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Deja Davis
Personal information
Full name Deja Nicole Davis
Date of birth (1995-07-22) July 22, 1995 (age 29)
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s) Center back
Team information
Current team
 Paris FC
Number 29
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 La Salle Explorers 84 (10)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2024 Le Havre
2024– Paris FC 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 23, 2025

Deja Nicole Davis (born June 22, 1995) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center back for Première Ligue club Paris FC.

Davis played college soccer for the La Salle Explorers before signing professionally with Le Havre. In seven seasons there, she helped Le Havre achieve three promotions, including twice to Division 1.

Early life and college career

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Raised in Montclair, New Jersey, Davis played three sports at Montclair High School.[1] She captained both the soccer and softball teams and played basketball, earning all-state honors in soccer after scoring 19 goals in her senior season.[1]

La Salle Explorers

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Davis attended La Salle University in Philadelphia, where she played for the La Salle Explorers soccer team. She helped the team win the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament during her freshman season in 2013, also picking up conference all-rookie honors.[1][2] In her sophomore season in 2014, the team earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament after falling in the conference tournament final.[3] After two seasons primarily as a substitute, Davis started every game for the Explorers in her junior and senior seasons, scoring 8 goals and adding 7 assists in 39 games between them.[1]

Club career

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Le Havre

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After graduating from college, Davis began her professional career with then-Division 3 Féminine club Le Havre AC in July 2017, joining the team along with two other former La Salle players.[4] Le Havre won promotion to the Division 2 Féminine in her first professional season. Davis also scored 6 goals in 5 games in the 2017–18 Coupe de France Féminine [fr], helping the club to the quarterfinals.[5]

The following season ended in second place for Le Havre, but the 2019–20 season saw the team become Division 2 champions and gain promotion to the Division 1 Féminine. Davis scored 7 goals in 29 games during those two seasons in the second division.[6]

Davis made her Division 1 debut on September 5, 2020, starting and playing the full 90 minutes as Le Havre won 4–0 against Issy.[7] Her first top-flight goal came the following week as the opener in a 3–1 defeat Fleury on September 12.[7] However, the team won just one more game the rest of the season and was relegated back to Division 2.[8] Davis played in 21 games, all but two as a starter, and scored 1 goal, featuring at center back, left or right back, and sometimes midfielder or forward.[7]

Davis moved permanently to center back before the 2021–22 season on the advice of general manager Laure Lepailleur.[9] On May 22, 2022, Davis scored the second goal in a 4–0 win against FC Vendenheim that secured Le Havre's return to the top division.[10] She finished the season with 3 goals in 19 games.[6]

Davis started all 22 games in the 2022–23 season and played every minute of the season alongside goalkeeper Laëtitia Philippe.[11] She added 2 goals for Le Havre, who placed eighth in Division 1.[11] The following season, she again scored 2 goals in 22 games, with Le Havre finishing ninth in the league.[12]

Paris FC

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After seven seasons at Le Havre, Davis joined fellow Division 1 team Paris FC in May 2024, signing a two-year contract.[13] She made her team – and UEFA Women's Champions League – debut on September 4, 2024, playing the full match in a 9–0 win against First Vienna the first qualifying round semifinals.[14] Manchester City eliminated Paris FC in the second qualifying round.[14] Davis scored her first goal for the team in a Coupe de France match on January 26, 2025, scoring the second in a 6–0 round of 16 win against La Roche-sur-Yon.[15] On May 3, 2025, she lifted the Coupe de France trophy after defeating city rivals Paris Saint-Germain in the final, holding them to a 0–0 draw after 90 minutes and prevailing 5–4 on penalties.[15]

International career

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Davis was called up to the United States under-23 team before an international friendly tournament August 2018.[16]

Honors

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Le Havre

Paris FC

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Deja Davis". La Salle Explorers. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
  2. ^ "La Salle Captures 2013 Atlantic 10 Championship on PKs". Atlantic 10 Conference. November 10, 2013. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
  3. ^ Leon, Matt (November 13, 2014). "La Salle Ready To Break Through At NCAA Women's Soccer Tourney". CBS News. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
  4. ^ "Three Former Explorers Ink Professional Contracts". La Salle Explorers. July 20, 2017. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
  5. ^ "Deja Davis - 2017-2018". footofeminin.fr. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Deja Davis". footofeminin.fr. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
  7. ^ a b c "Deja Davis 2020-2021 Match Logs". FBref.com. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
  8. ^ "Deja Davis 2020-2021 Match Logs". FBref.com. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
  9. ^ "Deja Davis (HAC): 'Je me sens chanceuse de pouvoir exercer ma passion en France'". footnormand.fr. September 14, 2023. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
  10. ^ "Le Havre: les joueuses du Hac retrouvent l'élite!". France Info. May 23, 2022. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
  11. ^ a b "2022-2023 Le Havre Stats". FBref.com. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
  12. ^ "2023-2024 Le Havre Stats". FBref.com. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
  13. ^ "Deja Davis Parisienne jusqu'en 2026". Paris FC. May 29, 2024. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
  14. ^ a b "Deja Davis 2024-2025 Match Logs". FBref.com. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
  15. ^ a b Deja Davis at Soccerway Edit this at Wikidata
  16. ^ "Women's Soccer Alum Deja Davis Selected for United States U-23 Women's National Team". La Salle Explorers. August 14, 2018. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
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