Benny Ashley-Seal

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Benny Ashley-Seal
Personal information
Full name Bernard Patrick Ashley-Seal [1]
Date of birth (1998-11-21) 21 November 1998 (age 25) [2]
Place of birth Southwark, England
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Arsenal
Tottenham Hotspur
2015–2017 Norwich City
2017–2018 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2020 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 (0)
2019 → Famalicão (loan) 5 (1)
2020 → Accrington Stanley (loan) 5 (0)
2020–2022 Northampton Town 32 (2)
2022–2023 KTP 7 (0)
2023 Hamilton Academical 8 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 June 2024

Bernard Patrick Ashley-Seal (born 21 November 1998) is an English professional footballer who last played as a striker for Scottish League One club Hamilton Academical.

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Career

Early career

Ashley-Seal was on the books at Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur before joining Norwich's academy in 2015. In October 2015, he was named by The Guardian as one of the top twenty prospects of his age group to look out for. [3] Despite this, he did not sign a professional contract with the club and, despite reported interest from Leicester City, [4] instead had trials with Chelsea and Stoke. [5]

In October 2017 he signed with Wolverhampton Wanderers on a two-an-a-half-year deal. [6] He made his professional debut for the club on 28 August 2018 in a 2–0 League Cup victory at Sheffield Wednesday, coming on as a substitute in the 80th minute for Léo Bonatini. [7] He made a further appearance as a substitute in the following round of the competition against Leicester, in which he was the only Wolves player to successfully convert his penalty in a shootout. [8]

On 23 January 2019, having signed a new three-and-a-half-year contract with Wolves, the striker joined LigaPro side Famalicão on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season. [9]

Ashley-Seal made his first start for Wolves on 4 January 2020 in a third round FA Cup tie against Manchester United at Molineux, although he was withdrawn at half-time in favour of Raúl Jiménez., [10] this was to be final appearance for the club. At the end of the month, he moved in a six-month loan deal to League One club Accrington Stanley. [11]

Northampton Town

On 7 September 2020, Ashley-Seal joined League One side Northampton Town on a two-year deal for an undisclosed fee. [12] He scored his first goals for Northampton when he scored twice in an EFL Trophy tie against Southampton U21s on 6 October 2020. [13]

KTP

On 26 July 2022, Ashley-Seal signed for Finnish club KTP. [14]

Hamilton Academical

On March 18 2023, Ashley-Seal joined Hamilton Academical on a contract till end of the season. [15]

Career statistics

As of 8 August 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2018–19 [16] Premier League 0000200020
2019–20 [17] Premier League0010100020
Total0010300040
Wolverhampton Wanderers U23 2018–19 ———3 [lower-alpha 1] 131
2019–20 ———3 [lower-alpha 1] 333
Total0000006464
Famalicão (loan) 2018–19 LigaPro 5100000051
Accrington Stanley (loan) 2019–20 League One 5000000050
Northampton Town 2020–21 [18] League One23010104 [lower-alpha 1] 3293
2021–22 [19] League Two 92100030132
Total322201073425
KTP 2022 Ykkönen 7000––70
Hamilton Academical 2022–23 Scottish Championship 810010–91
Career total57430501377811
  1. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy.

Honours

Hamilton Academical

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  2. ↑ "Benny Ashley-Seal". 11v11. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  3. ↑ "Next Generation 2015: 20 of the best talents at Premier League clubs". The Guardian. 6 October 2015.
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  8. ↑ "Wolves 0–0 Leicestter". BBC Sport. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
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  10. ↑ Stone, Simon (4 January 2020). "Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–0 Manchester United, FA Cup Third Round". BBC Sport.
  11. ↑ Pearson, Luke (31 January 2020). "Benny joins on loan". Accrington Stanley.
  12. ↑ "NORTHAMPTON TOWN SIGN STRIKER BENNY ASHLEY-SEAL FOR UNDISCLOSED FEE". ntfc.co.uk. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  13. ↑ "Report: Northampton 5-0 Saints B". southamptonfc.com. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  14. ↑ KTPKotka [@KTPKotka] (26 July 2022). "Kiitos Kymin Apupyörälle lahjoituksesta! Nyt myös joukkueen uusin tulokas, Benny, on saannut kulkupelin alleen ja pääsee näin ollen sujuvasti kulkemaan muun muassa treeneihin ja kotiotteluihin! 🚴🏼‍♂️🫱🏾‍🫲🏼" (Tweet). Retrieved 20 March 2023– via Twitter.
  15. ↑ "Hamilton Accies sign a striker right before Ayr United Championship clash". Daily Record. 18 March 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
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  17. ↑ "Games played by Benny Ashley-Seal in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Benny Ashley-Seal in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Benny Ashley-Seal in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  20. ↑ Raith Rovers 0–1 Hamilton Academical, Andrew Petrie, BBC Sport, 26 March 2023
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