Facts about Ashley Young, the Youngy

is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger. Young was born on July 9, 1985 meaning that Ashley Young's age is 35.

Ashley Young won the Serie A with Inter Milan last season; former England international also held talks over a return to Watford this summer while Burnley made an offer to sign 35-year-old; Young played for Villa from 2007-11 before joining Manchester United.

He has played most of his club career in England and managed to play for England national team. The 35-year-old signed a one-year deal after helping

win Serie A last season.

The followings are some facts about Ashley Young:

Young has played in Aston Villa 2001-11 and he presently plays for the

club and England national football team. Generally, his playing position is Winger, the fullback team.

Ashley Young early life

Ashley Simon Young, born 9 July 1985, is an English professional footballer who currently plays for Premier League club Aston Villa.

He has played for Watford,

, Manchester United and Inter Milan during his club career.

The fact about

Ashley Young's childhood

is that he was born in Stevenage England, where is a town in Hertfordshire, 44 km north of London.

Ashley Young's parents

are Luther and Sharon Young and they're from Jamaica. He has three siblings, his younger brothers; Lewis and Kyle are also professional footballers.

Ashley was interested in football right from his childhood; he attended The John Henry Newman Scholl in Stevenage, this was where he started playing football.

Young played football at school alongside famous English Formula One driver, Lewis Hamilton, who is born in Stevenage like Ashley Young.

In 1995, Ashley Young joined to Watford youth side at the age of 10. He was loyal to the club and finally in 2003 he played his first match for

senior team.

Ashley Young personal life

The fact about

Ashley Young's personal life

is that he married his long time girlfriend, Nicky Pike, in 2015.

The couple started dating together at school and they were supposed to get married in 2011, but just 48 hours before the wedding Ashley Young called off his £200 wedding ceremony.

The reason for canceling wedding is still kept unknown but Ashley made up four years later and finally the lovely couple got married.

About

Ashley Young's children

it should be mentioned that he has two children, his son's name is Tyler and his daughter's name is Ellearna.

Ashley Young professional career

Footballer Young began his 2006-07 Premier League Watford’s season as well, and including a last-minute strike in a 3-3 draw with Fulham against

. Young has joined to the Aston Villa Premier Leauge for a fee of 8 million EUR on 23 January 2007. He scored on his first debut for Aston at St James’ Park with

on 31 January 2007.

Ashley Young club career

The fact about Ashley Young's club career is that he began his senior career with Watford, the club which he joined to its youth side in 1995 when he was only 10.

His first-team debut came on September 2003 against

.

Young scored a goal as a substitute in that match; he scored three goals that season in five substitute appearances.

During the 2004-05 season he became a member of first squad and played 34 league matches for Watford.

He couldn't score in that season but his acceptable performance earned him the club's Young Player of the Season award.

In the following season Young's promising performances led the club to Premier League.

He started 41 matches in the league and managed to score 15 goals, his remarkable goals made him very popular among Watford fans.

During the 2006-07 season, Ashley Young played in Premier League for the first time and he found the net three times in the league.

In October, he scored a goal against Middlesbrough in League competitions and that became Watford's first win of the season.

Aston Villa

Ashley Young moved to another Premier League club, Aston Villa, on 23 January 2007 for a fee of £8 million which was raised to £9.65 million with add-ons.

The fact about Young's transfer to Aston Villa is that at the time, this was the top wage Aston Villa had ever paid for a player.

Young scored his first goal for Villa on his debut, against Newcastle United on 31 January 2007.

Ashley Young assisted 17 times during the 2007-8 season and finished second to Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas in assists.

Due to his great performance he became a member of Premier League team of the year and adapt from David James, Young was the only other player who did not come from any of the 'Big Four' (Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal).

Ashley Young won the Premier League Player of the Month award on 10 October 2008, having also won the award in April 2008; Young joins the list of players who have won the award more than once including

, Steven Gerrard and Wayne Rooney.

