Aston Oxborough
Aston Oxborough (born 9 May 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for National League South club Wealdstone, on loan from Norwich City of the Premier League. He has previously represented England for the Under 17's.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Aston Oxborough | ||
Date of birth | 9 May 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Gorleston, England | ||
Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[1] | ||
Playing position(s) | Goalkeeper[2] | ||
Club information | |||
Current team |
Wealdstone (on loan from Norwich City) | ||
Youth career | |||
2007/2010 | Hemsby F.C. | ||
2010–2018 | Norwich City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018– | Norwich City | 0 | (0) |
2019– | → Wealdstone (loan) | 19 | (0) |
National team | |||
2014 | England U16 | 4 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:40, 23rd February 2020 |
Career
Early career
In 2008, Aston Oxborough was scouted by Norwich City while he was playing for a local team, Hemsby Hornets.[3] He originally started playing in defence, but was placed in goal due to his height as a youngster.
Oxborough joined the Norwich City academy in 2010 when he was aged 12.[4] On 30 April 2013, aged 15, Oxborough played for the Norwich City Under-18's for the first time against Manchester City Under-18's. This was mostly due to the Under-18's having played in the Youth FA Cup just before the game. In his U18 debut, Norwich fell to a 4–1 defeat to Man City.[5]
In January 2014 Oxborough spent time with an England training camp specifically for goalkeepers. The following February he was called up to the Under-16's England team, where he made his debut against Denmark in a 4–1 win.[6]
Oxborough was offered a Norwich City Academy Scholarship in 2014,[7] with him being offered a two-year contract in 2016, and would play for the Norwich City Development Squad.[8]
In total Oxborough played 23 games for Norwich Under-23's in the Premer League 2. His performances for the development squad were rewarded, and in April 2018 Oxborough signed a new 2-year professional contract with Norwich City.[9]
Norwich City
For the 2018-19 pre-season, Oxborough was listed in the squad for the tour of Germany.[10] He made his first appearance for Norwich during the pre-season friendly against King's Lynn replacing Remi Matthews in the 66th minute.[11]
At the start of the season Oxborough was third choice keeper behind Tim Krul and Michael McGovern. His first involvement with the Norwich first-team came on 19 September 2018, when he was named on the bench for Norwich's Championship match at Reading. Oxborough was an unused substitute as Norwich won the match 2–1.[12]
On 2 August 2019 it was confirmed that Oxborough would be moving to National League South club Wealdstone on a 5-month loan deal until January.[13]
Career statistics
- As of match played 17 August 2019.
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Norwich City | 2018–19 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
2019–20 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Wealdstone (loan) | 2019–20 | National League South | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
Career total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 |
References
- "Aston Oxborough joins Triple S - Triple S".
- "Football (Sky Sports)". SkySports.
- "Academy Watch : Aston Oxborough - Read Norwich". 1 August 2014.
- "Flown From the Nest - Aston Oxborough". ]ex-canaries.co.uk.
- "Norwich City u18s v Manchester City u18s Barclays U18 Premier League match report".
- "Match report: England U16s 4-1 Denmark U16s at SGP".
- "NEW INTAKE OF FIRST-YEAR SCHOLARS - News - Norwich City".
- "ACADEMY SCHOLARS OFFERED PRO TERMS".
- Davitt, Paddy. "Aston Oxborough signs new Norwich City deal".
- "Squads confirmed for Germany".
- "King's Lynn Town vs Norwich City on 06 Jul 18 - Match Centre - Norwich City". www.canaries.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- "Reading vs Norwich City on 19 Sep 18 - Match Centre - Norwich City". canaries.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- "Loan deals agreed for young Canaries". edp24.co.uk.