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My Take
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.
Overview
Ashley Luke Barnes (born 30 October 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for EFL Championship club Burnley. Barnes previously played for Paulton Rovers, Plymouth Argyle, Oxford United, Salisbury City, Eastbourne Borough, Torquay United, Brighton & Hove Albion and Norwich City.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- 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
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 186 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.