Lee Ashcroft (footballer, born 1993)

Lee Ashcroft
Personal information
Full name Lee Ashcroft
Date of birth (1993-08-29) 29 August 1993
Place of birth Barrhead, Scotland[1]
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Dunfermline Athletic
Number 6
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Kilmarnock 65 (5)
2016– Dunfermline Athletic 69 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:57, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Lee Ashcroft (born 29 August 1993) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a defender for Dunfermline Athletic. Ashcroft previously played for Kilmarnock.

Career

Ashcroft made his debut for Kilmarnock on 11 May 2013, as a substitute in a 3–2 victory against Dundee in the Scottish Premier League[2] and then four days later scored his first career goal in a 3–1 loss against Hibernian.[3] On 14 May 2013, Ashcroft signed a new contract with Kilmarnock, keeping him at the club until 2016.[4] Ashcroft captained Kilmarnock for the first time on 4 April 2015, aged 21, in a 2–1 defeat to Motherwell at Rugby Park.

On 23 May 2016, he was one of six players released at the end of their contract.[5] Shortly afterwards Ashcroft signed for recently promoted Scottish Championship side Dunfermline Athletic,[6] making his first start for the club in a 3–0 victory over Arbroath in the Scottish League Cup.[7] Ashcroft's first goal for the side came against Fife rivals Cowdenbeath in the same competition, where he scored from a Kallum Higginbotham free-kick.[8] Ashcroft's first league match for the Pars came against Dumbarton, and saw him concede a late penalty and receive a straight red for his last-man challenge on former Dunfermline striker Robert Thomson, though Dunfermline ended the match as 4–3 winners.[9]

Career statistics

As of 4 August 2018[10]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Kilmarnock 2012–13[11] Scottish Premier League 3100000031
2013–14[12] Scottish Premiership 251000000251
2014–15[13] 222000000222
2015–16[14] 150202010200
Total 654202010704
Dunfermline Athletic 2016–17[15] Scottish Championship 351404132464
2017–18[16] 334105040434
2018–19[17] 1000400050
Total 6955013172948
Career total 1349701518219412

References

  1. ↑ "Lee Ashcroft player profile". Kilmarnock F.C. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Dundee 2-3 Kilmarnock". BBC Sport. 11 May 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Kilmarnock 1-3 Hibernian". BBC Sport. 15 May 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Rory McKenzie & Lee Ashcroft sign new contracts". kilmarnockfc.co.uk. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "Player Contracts". Kilmarnock F.C. 23 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "Dunfermline sign former Kilmarnock defender Lee Ashcroft". BBC Sport. BBC. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  7. ↑ "Dunfermline 3 Arbroath 0". Dunfermline Athletic FC. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "Cowdenbeath 0 Dunfermline 3". Dunfermline Athletic FC. 23 July 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  9. ↑ "Dunfermline 4 – 3 Dumbarton". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  10. ↑ Lee Ashcroft at Soccerway
  11. ↑ "Games played by Lee Ashcroft in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  12. ↑ "Games played by Lee Ashcroft in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Lee Ashcroft in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Lee Ashcroft in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Lee Ashcroft in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Lee Ashcroft in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Lee Ashcroft in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
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