On 4 November 2008, Ashley Young signed a new four-year contract until 2012 with Aston Villa.

Ashley Young made his debut in UEFA Cup tournament on 2 October 2008 against

.

Young won the Player of the Month award for the third time on 10 January 2009, this made him the first ever player to win three Premier League Player of the Month awards in the same year.

Ashley Young managed to win the PFA Young Player of the Year award on 26 April 2009.

Young played an important role in 3-1 win against

at Anfield on 24 August 2009; he scored a penalty in that match.

During the following season Young became vice-captain of the club and played in some new positions on the pitch during that season, he played free role behind the striker and was allowed to move from wing to wing.

He scored an amazing goal with a direct free-kick against Bolton on 18 September 2010; it was Young's first goal in the 2010-11 season.

Ashley Young ended the season with nine goals and fourteen assists in 39 appearances for Aston Villa in all competitions.

Manchester United

With one year left to run on his contract with Aston Villa, Ashley Young joined Manchester United on 23 June 2011 for reportedly around £17 million.

Young signed a five-year deal with the "Red Devils" and was handed the number 18 shirt formerly worn by Man United's icon, Paul Scholes.

Young made his debut for the club in a 3-2 win against their archenemy,

, in the 2011 FA Community Shield, playing the whole match and making an assist.

Young showed an impressive performance in his league debut for Man United, on 14 August 2011 against

, Young made an assist to Wayne Rooney and forced an own goal in a 2-1 away win.

28 August 2011 was a glorious day for United and its fans, they managed to defeat rivals Arsenal with scoring eight goals which two of them were scored by Ashley Young and it was his first brace for the club.

On 27 September 2011, Ashley Young made his debut in the UEFA Champions League and scored a headed goal in the final minutes of the match to help his side to a 3-3 draw against

.

Young made a remarkable performance on 4 March 2012 against Tottenham; he scored two goals and made an assist in a 3-1 league win at White Hart Lane.

During the 2011-12 season, United wasn't successful in European tournaments and they lost the Premier League title to Manchester City only by goal difference.

Young managed to score eight goals in 33 matches that he played in all competitions and also made 11 assists for his teammates during his first season with United.

In the following season, Ashley Young missed many matches due to his knee injury; he managed to play 19 matches in Premier League and made five assists. He won the Premier League title with United in that season.

In the following season David Moyes began the season as United's new manager after taking over from Sir Alex Ferguson, who retired after 27 years in charge.

That season was a nightmare to Man United fans; a seventh place in the Premier League was their worst finish since 1990 and meant that they had missed out on European qualification for the first time since 1989–90.

Young wasn't the first pick of David Moyes and he only played in 20 league matches during that season which only five of those matches included his ninety minutes playing for the team.

Moyes was sacked due to his weak performance and Dutch manager, Louis Van Gaal, was announced as the new manager in May 2014.

On 16 August 2014, Young started in van Gaal's first competitive game as a wing back in a 3–5–2 formation, which saw Man United lose 2–1 to 

.

Young suffered a hamstring injury during a match against Stoke City on 1 January 2015, he returned on 3 February.

Ashley Young played an important role in an important match against Manchester City on 4 March, he scored the equalizing goal and provided two assists in a 4–2 home win and was named Man of the Match.

His promising performance against

on 9 May led him to being Man of the Match again; he won a penalty and provided the assist for Marouane Fellaini's header in Man United's 2-1 win.

Young signed a new contract with Man United on 7 August 2015 which was a three-year contract with the option to extend a further year.

He frequently played as a right-back during November, December and January due to injury to Antonio Valencia.

On 17 January, Ashley Young suffered a 'severe groin injury' against Liverpool which led to him being sidelined for several months. He made his return on 10 April against

.

His only goal of the season was scored in the last day of the Premier League on 17 May, in a 3–1 win against Bournemouth after coming on as a substitute for Anthony Martial.

