Ashley Young

The birthplace of football is good old England. Teams from Great Britain are considered to be among the strongest on the field, and the national team has become world champion several times in the history of this sport. Ashley Young is one of the most successful players, and his career is developing not only in the legendary club “Manchester United”, but also in the national team.

The football player's biography begins on July 9, 1985 in the English town of Stevenage near London. The parents of the future winger are from Jamaica, the Englishman owes his origin to the coffee color of his skin.

The male half of the Young family (father and three brothers - one older and two younger) are fans and football players. His father preferred Tottenham, while Ashley himself was rooting for Arsenal. The boy's idol was Ian Wright.

In the athlete's hometown, special attention was paid to working with young people, so many talented young people were engaged in educational institutions. So, in the same school with Ashley was the famous race car driver Lewis Hamilton. By the way, for the time being, Young was jealous of the latter's successes and preferred not to comment on his achievements in an interview.

Ashley from childhood decided on a future career. The boy did not see himself anywhere except the football field. When the teacher asked the graduate what he plans to do after receiving the certificate, he answered without hesitation that he would be a football player. Young did not see any alternatives for himself.

It is not surprising, because every free minute with the brothers was spent with the ball. When there was no ball, stones or other improvised objects were used. Ashley recalls that at first the boys scored goals through an impromptu couch-shaped gate. True, after the young football player smashed the decorative figure of a swan, his mother firmly forbade him to appear with the ball in the house.

Young had its own football school in his hometown. However, Ashley turned out to be a graduate of the Watford Academy located closer to the capital. The first blow for the ambitious 16-year-old was the club's refusal to sign a professional contract. Then Ashley, he said, realized that a turning point in life had come and that it was necessary to fight to achieve the goal.

In the end, Young achieved what he wanted, and the coach of the youth team recommended the pupil to the manager of the “hornets”. In 2003, the footballer made his debut on the field for the honor of Watford. In the first match, Young sends a goal against the opponents of Millwall. In the first season, the Englishman is more often a substitute, but in the next he plays in the starting lineup.

Despite the fact that 2004-2005 was not marked by goals scored by Young, the young man received the club's Young Player of the Season award. Starting next season, at the suggestion of coach Adie Boothroyd, Ashley changes position on the field and enters the lineup as a striker.

Short and fast Young (the player is 175 cm tall and weighs 65 kg) brilliantly copes with the new position in the team, sending 15 goals on target in 41 matches played in the 2005/2006 season.

The success of the young athlete did not go unnoticed, and in 2007 the club's management received several offers to transfer Young for £ 5 million. The club refused, without disclosing the names of the applicants. The management accepted West Ham's £ 10 million offer, but this time the footballer himself refused, as buyers were on the verge of being kicked out of the Premier League.

The Englishman changed clubs in 2007, wearing an Aston Villa uniform. In the 2007/2008 season, the athlete repeatedly took the title of player of the match. Effective work on the field was marked by a call to the national team of the country. At the club, the footballer returns to his usual winger position, and also plays as a full-back.

In 2011, the press covered the news that Young had signed a contract with Manchester United. According to The Independent, the Red Devils paid £ 17 million for the winger, and the player's salary was more than £ 6 million a year.

In 2016, Young dropped out of the Mancunian squad for a long time due to a groin injury. The athlete needed surgery and a time-out for the recovery period. Fortunately, everything ended well, and the winger, after a course of rehabilitation, again entered the field among the “red devils”.

Since the date of his first debut for the national team in 2007 in the qualifying matches for Euro 2008 against the national teams of Russia and Israel, Young has steadily entered the field for the honor of the country. In the starting lineup, the footballer appears on the field in 2010.

Ashley scored the first goal against the enemy in the international arena in 2011 in a match against the Danish team. A few months later, he repeats his success, scoring a goal during a meeting with the Swiss national team.

At Euro 2012, he is included in the starting lineup and participates in all the national team's games in the championship. Unfortunately, in the quarterfinals, during the meeting with the Italian national team, Young was unable to convert the penalty in the post-match series, and the team as a result left the tournament.

The athlete has known his wife Nikki Pike since his teenage school days. Young people love each other faithfully. The wife often accompanies her husband to matches and championships, maintaining morale and cheering in the stands.

The couple prudently prefers not to wash dirty linen in public and keeps the details of their personal life behind a thick veil. It is known that after a long relationship, the lovers set a wedding date in 2011. However, at the last moment, 48 hours before the ceremony, the groom canceled the event without giving any reason. One way or another, the possible troubles in the Young family were sorted out, and the wedding still took place in 2015 in Buckinghamshire.

The couple are raising two children - the eldest son Tyler Jay was born in 2006, and the daughter of Ellean Ruby in 2009. The son followed in his father's footsteps and is trying to build a career as a professional football player. In 2014, Nikki's Twitter post appeared that the boy was signing a contract with Arsenal, which Young Sr. had been a fan of as a child.

Ashley, who makes millions of pounds a year, loves Mom’s cooking. The athlete admits that he sometimes asks to send dishes from the parent's kitchen, and confidently declares that the money spent on delivery is worth it.

Plus, Ashley is a tattoo fan. On the Instagram page, the footballer, in addition to numerous photos with the team, uploads videos from tattoo parlors. And in 2018 Ashley starred in a Chevrolet ad, in which the athlete's autograph became a tattoo on a fan's arm.

Ashley Young, in addition to undoubted talent and career prospects, from time to time demonstrates a restive and irascible disposition on the field. So, in October 2017, the winger had a fight with Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli.

The skirmish ended with a scuffle and a sarcastic request from the Mankunian to let him know when the opponent would win the English championship.

In early 2018, Ashley was suspended for three matches for being rude on the pitch against Saupthampton. Young deliberately hit midfielder Dusan Tadic with his elbow, for which he was punished.

Despite the troubles associated with the character of the player, Young remains a talented and productive footballer on the field. In 2018, the winger renewed his contract with the Red Devils, activating the option provided for in the contract.

Watford

2005/06 - Winner of the playoffs of the Football League Championship (Championship)

"Manchester United"

2012/13 - Champion of the English Premier League 2015/16 - Winner of the FA Cup 2016/17 - Winner of the Football League Cup 2011 - Winner of the FA Super Cup 2016/17 - Winner of the Europa League 2004/05 - Young footballer of the season at Watford 2008 - Player of the month of the English Premier League (April, September, December) 2009 - PFA Young Player of the Year

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