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 Player Profiles
Player Profiles
Name: Ashley Young
Nationality: English
Date of Birth: 09/07/1985
Height:5' 9" (175cm)
Weight:10st 3lbs (64.92kg)
Previous  
Clubs:Watford
Position: Midfielder

Ashley Young made a fast start to the 2008-09 season in claret and blue - scoring a cracking winner in the second leg clash against Odense at Villa Park.

Young won the Player of the Month prize for September and - having also won the award in April 2008 - he joined the list of players to have won the award more than once, including Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerrard.

In December 2008, he scored two goals in the 3-2 win over Everton but he will fondly remember the winner as he followed Joleon Lescott's equaliser with a fab solo goal to earn all three points.

Manager Martin O'Neill later described the player as 'world-class' and a 'genius' in the post-match press conference.

After penning a new four-year deal in November, he was awarded Player of the Month for December along with manager O'Neill, who won the Manager of the Month version.

In the process, he became the first player to win three Player of the Month awards in the same year.

The only low point came when he was sent off at the Stadium of Light in January 2009 for a two-footed foul on Sunderland's Dean Whitehead.

He was also rewarded for his form with the PFA Young Player of the Year award.

Villa paid an initial £8m to Watford for Ashley Young - and eyebrows were certainly raised about the size of the transfer fee. But the pacy winger is proving to be excellent value for money.

Season 2009 - 10

Competition Apps
(as sub)
Goals Yellow
Cards
Red
Cards
League 28  (0) 4 5 0
FA Cup 5  (0) 2 1 0
League Cup 5  (0) 2 0 0
 

Career History:
Club Season Comp. Apps
(as sub)
Goals
Aston Villa 2008 - 09League 36  (0) 8
  FA Cup 3  (0) 0
  League Cup 1  (0) 0
  Euro Cups 8  (0) 2
Aston Villa 2007 - 08League 37  (0) 8
  FA Cup 1  (0) 0
  League Cup 0  (1) 0
Aston Villa 2006 - 07League 11  (2) 2
Watford 2006 - 07League 20  (0) 3
  FA Cup 0  (1) 0
  League Cup 2  (0) 1
Watford 2005 - 06League 41  (1) 14
  League Cup 1  (0) 1
Watford 2004 - 05League 15  (19) 0
  League Cup 3  (1) 0
Watford 2003 - 04League 0  (5) 3
  League Cup 1  (0) 0
 
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 Aston Villa Squad
Aston Villa Squad
1 Brad Friedel Goalkeeper  
2 Luke Young Defender  
3 Wilfred Bouma Defender  
4 Steve Sidwell Midfielder  
5 Richard Dunne Defender  
6 Stewart Downing Midfielder  
7 Ashley Young Midfielder  
8 James Milner Midfielder  
9 Marlon Harewood Striker  
10 John Carew Striker  
11 Gabriel Agbonlahor Striker  
12 Marc Albrighton Midfielder  
14 Nathan Delfouneso Striker  
15 Curtis Davies Defender  
16 Fabian Delph Midfielder  
17 Moustapha Salifou Midfielder  
18 Emile Heskey Striker  
19 Stiliyan Petrov Midfielder  
20 Nigel Reo-Coker Midfielder  
22 Bradley Guzan Goalkeeper  
23 Habib Beye Defender  
24 Carlos Cuellar Defender  
25 Stephen Warnock Defender  
27 Isaiah Osbourne Midfielder  
29 James Collins Defender  
33 Andy Marshall Goalkeeper  
42 Andreas Weimann Striker  
44 Eric Lichaj Defender  
46 Barry Bannan
(on loan to Blackpl )
Midfielder  
47 Ciaran Clark Defender  
50 Jonathan Hogg Midfielder