Northern Ireland v Austria

Despite finding the net 12 times during his 15-year career as a senior international, Davis only ever scored once for Northern Ireland in his 31 games at underage level. That solitary goal came in a 5-1 win over Finland in an Under-15 Schoolboys international on 3 October 2000. Here is his full list of appearances at underage level: Under-15: 8 caps 1 goal Under-16: 3 caps 0 goals Under-17: 8 caps 0 goals Under-19: 8 caps 0 goals Under-21: 3 caps 0 goals Under-23: 1 cap 0 goals

Steven Davis’ first ever assist for his country came in that historic 1-0 victory over England in September 2005 when his sublime chip set up David Healy for the winning goal in the 74th minute. Since then the Northern Ireland legend has weighed in with nine more assists. His most recent one was for Paddy McNair’s second goal in the 3-2 friendly victory in the Czech Republic on 14 October last year.

Since Davis first pulled on the green shirt at senior international level he has missed just 17 internationals. In his absence Northern Ireland managed to record a victory in just three of those internationals, six of them ended in stalemate and eight resulted in defeat. During Michael O’Neill’s eight-year stint in the hotseat Davis missed just seven of his 72 matches in charge.

In June 2017 the Northern Ireland skipper was

recognised for his services to football and awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

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