Personal information | |||
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Full name | Zachary Ashworth [1] | ||
Date of birth | 6 September 2002 | ||
Place of birth | King's Lynn, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.76 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Blackpool | ||
Youth career | |||
2012–2022 | West Bromwich Albion | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022–2024 | West Bromwich Albion | 2 | (0) |
2023 | → Burton Albion (loan) | 18 | (0) |
2023–2024 | → Bolton Wanderers (loan) | 16 | (2) |
2024– | Blackpool | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2022– | Wales U21 | 6 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:00, 1 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:13, 22 March 2024 |
Zachary Ashworth (born 6 September 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Blackpool. He is a Wales under-21 international.
Ashworth joined West Bromwich Albion's academy aged 10. [3] He signed a two-year professional contract with the club in July 2021. [4] He made his senior debut coming on as a substitute in a 2–1 FA Cup defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion on 8 January 2022. [5] [6] He made his league debut for the club on 30 April 2022 as a half-time substitute for the injured Conor Townsend in the 1–0 win at Reading. [7] On 6 July 2022, Ashworth then signed a new three-year contract with West Bromwich Albion, keeping him at the club until 2025. [8]
On 17 January 2023, Ashworth joined League One club Burton Albion on loan until the end of the season. [9]
On 20 July 2023, Ashworth joined League One club Bolton Wanderers on a season-long loan. [10] He scored on his debut for Bolton in a 1–0 win over Barrow in the EFL Cup on 8 August 2023. [11]
On 27 June 2024, Blackpool announced the signing of Ashworth, on a three-year deal from West Bromwich Albion, for an undisclosed fee. [12]
Ashworth was called up to the Wales under-21 squad in March 2022 for the 2023 European under-21 Championship qualifying matches against Switzerland and Bulgaria. [13]
He is the son of former West Bromwich Albion and current Manchester United sporting director Dan Ashworth. [3] He grew up as a West Bromwich Albion supporter. [7]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
West Bromwich Albion | 2021–22 [14] | Championship | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
2022–23 [15] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
Total | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |||
Burton Albion (loan) | 2022–23 [15] | League One | 18 | 0 | — | — | — | 18 | 0 | |||
Bolton Wanderers (loan) | 2023–24 [16] | League One | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 23 | 3 |
Career total | 36 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 3 |
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