Aston Oxborough

Aston Jay Oxborough (born 9 May 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Norwich City of the Championship. He has previously represented England for the Under 16’s and Under 17's.

Aston Oxborough
Personal information
Full name Aston Jay Oxborough[1]
Date of birth (1998-05-09) 9 May 1998
Place of birth Gorleston, England
Height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper[3]
Club information
Current team
 Norwich City
Number 38
Youth career
2007–2010 Hemsby F.C.
2010–2018 Norwich City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Norwich City 0 (0)
2019–2020 → Wealdstone (loan) 27 (0)
National team
2014 England U16 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:48, 27th December 2020

Career

Early career

In 2008, Aston Oxborough was scouted by Norwich City while he was playing for a local team, Hemsby Hornets.[4] He originally started playing in defence, but was placed in goal due to his height as a youngster.

Oxborough joined the Norwich City academy in 2010 when he was aged 12.[5] On 30 April 2013, aged 15, Oxborough played for the Norwich City Under-18's for the first time against Manchester City Under-18's. This was mostly due to the Under-18's having played in the Youth FA Cup just before the game. In his U18 debut, Norwich fell to a 4–1 defeat to Man City.[6]

In January 2014 Oxborough spent time with an England training camp specifically for goalkeepers. The following February he was called up to the Under-16's England team, where he made his debut against Denmark in a 4–1 win.[7]

Oxborough was offered a Norwich City Academy Scholarship in 2014,[8] with him being offered a two-year contract in 2016, and would play for the Norwich City Development Squad.[9]

In total Oxborough played 23 games for Norwich Under-23's in the Premer League 2. His performances for the development squad were rewarded, and in April 2018 Oxborough signed a new 2-year professional contract with Norwich City.[10]

Norwich City

For the 2018-19 pre-season, Oxborough was listed in the squad for the tour of Germany.[11] He made his first appearance for Norwich during the pre-season friendly against King's Lynn replacing Remi Matthews in the 66th minute.[12]

At the start of the season Oxborough was third choice keeper behind Tim Krul and Michael McGovern. His first involvement with the Norwich first-team came on 19 September 2018, when he was named on the bench for Norwich's Championship match at Reading. Oxborough was an unused substitute as Norwich won the match 2–1.[13]

On 2 August 2019 it was confirmed that Oxborough would be moving to National League South club Wealdstone on a 5-month loan deal until January. He went on to win the National League South with Wealdstone, winning player of the month in September.[14]

In March 2020 he extended his contract with Norwich until the end of June 2022 with an option for a further one year extension.[15]

Oxborough was set to join League 2 side Salford at the start of the 2020 season, however he was halted with a serious Achilles rupture injury.

Career statistics
As of match played 27 December 2020.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Norwich City 2018–19 Championship 000000—00
2019–20 Premier League 000000—00
2020–21 Championship 000000—00
Wealdstone (loan) 2019–20 National League South 27000——270
Career total 2700000—270

References
  1. "Premier League clubs publish 2019/20 retained lists". Premier League. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  2. "Aston Oxborough joins Triple S - Triple S".
  3. "Football (Sky Sports)". SkySports.
  4. "Academy Watch : Aston Oxborough - Read Norwich". 1 August 2014.
  5. "Flown From the Nest - Aston Oxborough". ]ex-canaries.co.uk.
  6. "Norwich City u18s v Manchester City u18s Barclays U18 Premier League match report".
  7. "Match report: England U16s 4-1 Denmark U16s at SGP".
  8. "NEW INTAKE OF FIRST-YEAR SCHOLARS - News - Norwich City".
  9. "ACADEMY SCHOLARS OFFERED PRO TERMS".
  10. Davitt, Paddy. "Aston Oxborough signs new Norwich City deal".
  11. "Squads confirmed for Germany".
  12. "King's Lynn Town vs Norwich City on 06 Jul 18 - Match Centre - Norwich City". www.canaries.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  13. "Reading vs Norwich City on 19 Sep 18 - Match Centre - Norwich City". canaries.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  14. "Loan deals agreed for young Canaries". edp24.co.uk.
  15. "Aston Oxborough extends contract at Norwich City". Norwich City. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
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