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Andrew Gastelum

Canada Star Davies Pledges World Cup Earnings to Charity

Bayern Munich left back Alphonso Davies said that he will donate his earnings from playing at the 2022 World Cup with Canada to charity. 

Before settling in Edmonton in 2005, Davies’s family fled Liberia during the Second Liberian Civil War. He would go on to join the Vancouver Whitecaps youth system and later become the youngest player (16 years old) to debut for the Canadian national team. 

“Canada welcomed me and my family and gave us the opportunity for a better life,” Davies tweeted. “It enabled me to live my dreams. It’s a great honour to play for Canada and I want to give back, so I’ve decided that I will donate this year’s World Cup earnings to charity.”

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