Facts about Ashley Barnes, Burnley's Barney

Today's article contains a list of notable facts about Ashley Barnes, who currently plays as a striker in Burnley, the Premier League club. The club has placed its name beside Wolverhampton Wanderers, Preston North End, Sheffield United, and Portsmouth by winning all four professional divisions of English football and has made itself one of the only five clubs to do so!

Reviewing the club's history there are many stars' names, including Aaron Lee, Chris Wood, Sean Dyche, Johann Berg Guomunds, Erik Pieters, and Maxwel Cornet who played in various eras of the club's long history.

Displaying excellent performance, the stunning Burnley's players helped it perform successfully in many competitions and achieve many honors. One of these outstanding footballers is Ashley Barnes, who's been a part of the team since 2014.

Formerly, he had played for Paulton Rovers, Plymouth Argyle, Oxford United, Salisbury City, Eastbourne Borough, Torquay United, and Brighton & Hove Albion. In addition to displaying a brilliant performance at the club level, Ashley has done well at the International competitions.

In this article today we will take a closer look at both his personal and professional life. Ready to know more? Let's carry on then.

Facts about Ashley Barnes you might like to know

As we mentioned in the introduction, the text contains notable facts about Ashley Barnes, including his life on and off the pitch, and it has presented his biography in detail. However, we have placed a list of general info about him here, which will give you much fast. 

• Full Name: Ashley Luke Barnes 

• Nickname: Barney

• Date of Birth: 30 October 1989

• Place of Birth: Bath, England

•  Parents: Unknown

• Sibling(s): Unknown

• Wife: Zan Barnes

• Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.86 m)

• Nationality: Austrian-English

• Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

• Position: Striker

• Number: 10

• Team(s): Paulton Rovers, Plymouth Argyle, Oxford United (loan), Salisbury City (loan), Eastbourne Borough (loan), Torquay United (loan), Brighton & Hove Albion, Burnley

Now, it is time to go through the details of the tall striker's life on and off the pitch. Without more ado, let's follow the presented

facts about Ashley Barnes

, including his life story from his childhood to now, his parents, education, romantic relationship, Instagram, net worth, and some other short related facts. 

Ashley Barnes Early Life

Ashley Barnes was born in Bath, England, on 30 October 1989 to his parents, whose roots are English with non-British's. 

Ashley Barnes early life

 was in Batch, a big city in England.

His birthplace is famous for Roman-built baths, and it has some beautiful Roman archaeological sites. It might be one of the reasons that his paternal grandmother left her origin country, Austria, and moved there for the rest of her life. 

The great interest in football in Ashley started from a young age. However, with parents who loved football, no one expected any other things from the child. This passion for football as a child had created a strong desire in the young boy to become a professional footballer.

It was not a cross-cutting desire, and as is clear from his current situation, he followed it seriously and made a lot of efforts to achieve his childhood's wish. Ashley Barnes' first appearance in football refers to his primary education era.

At the time, his parents had enrolled him in Writhilington School in the village of Dunkerton, located near Bath. Joining the school gave him the opportunity of picking up interest in following competitive football, even more seriously than in the past. 

The talented boy did not limit his playing and practicing only to school and kept playing with confidence out of school too. Ashley used to spend much time forme the habit of overstepping his mark. Also, practicing some strange tricks with a soccer ball was one of his other habits. The stunning performance looked unbelievable from a young boy and had amazed his family and friends.

Following his routine and the time he spends playing football could show how determined he is to achieve his goal and how strongly he made efforts. Ashley Barnes' desire to become a professional footballer led him to go to Chelwood Drive in Somerset country and attend Bath Arsenal Junior for football trials.

The effort of the skillful young boy paid off, and he could pass the Bath Arsenal Juniors academy trials successfully. It also earned him the opportunity of enrolling in the club. The academy has some teams for young footballers of all youth ages, but it is not a part of the Gunners.

