| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rhys Llewelyn Norrington-Davies[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1999-04-22)22 April 1999 (age 25) | ||
| Place of birth | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft11+1⁄2 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sheffield United | ||
| Number | 33 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bow Street | |||
| Aberystwyth Town | |||
| Merstham | |||
| –2017 | Swansea City | ||
| 2017–2018 | Sheffield United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018– | Sheffield United | 56 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | →Barrow (loan) | 28 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | →Rochdale (loan) | 27 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | →Luton Town (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2021 | →Stoke City (loan) | 20 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Wales U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Wales U21 | 14 | (0) |
| 2020– | Wales | 13 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:29, 21 January 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23,23, 25 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
Rhys Llewelyn Norrington-Davies (born 22 April 1999) is a Welsh professionalfootballer who plays as aleft-back forEFL Championship clubSheffield United and theWales national team.
Norrington-Davies was born inRiyadh, Saudi Arabia to Welsh parents fromAberystwyth.[3] His father, Patrick, was working in Saudi Arabia with the British Army.[4] Due to the nature of his father's job, Norrington-Davies' family moved frequently during his childhood, spending time inKenya, London, and in Aberystwyth, where he was educated atYsgol Penglais,[4][5] andRoyal Russell School inCroydon,South London.[6]
Norrington-Davies played at youth level forBow Street,[7]Aberystwyth Town,[8] andMerstham.[9] He played forSwansea City, before joining Sheffield United's academy in 2017.[3] He joinedBarrow on a one-month loan in September 2018,[10] before the loan was extended to the end of the season in October.[11] He moved on loan toRochdale in July 2019 on a season-long loan.[12]
Norrington-Davies joinedChampionship clubLuton Town on a season-long loan on 3 September 2020.[13][14] On 12 January 2021, he was recalled by Sheffield United after making 22 appearances in all competitions,[15] and was loaned toStoke City later that day.[16] He played 20 times for Stoke, scoring once in a 2–0 win overWycombe Wanderers on 6 March 2021.[17][18]
In August 2024, he signed a new contract with Sheffield United.[19]
Norrington-Davies is a Walesunder-19 andunder-21 international.[20][21][22] He was called up to the seniorWales squad for the first time in October 2020.[23] He made his full international debut for Wales on 14 October 2020 in the starting line-up for the 1–0 Nations League win against Bulgaria.[24]
In May 2021 he was selected to the Wales squad for the delayedUEFA Euro 2020 tournament.[25]
He scored his first goal for Wales in theirUEFA Nations League match against theNetherlands on 8 June 2022.[26]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sheffield United | 2018–19[27] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019–20[28] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21[18] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22[29] | Championship | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
| 2022–23[30] | Championship | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24[31] | Premier League | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25[32] | Championship | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | ||
| Total | 56 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 0 | ||
| Barrow (loan) | 2018–19[22] | National League | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Rochdale (loan) | 2019–20[28] | League One | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 34 | 1 |
| Luton Town (loan) | 2020–21[18] | Championship | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 22 | 0 | |
| Stoke City (loan) | 2020–21[18] | Championship | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 1 | |
| Career total | 149 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 170 | 2 | ||
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