Ashley Barnes

Ashley Barnes is the kind of striker I find easy to admire even if he never made headline transfers. His path tells the whole story: Paulton Rovers, Plymouth, Oxford, Salisbury, Eastbourne, Torquay, Brighton, then Burnley and Norwich. That's a player who grafted his way up through the lower leagues rather than being handed a spotlight, and at 186cm he brought a physical, no-nonsense presence to the Championship and Premier League. I respect footballers who keep earning their place season after season, and Barnes strikes me as exactly that sort of dependable, hard-running forward managers quietly value.

Name (English)

Ashley Barnes

Name (Japanese)

アシュリー・バーンズ

Reading

あしゅりー・ばーんず

Born

October 30, 1989 (age 36)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Snake

Origin

Bath, United Kingdom

Height

186 cm

Occupation

association football player

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA

Tags

• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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