Young won his third domestic trophy with Man United on 21 May; they managed to defeat Crystal Palace 2–1 in the final of the FA Cup after extra time.

Manchester United signed Jose Mourinho as their new manager for the 2016-17 season, his contract was for three years with the option of a further year.

Ashley Young's playtime became limited due to Mourinho's appointment as manager and he played in 23 matches at all competitions. Young captained Manchester United for the first time on 16 April in a 2-0 win against

.

On 4 May, Young suffered an injury against Celta Vigo in the Europa League semi-final first leg after coming on for Henrikh Mkhitaryan in the 78th minute, this injury finished the season for him.

It wasn't a good year for Young but it was successful for Man United as they managed to win Community Shield and the EFL Cup.

Manchester United also won their first ever Europa League crown in that season, they won Ajax 2-0 in the final match; this victory made them the fifth club to have won all three major European trophies.

On 12 September 2017, Ashley Young's first start of the campaign came as he played as right-back against Basel in the UCL tournament; he made an assist to Marouane Fellaini with a cross in the 35th minute.

Young managed to score a brace for the first time since March 2012, in a match against his former club Watford on 28 November. One of his goals was a 30-yard free-kick into the top left corner.

During that season Man United placed second behind Man City in Premier League table, they also reached to the final match of FA Cup but lost it 1-0 to Chelsea.

In February 2019 Ashley Young signed a new contract with the club until 2020 and he was appointed as the club's captain in August 2019.

On December 2019, Young scored his last goal for Manchester United against

in the group stage of Europa League.

The

fact about Ashley Young

's career in Manchester United is that he played 192 Premier League matches during nine years which makes him the 26th player with most Premier League appearances in the history of Man United.

Inter Milan

After spending nine seasons with Manchester United, on 17 January 2020, Ashley Young signed for Italian Serie A club Inter Milan for the rest of the 2019–20 season, with an option to extend for another season.

The transfer fee was reportedly around €1.5 million.

Young made an assist for

in his first match for Inter on 26 January 2020 against Cagliari.

His first goal for Inter was scored in a 2-1 loss against Lazio on 16 February. Young managed to score four goals in 18 Serie A matches and he also made four assists in the league competitions.

During the 2019-20 season, Inter reached to final match of UEFA Europa League but lost it 3-2 to Spanish club Sevilla, Young played 90 minutes in final match.

In the following season Inter Milan managed to win the Serie A title after 11 years. The fact about Ashley Young's career in Inter is that he won the league title after eight years.

Ashley Young became only the third Englishman to be on a winning side in Italy, the first being Jimmy Greaves in 1962 and Gerry Hitchens in 1963, also for Inter Milan.

He scored only one goal for Inter Milan during the 2020-21 season and it was scored against Udinese in the final day of Serie A.

Back to Aston Villa

35 year old Ashley Young signed a one-year contract with his former club Aston Villa on 17 June 2021. He officially joined the club on a free transfer on 1 July, when his Inter contract expired.

Ashley Young international career

Ashley Young earned England under-21 call-up due to his form in Watford in 2005-06 season and from 2006 to 2007 he earned 10 caps for the under-21s.

The

fact about Ashley Young

's senior international career is that he made his international debut on 16 November 2007 in a friendly match against Austria.

 From 2007 to 2010, Young played for England in friendly matches but his name was not among Capello's 30-man squad for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

On 9 February 2011, Young scored his first international goal in a friendly match against Denmark in Copenhagen and it was the winning goal.

Young's second international goal was scored on 4 June 2011 against Switzerland in Euro 2012 qualification.

From 6 September 2011 to 26 May 2012, Young managed to score four straight international goals in four matches against Wales, Montenegro, Netherlands and Norway.

This made Young the second English footballer after Wayne Rooney to score in four straight international matches.

Ashley Young was a member of England national team during Euro 2012 and played in all of England matches.

England was knocked out of tournament in quarter finals, they were defeated by Italy in the penalty shootouts and Young was one of England players that missed his penalty.

