Jon Ashton
English association football player (born 1982)
Jonathan James Ashton (born 4 October 1982) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is a first-team fitness coach at Premier League club Ipswich Town.
A graduate of Leicester City's youth system, Ashton made seven Premier League appearances during the 2001–02 season and had loan spells at Notts County and Oxford United, joining Oxford permanently in September 2003. He made 103 appearances for the club before moving to Rushden & Diamonds and subsequently Grays Athletic in May 2007, where he also won four caps for the England C team.
He signed for Stevenage Borough in January 2009 and made 234 appearances across six years, helping the club achieve successive promotions from the Conference Premier to League One. After leaving Stevenage in 2015, Ashton had spells with Crawley Town, Braintree Town and his hometown club Nuneaton Town, where he ended his playing career in 2018. Following his retirement, he moved into fitness coaching, initially with Stevenage before joining Ipswich Town in May 2021.
Early life
He was born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, and grew up in Whitestone, attending St Thomas More Catholic School.
Club career
Early career
Ashton began his career at Leicester City's youth academy and signed his first professional contract in January 2001. He made his senior debut in the Premier League on 23 March 2002, playing the full match in a 2–0 defeat to Leeds United at Filbert Street, and featured in six more matches towards the end of the 2001–02 season.
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