Chris Davies — Data, evidence & sources
Chris Davies
Birmingham City· EFL Championship · 
England · Age 41
76/ 100
Strong
66th percentile of covered managers
Career snapshot
Age
41
27 MAR 1985
Appointed
6 JUN 2024
Tenure
2Y 4M
2 years, 4 months
Contractⓘ
Until 30 June 2028
Four-year agreement
Senior managerial experienceⓘ
2 years, 4 months
Since 25 JUN 2024
In coaching
2 years, 4 months
Includes academy & assistant roles
Season: 2026/27Competition: EFL ChampionshipUpdated: Updated todaySource: GafferLens editorial review — appointment, contract and career dates manually verified to the 21 August 2026 baseline
Current Club — All Competitions
114
64
26
24
56.1%
GF 178 · GA 114 · GD 64 · 2024-08-10 → 2026-08-25
Current Season — League
2 matches · 0–2–0 · 0%
Current Club — League
94 matches · 51–24–19 · 54.3%
All verified competitive senior first-team matches managed during the current uninterrupted spell. Verified fixtures → match records → manager assignments → approved canonical layer.
Data profile
Verified career record
Aggregated from individual senior spells
Spells awaiting a verified match record: Liverpool (2007–2012), Swansea City (2012–2013), Birmingham City (Verified role start 2024-06-06; previous GafferLens value 2024-06-25 corrected.).
Senior head-coach spells only. Assistant and development-team roles are excluded from win-loss totals, and each spell counts only matches managed at that club.
Methodology & data freshness
GafferScore 0.4 (provisional editorial) · tactical model 0.3 (prototype model) · rankings updated 2026-08-17. Form window: Last 10 competitive matches, recency weighted.
Updated today · Confidence HIGH · Source: GafferLens editorial review — appointment, contract and career dates manually verified to the 21 August 2026 baseline
Image credits
Visual: GafferLens generic Birmingham City shirt — an original unbranded illustration using traditional club colours. No licensed photograph verified for Chris Davies (status: PLACEHOLDER).