Young and Ashley Cole faced online racial abuse for the miss, which was investigated by the police.

On 2 November 2017, Young was recalled by Southgate after not being called up to the national team for almost four years.

During the 2018 World Cup, Young was Southgate's first-choice left-back.

faced Sweden in the quarter-final and Young managed to provide the assist for

's opening goal from a corner and England won the match 2-0 to reach to semi-finals.

Young played 90 minutes in the semi-final match against Croatia and was replaced at the start of extra time. He didn't play against Belgium in the third-place play-off.

From 2007 to 2018, Ashley Young managed to play 39 caps and scored 7 times for England.

Ashley Young stats

Ashley Young played four seasons for Watford's senior team; he scored 22 goals for Watford in all competitions which three of them were scored in Premier League.

Young provided 10 assists in all competitions during his Watford career, five of them were made during the 2006-07 Premier League season. He participated in 107 matches for Watford in all competitions from 2003 to 2007.

He joined Aston Villa in 2007 and during five seasons that he played for them, he managed to play 190 matches in all competitions.

Young scored 37 times for Aston Villa and also made 59 assists during all competitions; statistically his most successful years during his club career were with Aston Villa.

In 2011 Young joined to Manchester United, the club which he spent most of his club career with.

He played nine years for Man United and managed to play 261 matches in all competitions. Young scored 19 goals for Man Red and also made 43 assists in all competitions.

Ashley Young joined to Inter Milan in 2019 and in his one year and half stay at the club he managed to score five goals in 59 matches that he played in all competitions, he also made nine assists for his teammates in Inter Milan.

The fact about Ashley Young's stats is that he has played in 369 Premier League matches from 2006 to 2019 and his matches will get more due to his return to Aston Villa for the upcoming season.

Some quick facts about Ashley Young

About Ashley Young's age, it should be mentioned that he was born on 9 July 1985, this means that he's 35 years old.

The

fact about Ashley Young

's play-style is that his main role is winger but he has the ability to play in various positions, he can even play as a free role behind the striker.

During his later years in Man United, Young was re-invented as a left-sided full back and by many he adapted to his new role wonderfully.

He's an intelligent and aggressive defender who can deliver great crosses into the box and provide assist for his teammates; also Young has a good pace which can help him to move faster from the defense to other roles.

Young has courted dispute, he has been accused of diving by the press and has been spoken to by two of his former managers in Manchester United Sir Alex Ferguson and David Moyes about diving.

The fact about Ashley Young's championship winnings is that he won seven titles with Man United including 2012-13 Premier League title and 2011, 2013 and 2016 FA Community Shield.

He won 2015-16 FA Cup and 2016-17 UEFA Europa League and also 2016-17 EFL Cup. Young won the 2020-21 Serie A title with Inter Milan to become the third Englishman to be on a winning side in Italy.

One of his younger brothers, Lewis, made his debut for Watford in 2008 and plays for EFL League Two club Crawley Town since 2014.

Ashley Young's father supports Tottenham Hotspur, while Ashley himself, like his older brother, preferred Arsenal which is quiet interesting because he played nine years for Man United and all football fans know about the rivalry between these two clubs.

As mentioned about Ashley's favorite club during his childhood which was Arsenal, it should be mentioned that his hero and "role model on and off the pitch" was Arsenal's legend Ian Wright.

Ashley Young social media

About

Ashley Young social media

, it should be mentioned that he has an Instagram page (

) and has 2.4 million followers on Instagram. Young mostly posts pictures from himself and his friends and teammates.

Ashley Young body measurements

About

Ashley Young body measurements

, it should be mentioned that he has a body weight of 68 kg and stands at a height of 1.75 m tall.

Ashley Young net worth

Speaking about

Ashley Young net worth

, it should be mentioned that his net worth estimates to be around $9 million in 2021.

He's a famous footballer and has played most of his club career in one of the richest clubs in the world which is Manchester United; Young has endorsement deals with Nike.

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