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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