At the time, Ashley found some friends, including Scott Sinclair, who is now a professional footballer. Two boys had a great friendship during his playing time with the academy, and it continued until the time he left there to join Bristol Rovers when he was nine.

Early on, everything became more severe for the young boy, and Ashley set only one goal for himself, reaching the top of English football. Later, he described his feeling those days and said, "Every day I woke up, I had to pinch myself. The dream to become pro was amazing, and it was my everyday dream when I was younger." 

Ashley Barnes Family

Lack of info about 

Ashley Barnes family

 limited our knowledge about them and the atmosphere he grew in. Reportedly, Ashley's family background was lower than a middle-class family, and he spent his childhood in a flourishing situation.

His hometown was full of archeological sightseeing, which is one of the children's hobbies to visit, but Ashley had a great passion for football from those days. The high economic level of his family led his family to afford all the latest football-related toy sets for their son. 

Ashley Barnes Wife

The better a footballer is and the more famous he is in the football world, the more people are curious to know about their romantic relationships. We have dedicated the following paragraph to the love of the Austrian-English striker's life and described if he is single or married.

Zan Barnes is 

Ashley Barnes wife

, and not much info is available about her. They have started their romantic relationship for long years. The couple has a son, whose name is Flynn. He was born in 2011, and now, he is about ten years old. Lack of more facts about his wife and son might show he prefers to keep private his personal life and not share much info about it. 

Contrary to popular belief that Flynn is a fan of his father's team to support him, he is a big fan of Manchester. Ashley's goal to Manchester City spoiled Flynn's hopes, which caused him later to make excuses for his son and explain that he had to do his job perfectly. 

Ashley Barnes Instagram

Have you ever visited 

Ashley Barnes Instagram

, 

? Sharing a few posts might show that Ashley is not a fan of social media and does not spend much time on it. However, 408 followers have attracted the photos.

Although there are not many of his posts, they are interesting posts, especially the comments he wrote for them. In one of his them, Ashley commented on a text and made an excuse because of a few posts.

He said, "Sorry for the lack of posts, but I have a question for you. How many goals is Barnes going to get this season? Is he going to reach 20?" Then he asked his followers to leave their comments there. 

Ashley Barnes Net Worth

The excellent performance of the current Burnley striker has aroused much curiosity about knowing the amount of 

Ashley Barnes net worth

. The published amount on authentic online sources shows his net worth is about 16 million Euro (1.37 million Pound).

However, before signing a deal with Burnley, he was a footballer in the lower regions of English football. As the websites stated, his contract with the club earned him a whopping salary, about 2.4 million Euro per year.

Crunching the amount will reveal that Ashley makes €6,557 (£5,632) per day and €273 (£235) per hour. By comparing his income with an average man in his country, the latter has to work more than six years to earn as much as Ashley makes in only one month. 

Ashley Barnes Career History

After reading about the prominent striker's life off the pitch, it is time to go through the details of his professional life story. The following paragraph contains a complete overview of Ashley Barnes's career history, from the era he started his youth career until now. 

As we described his early life, Ashley found football the main interest in his childhood and began his early career since then by joining Bath Arsenal. His friendship with Scott Sinclair started from their years at the academy. 

His first senior team was Paulton Rovers of the Southern League, which he kept playing there for three seasons, from 2007-08 to 2009-10. Meanwhile, he made 25 appearances for them and scored two goals.

However, Ashely played for

, Salisbury City, Eastbourne Borough, and

on loan during these three seasons. Having an extended trial with Plymouth Argyle, a Championship club, and performing an excellent performance could impress the side to sign an eighteen-month contract.

He made his debut in August 2007 in a match against Wycombe Wanderers and joined the game as a substitute. Lack of enough experience led his "Main" team to send him Conference side of Oxford United and earned him the opportunity of gaining more experience.

After featuring two FA Cup ties against

and three more competitions, Barned returned to Plymouth. However, after a short while, he moved to Salisbury City in March 2008.

