Adam Rhys Davies (born 17 July 1992) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as goalkeeper for club Sheffield United. Born in Germany, he represents the Wales national team. Davies began his career with Sheffield Wednesday after previously playing in the Everton Academy. He did not make any appearances for Wednesday and left for Barnsley in June 2014. At Oakwell Davies experienced promotion from League One in 2015–16, relegation from the Championship in 2017–18 and promotion again in 2018–19. In June 2019 Davies joined Stoke City. Early life Davies was born in Rinteln, Lower Saxony, with his father stationed in Germany while serving in the British Armed Forces. His family moved to Warrington, where Davies attended Great Sankey High School. Club career Early career Davies started his career with the Everton youth system at the age of 14. He started his scholarship with Everton in July 2008 and broke into the under-18 team during the 2008–09 season. He was named as the Academy Player of the Season for 2009–10. Davies joined the first team on a pre-season tour of the United States in July 2011 before playing regularly for the reserve team in 2011–12. He was released by Everton at the end of the season. Davies signed for Championship club Sheffield Wednesday on 23 October 2012 on a month-to-month contract as backup to first-choice goalkeeper Chris Kirkland. He was an unused substitute for the first team on multiple occasions throughout the 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons before being released by the club. Barnsley Davies signed for League One club Barnsley on 13 June 2014 on a two-year contract. He made his first-team debut on 9 August 2014 in the opening match of 2014–15, a 1–0 home defeat to Crawley Town. Davies played 25 times in 2014–15 as the Tykes were unable to mount a promotion challenge finishing in 11th. He signed a new contract with Barnsley in May 2015. Barnsley had a successful 2015–16 season as they recovered from a slow start to gain promotion via the play-offs, beating Millwall 3–1 in the 2016 Football League One play-off final. They also beat Oxford United 3–2 in the 2016 Football League Trophy Final. On 26 January 2017, Davies signed a new contract with Barnsley until June 2019. Davies was an ever-present in 2016–17 helping the side finish in a safe mid-table position of 14th. He was appointed as the team's vice-captain on