Benny Ashley-Seal

Bernard Patrick Ashley-Seal (born 21 November 1998) is an English footballer who plays as a striker for League One club Northampton Town.

Benny Ashley-Seal
Personal information
Full name Bernard Patrick Ashley-Seal[1]
Date of birth (1998-11-21) 21 November 1998[2]
Place of birth Southwark, England
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Northampton Town
Number 22
Youth career
Arsenal
Tottenham Hotspur
2015–2017 Norwich City
2017–2018 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 (0)
2019 → Famalicão (loan) 5 (1)
2020 → Accrington Stanley (loan) 5 (0)
2020– Northampton Town 13 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:38, 07 September 2020 (UTC)

Career

Early career

Ashley-Seal was on the books at Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur before joining Norwich's academy in 2015. In October 2015, he was named by The Guardian as one of the top twenty prospects of his age group to look out for.[3] Despite this, he did not sign a professional contract with the club and, despite reported interest from Leicester City,[4] instead had trials with Chelsea and Stoke.[5]

In October 2017 he signed with Wolverhampton Wanderers on a two-an-a-half-year deal.[6] He made his professional debut for the club on 28 August 2018 in a 2–0 League Cup victory at Sheffield Wednesday, coming on as a substitute in the 80th minute for Léo Bonatini.[7] He made a further appearance as a substitute in the following round of the competition against Leicester, in which he was the only Wolves player to successfully convert his penalty in a shootout.[8]

On 23 January 2019, having signed a new three-and-a-half-year contract with Wolves, the striker joined LigaPro side Famalicão on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season.[9]

Ashley-Seal made his first start for Wolves on 4 January 2020 in a third round FA Cup tie against Manchester United at Molineux, although he was withdrawn at half-time in favour of Raúl Jiménez.,[10] this was to be final appearance for the club. At the end of the month, he moved in a six-month loan deal to League One club Accrington Stanley.[11]

Northampton Town

On 7 September 2020, Ashley-Seal joined League One side Northampton Town on a two-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[12] He scored his first goals for Northampton when he scored twice in an EFL Trophy tie against Southampton U21s on 6 October 2020.[13]

References
  1. "Premier League clubs publish 2019/20 retained lists". Premier League. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  2. "Benny Ashley-Seal". 11v11. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  3. "Next Generation 2015: 20 of the best talents at Premier League clubs". The Guardian. 6 October 2015.
  4. "Leicester set to land Norwich striker Benny Ashley-Seal with Foxes hoping to seal transfer this weekend". Sport.net. 22 June 2017.
  5. "Striker Benny Ashley-Seal seals Wolves move". Express & Star. 27 October 2017.
  6. "Young striker signed". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 26 October 2017.
  7. "Sheffield Wednesday 0–2 Wolves". BBC Sport. 28 August 2018.
  8. "Wolves 0–0 Leicestter". BBC Sport. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  9. "New deal and loan for Ashley-Seal". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 23 January 2019.
  10. Stone, Simon (4 January 2020). "Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–0 Manchester United, FA Cup Third Round". BBC Sport.
  11. Pearson, Luke (31 January 2020). "Benny joins on loan". Accrington Stanley.
  12. "NORTHAMPTON TOWN SIGN STRIKER BENNY ASHLEY-SEAL FOR UNDISCLOSED FEE". ntfc.co.uk. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  13. "Report: Northampton 5-0 Saints B". southamptonfc.com. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
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