Ashley Westwood Profile

Ash­ley Mi­chael West­wood, born Bridgnorth, Eng­land, Au­gust 31, 1976. Ash­ley West­wood was on the books of sev­er­al clubs in his act­ive ca­reer, in­clud­ing Man­chester Uni­ted, Crewe Al­ex­an­dra, Brad­ford City, Shef­field Wed­nesday, Northamp­ton To­wn, and Ket­ter­ing To­wn. Fol­low­ing his re­tire­ment from play­ing the ga­me, West­wood em­barked on a ma­na­geri­al ca­reer, tak­ing the helm at In­di­an te­am Bengaluru.

Ash­ley West­wood star­ted out as a train­ee at Man­chester Uni­ted in 1994, and the cent­ral de­fender was a part of the FA Youth Cup win­ning te­am of 1995. The Shrop­shire man failed to make his break­through in the fir­st te­am, how­ever, and was sold to Foot­ball Lea­gue Sec­ond Di­vi­sion club Crewe Al­ex­an­dra for £40,000 at the end of the 1994-95 sea­son. Af­ter ap­pear­ing in well over 100 fir­st te­am mat­ches for The Rail­way­men un­der Gresty Road gaf­fer Dario Gradi, he joi­ned Paul Jewell´s Brad­ford City for a tribunal fee of £150,000 at the start of the 1998 cam­paign. Fol­low­ing two years at Val­ley Parade, he sig­ned a per­man­ent con­tract wi­th Shef­field Wed­nesday, who were now ma­naged by Jew­ell, in Septem­ber 2000 af­ter a short loan pe­riod at Hills­bor­ough. Then fol­lowed moves to Northamp­ton To­wn, Chester City, Swin­don To­wn, Port Vale, Steven­age Bor­ough, Wrex­ham, Ket­ter­ing To­wn, Lin­coln City, and Ports­mouth. Af­ter hanging up his boots, West­wood was ap­poin­ted man­ager at In­di­an Su­per Lea­gue si­de Bengaluru in the sum­mer of 2013. Ash­ley West­wood Play­ing Ca­reer: Man­chester Uni­ted, Crewe Al­ex­an­dra, Brad­ford City, Shef­field Wed­nesday, Northamp­ton To­wn, Chester City, Swin­don To­wn, Port Vale, Steven­age Bor­ough, Wrex­ham, Ket­ter­ing To­wn, Crewe Al­ex­an­dra, Northamp­ton To­wn, Ket­ter­ing To­wn, Lin­coln City, Ports­mouth. Man­aging Ca­reer: Bengaluru, Pen­ang, At­letico de Kolkata.

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