Ashley Smith-Brown

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Ashley Smith-Brown
Personal information
Full name Ashley Jordan Smith-Brown [1]
Date of birth (1996-03-31) 31 March 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Manchester, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.77 m) [2]
Position(s) Full back
Youth career
Fletcher Moss Rangers
2001–2014 Manchester City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2018 Manchester City 0 (0)
2016–2017 → NAC Breda (loan) 29 (1)
2017–2018 → Heart of Midlothian (loan) 2 (0)
2018 → Oxford United (loan) 9 (0)
2018–2020 Plymouth Argyle 31 (1)
2019–2020 → Oldham Athletic (loan) 6 (0)
2020 South Shields 1 (0)
2020–2021 Farsley Celtic 6 (1)
2021–2022 Stalybridge Celtic 28 (1)
International career
2011–2012 England U16 7 (0)
2011–2012 England U17 10 (0)
2013–2014 England U18 4 (0)
2014–2015 England U19 8 (2)
2015 England U20 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:11, 4 May 2022

Ashley Jordan Smith-Brown (born 31 March 1996) is an English professional footballer who last played for Stalybridge Celtic. Primarily a left back, he has also been deployed as a right back owing to his two-footedness.

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Club career

Smith-Brown (far right) playing for England's U19s in 2015 alongside Ben Chilwell, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Brendan Galloway and Joe Gomez France - England U19, 20150331 26.JPG
Smith-Brown (far right) playing for England's U19s in 2015 alongside Ben Chilwell, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Brendan Galloway and Joe Gomez

Manchester City

Smith-Brown joined the Manchester City youth academy at the age of 5 from Fletcher Moss Rangers [3] [4] He has played at multiple positions at the youth level including full back, wing back, and midfielder, and made his U18 debut at the age of 15. [4] He was made a captain of the U18 team, leading them to a league title in 2013–14 season. [5]

Loans

Smith-Brown was loaned to Dutch Eerste Divisie team NAC Breda for the 2016–17 season. [6] He scored his first goal on 12 August, in a 2–1 win over Achilles '29. [7]

In July 2017, Smith-Brown joined Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian on a season-long loan. [8] On 29 January, having struggled due to injury, he was recalled by Manchester City. [9] In total he made three appearances for Hearts. [10]

On 29 January 2018, Smith-Brown moved on loan to Oxford United until the end of the 2017–18 season, in which time he made nine appearances. [11]

Plymouth Argyle

Smith-Brown signed for Plymouth Argyle on 26 June 2018 for an undisclosed fee, [12] which manager Derek Adams later perhaps erroneously reported as "£10". [13] He was released by the club in January 2020. [14]

Oldham Athletic

He joined Oldham Athletic on a season long loan in August 2019 but the loan was terminated in January 2020 in which he returned to Plymouth Argyle. [15]

South Shields

On 6 October 2020, Smith-Brown signed for non-league side South Shields. [16]

Farsley Celtic

On 30 October 2020, Smith-Brown joined Farsley Celtic. [17]

Stalybridge Celtic

In July 2021 he joined Stalybridge Celtic. [18]

He was released by the club in June 2022. [19]

Career statistics

As of 14 April 2021 [2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Manchester City 2016–17 Premier League 0000000000
2017–18 Premier League0000000000
Total0000000000
NAC Breda (loan) 2016–17 Eerste Divisie 29100001 [lower-alpha 1] 0301
Heart of Midlothian (loan) 2017–18 Scottish Premiership 2000100030
Oxford United (loan) 2017–18 League One 9000000090
Plymouth Argyle 2018–19 League One31110301 [lower-alpha 2] 0361
Oldham Athletic (loan) 2019–20 League Two6000102 [lower-alpha 3] 090
Farsley Celtic 2020–21 National League North 6100001 [lower-alpha 4] 071
Career total833105050943
  1. ↑ Appearance in the Eerste Divisie promotion play-offs
  2. ↑ Appearance in the EFL Trophy
  3. ↑ Appearance in the EFL Trophy
  4. ↑ Appearance in the FA Trophy

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References

  1. ↑ "Danh sách sơ bộ các cầu thủ CLB Manchester City tham dự chuyến du đấu tại Việt Nam" [The preliminary list of Manchester City players to tour in Vietnam] (in Vietnamese). Vietnam Football Federation. 17 July 2017. Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 Ashley Smith-Brown at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  3. ↑ Schecklmann, Matthias. "Fletcher Moss Rangers: Manchester's secret talent factory". Goal . Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  4. 1 2 Jepson, Anthony (29 April 2016). "Man City starlet Ashley Smith-Brown takes step closer to his Blues dream with new contract". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  5. ↑ Bajkowski, Simon (14 April 2015). "Man City one to watch: Why Ashley Smith-Brown is a true Blue". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Manchester City starlets arrive at NAC Breda for loan deals". City Watch. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "City-huurling Smith-Brown scoort heerlijke goal voor NAC" [City Mercenary Smith-Brown scored wonderful goal for NAC] (in Dutch). sportnieuws.nl. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  8. ↑ Trehan, Dev (4 July 2017). "Manchester City youngster Ashley Smith-Brown completes Hearts loan switch". Sky Sports. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  9. ↑ Anderson, Barry (29 January 2018). "Manchester City youngster Ashley Smith-Brown completes Hearts loan switch". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  10. ↑ "Smith-Brown Recalled By Manchester City". Heart of Midlothian F.C. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  11. ↑ "Manchester City's Ashley Smith-Brown joins Oxford United on loan". BBC Sport. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  12. ↑ "Ash Checks In". Plymouth Argyle F.C. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  13. ↑ Errington, Chris (16 August 2018). "Derek Adams reveals his sadness at James Brent stepping down as Plymouth Argyle chairman". The Herald (Plymouth) . Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  14. ↑ "Smith-Brown Departs". Plymouth Argyle F.C. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  15. ↑ "Ashley Smith-Brown: Oldham sign defender on season-long loan". BBC Sport. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  16. ↑ Brown, Chris (6 October 2020). "South Shields sign ex-Plymouth defender Smith-Brown". nonleaguedaily.com. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  17. ↑ Ritchie, Thomas (30 October 2020). "ASHLEY SMITH-BROWN SIGNS FOR THE CELTS". Farsley Celtic FC. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  18. ↑ Dhamrait, Taran (20 July 2021). "Former England youth international joins Celtic". Stalybridge Celtic. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  19. ↑ "Player Profile - Ashley Smith-Brown (20th Jul 2021 - 1st Jun 2022)". Stalybridge Celtic. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
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