Ashley Smith-Brown

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

Ashley Smith-Brown
Personal information
Full name Ashley Jordan Smith-Brown[1]
Date of birth (1996-03-31) 31 March 1996
Place of birth Manchester, England
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Full back
Youth career
2001–2014 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (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 (0)
2019– → Oldham Athletic (loan) 6 (0)
National team
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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:30, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Club career
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.[2] 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.[2] He was made a captain of the U18 team, leading them to a league title in 2013–14 season.[3]

Loans

Smith-Brown was loaned to Dutch Eerste Divisie team NAC Breda for the 2016–17 season.[4] He scored his first goal on 12 August, in a 2–1 win over Achilles '29.[5]

In July 2017, Smith-Brown joined Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian on a season-long loan.[6] On 29 January, having struggled due to injury, he was recalled by Manchester City.[7] In total he made three appearances for Hearts.[8]

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.[9]

Plymouth Argyle

Smith-Brown signed for Plymouth Argyle on 26 June 2018 for an undisclosed fee,[10] which manager Derek Adams later erroneously reported as "£10".[11] He was released by the club in January 2020. [12]

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.[13]

Career statistics
As of 2 January 2019 [14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Other Total
DivisionApps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Manchester City 2016–17 Premier League 0000000000
2017–18 Premier League 0000000000
Total 0000000000
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
Total 401001010420
Plymouth Argyle 2018-19 League One 21 0 1 0 3 0 1[lower-alpha 2] 0 26 0
Career total 611004020681
  1. Appearance in the Eerste Divisie promotion play-offs
  2. Appearance in the EFL Trophy

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. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. "Manchester City starlets arrive at NAC Breda for loan deals". City Watch. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  5. "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.
  6. Trehan, Dev (4 July 2017). "Manchester City youngster Ashley Smith-Brown completes Hearts loan switch". Sky Sports. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  7. Anderson, Barry (29 January 2018). "Manchester City youngster Ashley Smith-Brown completes Hearts loan switch". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  8. "Smith-Brown Recalled By Manchester City". Heart of Midlothian F.C. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  9. "Manchester City's Ashley Smith-Brown joins Oxford United on loan". BBC Sport. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  10. "Ash Checks In". Plymouth Argyle F.C. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  11. 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.
  12. "Smith-Brown Departs". Plymouth Argyle F.C. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  13. "Ashley Smith-Brown: Oldham sign defender on season-long loan". BBC Sport. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  14. Ashley Smith-Brown at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 June 2017.


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