Dean Ashton

Quick Facts

Full Name	Dean Ashton
Occupation	Soccer Player
Date Of Birth	Nov 24, 1983(1983-11-24)
Age	41
Birthplace	Swindon
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Scorpio

Dean Ashton Biography

Dean Ashton is one of the most popular and richest Soccer Player who was born on November 24, 1983 in Swindon, England, United Kingdom. The striker scored 61 goals over the 159 games played for Crewe Alexandra from 2000 to 2005. Also, he played for professional clubs Norwich City and West Ham United.

He along with his fellow forward He and fellow striker Hogan Ephraim were teammates on West Ham United. were teammates at West Ham United.

Born in Swindon, Wiltshire, and raised in Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, Ashton spent his youth career playing at both Stoke City and Crewe Alexandra. He was a product of Crewe’s renowned youth development policy under manager Dario Gradi. He signed scholarship forms as a 16-year-old in 2000 before making his first-team debut on 28 October as an 83rd-minute substitute in Crewe’s 1–0 win at Gillingham and became one of the youngest players to represent the club. He waited three months for his second appearance, again as substitute, in a 3–1 victory over Grimsby Town, and his first goal for the Railwaymen was in their 4–2 victory against Burnley. His first start arrived in an FA Cup clash against Cardiff City in January 2001. He finished his first season at the club with eight goals, including crucial ones against Bolton Wanderers, Portsmouth, Gillingham and Wimbledon towards the end of the season as Crewe secured their First Division status.

His second season at the club was disrupted by injury and a temporary loss of form, but in spite of this he scored ten times and began to win international honours with England at under-16, under-17, under-18 and under-19 level. Ashton scored 16 more times in the 2002–03 season as the club bounced back to the First Division after just one season in the Second Division. Ashton had a number of notable displays for Crewe, one of which was in the 4–0 win against Luton Town, where he scored two goals and set up David Vaughan’s goal. Crewe manager Dario Gradi said that “These have been his best performances and people are right to say he has a bright future in the game.”

His birthplace was Swindon, England.

Dean Ashton Net Worth

Dean Ashton is one of the richest Soccer Player from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Dean Ashton 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a player in his youth playing for Stoke City and Crewe Alexander before making his professional debut in 2000.

He played one game for the English national team in the year 2008.

Dean Ashton (born 24 November 1983) is an English former professional footballer. He made over 240 appearances as a forward in the Football League and Premier League for Crewe Alexandra, Norwich City and West Ham United, and was capped by England. He was highly praised as a talented centre forward, but had a career frustrated by injury. He retired on 11 December 2009, aged 26, after failing to recover from a long-term ankle injury sustained during international duty with England.

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Ashton suffered a broken ankle while on England duty in August 2006, which meant that he was forced eventually to miss the whole of the 2006–07 season. In his absence, West Ham were fighting relegation for virtually the whole season, which led to speculation that Ashton would leave if the club was relegated. Eggert Magnússon, the club’s chairman, stated in March 2007 that Ashton would not be allowed to leave until the following January at the earliest if the club were to go down. In the event, the club avoided relegation on the final day of the 2006–07 season.

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Dean Ranked on the list of most popular Soccer Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Dean Ashton celebrates birthday on November 24 of every year.

Norwich accepted West Ham’s bid after apparently having been in negotiations with them for a few weeks. On 22 January 2006, the day the transfer was announced, Ashton agreed personal terms with the club and underwent a medical later in the day. He was unveiled at a press conference prior to West Ham’s match against Fulham on 23 January. Ashton said “The chance of a swift step up to the Premiership is too good to turn down. I’m really delighted to join a massive club like West Ham. When West Ham came along I jumped at the chance to be back and playing in the Premiership. My ambition has always been to be playing in the Premiership regularly and hopefully the club can make the best of my ability. I spoke to Norwich manager Nigel Worthington and the board and told them I wanted to pursue this opportunity. I’d like to thank Norwich for understanding that and allowing myself and my representative to talk to West Ham.”

What was Dean Ashtons injury?

England striker Dean Ashton broke his ankle while training with the national team on this day in 2006. At the time there was no hint of how serious the injury was but it subsequently forced him to retire three years later at the age of 26 after his surgeon warned he could be left unable to walk by playing on.

Who injured Dean Ashton?

On 11 December 2009, West Ham announced that Ashton had retired, aged 26, after failing to recover from a long-term ankle injury originally sustained during an international training session, in August 2006, following a tackle from Shaun Wright-Phillips.

What does Dean Ashton do now?

Upon from retiring from playing, Ashton has moved into the broadcasting world and currently provides punditry and co-commentary for various television channels including BT Sport, ITV, Sky Sports and the BBC.