Ashley Coffey
Personal information
Full name Ashley Mark Coffey
Date of birth (1993-12-01) 1 December 1993
Place of birth Leeds, England
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 AC Oulu
Number 9
Youth career
2006–2008 Bradford City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 West Auckland Town
2014–2016 Newton Aycliffe
2016–2018 Marske United
2018–2019 Whitby Town 12 (2)
2019 Huddinge 11 (12)
2020 Haninge 29 (28)
2021–2022 AFC Eskilstuna 47 (18)
2023– AC Oulu 25 (13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 October 2023 (UTC)

Ashley Mark Coffey (born 1 December 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Veikkausliiga side AC Oulu. Born in Leeds, Coffey played for various English non-league clubs before turning professional in Sweden and going on to play in Finland.

Career

Growing up, Coffey spent two years as part of the Bradford City academy before attending Teesside University.[1] While at university, he played for West Auckland Town before joining Newton Aycliffe in October 2014.[2] He later joined Marske United where he spent a year-and-a-half.[3] Following that he had a spell with Northern Premier League side Whitby Town scoring twice in 12 league games.[4]

Sweden

In 2019 he moved abroad for the first time to join Swedish Division 2 side Huddinge where he scored 12 goals in the second half of the season.[5] The following season, he moved up a division to join Haninge where he finished as the top scorer in the league.[6] In January 2021, he joined Superettan side AFC Eskilstuna on a three-year deal.[7] After two years, he left the club.[8]

AC Oulu

In January 2023, he joined Finnish Veikkausliiga side AC Oulu on a one-year deal with an option to extend for an additional year.[9] On 5 April 2023, Coffey made his professional league debut starting in a 2–0 win over KTP.[10] Coffey was the top goalscorer of the club in the 2023 season, scoring 19 goals and giving 6 assists in 36 matches in all competitions combined.[11] He was also the third-best goalscorer of the whole league in the 2023 season, after Bojan Radulović and Peter Godly Michael.[12]

On 10 November 2023, the club exercised their option to extend Coffey's contract for the 2024 season.[13]

Personal life

Before going professional with AFC Eskilstuna, Coffey worked at Internationella Engelska Skolan during his first year-and-a-half in Sweden.[1]

Career statistics

As of 16 November 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] Other Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Whitby Town 2018–19 Northern Premier League 122———122
Huddinge IF 2019 Division 2 1112–——1112
IFK Haninge 2020 Ettan 292810——3029
AFC Eskilstuna 2021 Superettan 281320——3013
2022 19510——205
Total 47183000005018
AC Oulu 2023 Veikkausliiga 2513526[lower-alpha 2]4—3619
Career total 1247392640013979

Honours

AC Oulu

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 "Ashley Coffey: Former Bradford City man ready to make the step-up in Sweden". englishplayersabroad.com. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  2. ↑ "DIXON SIGNS FOUR AS NEW ERA DAWNS". aycliffetoday.co.uk. 6 October 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "DOWN MEMORY LANE WITH ASHLEY COFFEY". Marske United F.C. 21 May 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "Whitby Town – Appearances – Ashley Coffey – 2018-2019". footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  5. ↑ "INTERVIEW: ASHLEY COFFEY". Whitby Town F.C. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Ettan Norra 2020". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  7. ↑ "AFC Eskilstuna värvar dubbelt". superettan.se (in Swedish). 20 January 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  8. ↑ "Officiellt: Ashley Coffey lämnar AFC Eskilstuna". fotbolltransfers.com (in Swedish). 22 December 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  9. ↑ "OFFICIELLT: Ashley Coffey klar för AC Oulu". fotbolldirekt.se (in Swedish). 6 January 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  10. ↑ "KTP VS. OULU 0 - 2". soccerway.com. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  11. ↑ REF soccerway, A. Coffey
  12. ↑ Perustilastot, Veikkausliiga
  13. ↑ Ashley Coffey jatkaa AC Oulussa, AC Oulu, 10 November 2023


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