Jon Ashton

Jon Ashton
Personal information
Full name Jonathan James Ashton
Date of birth (1982-10-04) 4 October 1982
Place of birth Nuneaton, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
Ipswich Town (fitness coach)
Youth career
1994–2001 Leicester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2003 Leicester City 9 (0)
2002Notts County (loan) 4 (0)
2003Oxford United (loan) 6 (0)
2003–2006 Oxford United 91 (1)
2006–2007 Rushden & Diamonds 40 (2)
2007–2009 Grays Athletic 57 (2)
2009–2015 Stevenage 192 (5)
2015–2016 Crawley Town 30 (0)
2016–2017 Braintree Town 15 (0)
2017Grays Athletic (loan) 9 (0)
2017 Grays Athletic 0 (0)
2017–2018 Nuneaton Town 14 (0)
Total 467 (10)
International career
2007 England C 4 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jonathan James Ashton (born 4 October 1982) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is a first-team fitness coach at EFL Championship club Ipswich Town.

A graduate of Leicester City's youth system, Ashton made seven Premier League appearances during the 2001–02 season and had loan spells at Notts County and Oxford United, joining Oxford permanently in September 2003. He made 103 appearances for the club before moving to Rushden & Diamonds and subsequently Grays Athletic in May 2007, where he also won four caps for the England C team.

He signed for Stevenage Borough in January 2009 and made 234 appearances across six years, helping the club achieve successive promotions from the Conference Premier to League One. After leaving Stevenage in 2015, Ashton had spells with Crawley Town, Braintree Town and his hometown club Nuneaton Town, where he ended his playing career in 2018. Following his retirement, he moved into fitness coaching, initially with Stevenage before joining Ipswich Town in May 2021.