italia.net |language=en-GB}}</ref> On the final matchday of the 2023–24 season, he scored his first goal for the club in a 1–0 away win over Frosinone, securing their survival in the top tier.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie-A/Frosinone/26-05-2024/frosinone-udinese-0-1-gol-di-davis-empoli-in-b.shtml |title=Il gol di Davis salva l'Udinese. Un Frosinone sfortunato scivola in B |publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport |language=it |date=26 May 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cd7x52p0lv3o|title=Keinan Davis saved Udinese, now two legends are reviving the Serie A club|date=4 October 2024|website=BBC Sport}}</ref>
==International career== Born in England, Davis is of Jamaican descent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.footitalia.com/keinan-davis-i-feel-at-home-in-udine-european-football-its-achievable/|title=Keinan Davis: 'I feel at home in Udine. European football? It's achievable'|date=12 October 2024}}</ref> In March 2018, he scored for the England under-20 team in victories against Poland and Portugal.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villas-keinan-davis-saves-14446594|title=Aston Villa's Keinan Davis saves the day with late England winner|first=Gregg|last=Evans|website=BirminghamLive|date=22 March 2018|access-date=31 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thefa.com/news/2018/mar/27/england-u20s-portugal-report-270318|title=England U20 3-0 Portugal U20|first=Max|last=Chesterton|website=The Football Association|date=27 March 2018|access-date=31 December 2023}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{updated|matches played 24 May 2026}}
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes FA Cup, Coppa Italia}} !colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes EFL Cup}} !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="8"|Aston Villa |2016–17<ref name=sb1617>{{soccerbase season|90080|2016|access-date=24 September 2020}}</ref> |rowspan="3"|Championship |6||0||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||7||0 |- |2017–18<ref name=sb1718>{{soccerbase season|90080|2017|access-date=24 September 2020}}</ref> |28||2||1||1||1||0||0||0||30||3 |- |2018–19<ref name=sb1819>{{soccerbase season|90080|2018|access-date=24 September 2020}}</ref> |5||0||1||0||0||0||1{{efn|name=playoff|Appearance(s) in Championship play-offs}}||0||7||0 |- |2019–20<ref name=sb1920>{{soccerbase season|90080|2019|access-date=24 September 2020}}</ref> |rowspan="4"|Premier League |18||0||0||0||5||1||colspan="2"|—||23||1 |- |2020–21<ref name=sb2021>{{soccerbase season|90080|2020|access-date=24 September 2020}}</ref> |15||1||0||0||3||1||colspan="2"|—||18||2 |- |2021–22<ref name=sb2022>{{soccerbase season|90080|2021|access-date=27 October 2021}}</ref> |1||0||0||0||0||0||1{{efn|Appearance in EFL Trophy}}||1||2||1 |- |2022–23<ref name=sb2023>{{soccerbase season|90080|2022|access-date=1 September 2023}}</ref> |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !73!!3!!3!!1!!9!!2!!2!!1!!87!!7 |- |Nottingham Forest (loan) |2021–22<ref name="sb2022"/> |Championship |15||5||4||0||colspan="2"|—||3{{efn|name=playoff}}||0||22||5 |- |Watford (loan) |2022–23<ref name="sb2023"/> |Championship |34||7||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||34||7 |- |rowspan="4"|Udinese |2023–24<ref name=sb2024>{{soccerbase season|90080|2023|access-date=1 September 2023}}</ref> |rowspan="3"|Serie A |8||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||8||1 |- |2024–25<ref name=sb2025>{{soccerbase season|90080|2024|access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref> |23||2||2||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||25||3 |- |2025–26<ref name=sb2026>{{soccerbase season|90080|2025|access-date=9 September 2025}}</ref> |30||10||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||32||10 |- !colspan="2"|Total !61!!13!!4!!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!65!!14 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !183!!28!!10!!2!!9!!2!!5!!1!!208!!34 |} {{notelist}}
==Honours== '''Aston Villa''' *EFL Championship play-offs: 2019<ref name=bbc>{{Cite web | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48331145 | first = Ian | last = Woodcock | title = Aston Villa 2–1 Derby County | date = 27 May 2019 | access-date = 16 September 2020 | publisher = BBC Sport | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200305124048/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48331145 | archive-date = 5 March 2020 | url-status = live }}</ref> *EFL Cup runner-up: 2019–20<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51601970 |title=Aston Villa 1–2 Manchester City |first=Phil |last=McNulty |website=BBC Sport |date=1 March 2020 |access-date=1 March 2020}}</ref> '''Nottingham Forest''' *EFL Championship play-offs: 2022<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/61539298|title=Forest return to Premier League after 23-year wait|first=Ian|last=Woodcock|website=BBC Sport|date=29 May 2022|access-date=30 May 2022}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Soccerbase}} *[http://www.thefa.com/england/all-teams/players?p=359279 England profile] at The Football Association
{{Udinese Calcio squad}}
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