Soccer

Alphonso Davies

Alphonso Davies, FIFA awards, 2020

From a refugee camp to the elite level of soccer. The story behind this Canadian Bayern Munich player is an incredible one, but his best years are still well ahead of him.

Alphonso Boyle Davies was born in the Buduburam refugee camp in Ghana. His parents fled Monrovia, Liberia, during the Second Civil War.
With six kids, they eventually moved to Edmonton, Canada, when Alphonso was five.
Davies attended St. Nicholas Catholic Junior High in Edmonton and learned English while also playing soccer.

He began at the Free Footie organisation, set up for inner-city youths who couldn't afford registration fees or equipment.

Breaking through at Vancouver Whitecaps

Career with Bayern Munich

Canadian career

Personal life

Net worth

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