Ashley Smith-Brown
# Ashley Smith-Brown

Ashley Jordan Smith-Brown (born 31 March 1996) is an English professional footballer who last played for Stalybridge Celtic. Primarily a left back, he has also been deployed as a right back owing to his two-footedness.

## Club career

### Manchester City

Smith-Brown joined the Manchester City youth academy at the age of 5 from Fletcher Moss Rangers He has played at multiple positions at the youth level including full back, wing back, and midfielder, and made his U18 debut at the age of 15. He was made a captain of the U18 team, leading them to a league title in 2013–14 season.

**Loans**

Smith-Brown was loaned to Dutch Eerste Divisie team NAC Breda for the 2016–17 season. He scored his first goal on 12 August, in a 2–1 win over Achilles '29.

In July 2017, Smith-Brown joined Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian on a season-long loan. On 29 January, having struggled due to injury, he was recalled by Manchester City. In total he made three appearances for Hearts.

On 29 January 2018, Smith-Brown moved on loan to Oxford United until the end of the 2017–18 season, in which time he made nine appearances.

### Plymouth Argyle

Smith-Brown signed for Plymouth Argyle on 26 June 2018 for an undisclosed fee, which manager Derek Adams later perhaps erroneously reported as "£10". He was released by the club in January 2020.

### Oldham Athletic

He joined Oldham Athletic on a season long loan in August 2019 but the loan was terminated in January 2020 in which he returned to Plymouth Argyle.

### South Shields

On 6 October 2020, Smith-Brown signed for non-league side South Shields.

### Farsley Celtic

On 30 October 2020, Smith-Brown joined Farsley Celtic.

### Stalybridge Celtic

In July 2021 he joined Stalybridge Celtic.

He was released by the club in June 2022.

## Career statistics

    As of 14 April 2021

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :

| Club | Season | League | League | League | National Cup | National Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Manchester City | 2016–17 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Manchester City | 2017–18 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Manchester City | Total | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAC Breda (loan) | 2016–17 | Eerste Divisie | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| Heart of Midlothian (loan) | 2017–18 | Scottish Premiership | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Oxford United (loan) | 2017–18 | League One | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Plymouth Argyle | 2018–19 | League One | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| Oldham Athletic (loan) | 2019–20 | League Two | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Farsley Celtic | 2020–21 | National League North | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 83 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 94 | 3 |

* ↑ Appearance in the Eerste Divisie promotion play-offs
* ↑ Appearance in the EFL Trophy
* ↑ Appearance in the EFL Trophy
* ↑ Appearance in the FA Trophy
