| Alex Davies | |
| Fullname: | Alex Davies |
| Birth Date: | 18 March 2002 |
| Originalteam: | Broadbeach Cats (QAFL) Manunda Hawks (AFL Cairns) |
| Draftpick: | Pre-Draft Academy Selection, 2020 national draft |
| Height: | 191 cm |
| Weight: | 86 kg |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Guernsey: | 5 |
| Years1: | 2021 - |
| Games Goals1: | 32 (10) |
| Statsend: | 2024 |
is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Davies was born in Woollongong, New South Wales to a Japanese mother and Tasmanian-born father.[1] He was raised in raised in Cairns, Queensland.[2] He grew up playing Australian rules football for the Manunda Hawks[3] and basketball for the Cairns Marlins,[4] where he was considered an outstanding junior prospect in both sports.[5] At the age of 12, he was placed in the Gold Coast Suns Academy[6] as well as being placed in the Cairns Taipans' academy program as a teenager.[7] In 2017, Davies captained Queensland to an Under-16 Junior National Basketball Championship victory[8] which led to selection for his home state at the 2018 Basketball Australia Under-18 National Championships.[9] He also represented Queensland at the 2018 AFL Under-16 National Championships and was named in the All-Australian team for his impressive performances.[10]
Davies attended Cairns State High School[11] with fellow football and basketball prodigy Tamuri Wigness throughout most of their teenage years and both juniors were given the opportunity to pursue professional careers in either sport.[12] Wigness elected to continue with basketball in Cairns while Davies relocated to the Gold Coast towards the end of 2018 to join the Gold Coast Suns' academy program on a full-time basis as well as complete his schooling at All Saints Anglican School.[2] The pair remain close friends and often train together in both sports when based in the same area.[13]
In his first year based on the Gold Coast, Davies was influential for the Suns in their 2019 Northern Academy Series win[14] and was rewarded with selection for the Allies at the 2019 AFL Under 18 Championships as a bottom ager.[15] He made his senior QAFL for Broadbeach in June 2019, where he received his senior jumper from his Japanese grandfather,[16] and caught the eye of coach Beau Zorko in his sole appearance for the club that year.[17] Davies finished the year by competing in the Under-17 AFL Future All Stars game where he impressed with 18 disposals and a goal.[18] Leading into his draft year, he was considered a top 10 draft prospect and was compared to Scott Pendlebury with his basketball background and ability to play as a tall midfielder[19] but 2020 proved to be an injury plagued year for him. Despite the interrupted season, Davies was pre-listed by the Gold Coast Suns on the eve of the 2020 AFL draft.[20]
Davies joined Gold Coast for his first AFL preseason in December 2020.[21] He made his AFL debut for the Suns at 19 years of age in round 23 of the 2021 AFL season.[22]
Statistics are correct to the end of 2024[23] |-| 2021 || || 30| 1 || 0 || 2 || 5 || 11 || 16 || 2 || 6 || 0.0 || 2.0 || 5.0 || 11.0 || 16.0 || 2.0 || 6.0|-| 2022 || || 5| 15 || 8 || 3 || 81 || 68 || 149 || 27 || 47 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 5.4 || 4.5 || 9.9 || 1.8 || 3.1|-| 2023 || || 5| 9 || 1 || 3 || 60 || 69 || 129 || 15 || 39 || 0.1 || 0.3 || 6.7 || 7.7 || 14.3 || 1.7 || 4.3|-| 2024 || || 5| 7 || 1 || 1 || 37 || 72 || 109 || 8 || 49 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 5.3 || 10.3 || 15.6 || 1.1 || 7.0|- class="sortbottom"! colspan=3| Career! 32 !! 10 !! 9 !! 183 !! 220 !! 403 !! 52 !! 141 !! 0.3 !! 0.3 !! 5.7 !! 6.9 !! 12.6 !! 1.6 !! 4.4|}