Having appeared in five league competitions and scoring no goals for the club, Ashley did his third transfer on loan, and along with Daniel Smith, his teammate, joined

in November 2008. As expected, Ashely's outstanding performance impressed the side and led them to extend it for one more month.

In January 2009, Plymouth Argyle recalled Ashley for the match against

. His first appearance for the Pilgrims was in a game against the Wolves at Molineux. Later, he scored his first goal in a competition against

.

By the end of the 2008-09 season, Ashley signed a two-year contract to extend the former one. Then, he spent the rest of the season, until its end, in Torquay United, the League Two club. After making six appearances in one month, he returned to his team. 

Afterward, Ashley joined Brighton & Hove Albion and played in 2009-10. During the season, Ashley appeared in eight matches and scored four goals. 

His debut was in a game against Tranmere Rovers, and Ashley scored his first goal there. Finally, on 8 July 2010, Ashley's great playing style earned him a two-year contract with Brighton & Hove Albion.

However, there is no more fact available, especially about the fee from

. About one year later, on 12 April 2011, Ashley's goal in a match against Dagenham & Redbridge confirmed his team's promotion to the Championship.

At the end of the season, with scoring 20 goals in 49 appearances, Ashley placed his name behind Glenn Murray as the second-top goalscorer of Brighton. Due to performing stunning playing, Ashley remained the club's first-choice striker for the 2011-12 season to return to the Championship. Appearing in 50 competitions, Ashley scored 14 goals during the season, of which 11 of them were in the league. 

On 9 March 2013, in a match against Bolton Wanderers, Ashley's strange reaction with the referee, attempting to trip up him, caused him to receive a red card during the stoppage time. Subsequently, the Football Association handed him a seven-match suspension.

Ashley's behavior aroused fans and the club's manager's criticism because he had left the club with only one senior striker. At the time, Craig Mackail-Smith and Will Hoskins were injured and could not appear in the match. After the ban, on 20 April, Ashley had a notable return by the two goals he scored in a 6-1 victory against Blackpool, which earned him the title of the man of the match. 

In January 2014, signing a three-and-a-half-year contract, which its fee is undisclosed, Ashley moved to Burnley. In his first appearance with them, Ashley's goal, the only one of the match, earned a sweet victory for

and defeated their opponent,

.

It was Burnley's first win of the Premier League season. Also, Ashley's second goal led the club to gain another victory over

and pushed their team out of the relegation zone. In 2019, Ashley extended his contract until June 2022.

Ashley has appeared in 233 competitions with his current team, Burnley, since 2014 and netted 46 times. As his career statistics show, Ashley has made 456 appearances during his senior career and scored 107 goals. 

Ashley Barnes Honors

The striker's outstanding playing has earned him several achievements, which we have named here. 

Ashley Barnes honors

 refer to the era he played for Brighton & Hove Albion and Burnley, which we listed here.

Brighton & Hove Albion

Football League Cup One: 2010-11

Burnley

Football League Championship runner-up: 2013-14

Short Facts about Ashley Barnes

According to what TheTimes has published about Ashley, you can know his personality more. It introduced him as a down-to-earth figure who has kind behavior with his teammates.

For example, doing a cab duty, which is not an expected Premier League scene from a top footballer, is one of the cases he does. A fan left a note about it and said, "When the passenger doors slid across, I saw seven footballers emerged, one by one. Then the driver's door opens, and out gets Ashley Barnes, their leading goalscorer and designated driver." 

Barnes, who used to drive his Smart car, started to use a minibus instead of driving his car because of his teammates, which shows how humble his character is. His behavior, rooted in his kindness, has earned him the nickname "Ash-Cabs." 

As you read, we presented a comprehensive overview of Ashley's biography. However, the lack of sufficient information in some cases limited the information provided. If you have any points regarding the presented 

facts about Ashley Barnes

' life story, which we have missed mentioning, please let us know by sharing them in the comment section. 

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