Dan Ashworth on August 2018 was under Manchester United’s radar to be come director of football but he would later join Brighton.
With the new shareholder in Manchester United, the club has gone on a bit of an internal renovation with sir Jim Ratcliffe trying to change the fortunes of the team and by changing those in charge of major footballing decisions at the club, Dan Ashworth and many others are part of the new individuals being brought in to help bring the club back to it former glory and status.
Dan Ashworth’s Career
Dan Ashworth was born in the year 1971 on March 6th he is a current director of football with Newcastle united but was once a defender who plied his trade with non-league sides, Eastbourne Town, where he scored 4 goals from 21 games and Wisbech town during 1989-2000.
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His career however truly began when he played for Norwich city youth team before moving to the aforementioned teams. Ashworth had a stint in the United States, coaching West Florida Fury, before returning to England to play for Wisbech Town. He eventually left in 2000 due to the clubs financial issues and ended his playing career.
This would however not be the end as Ashworth continued to be involved with football after retiring as a player, and was appointed academy director at Peterborough United in 2000.
“Center of Excellence”
In 2001, he went on to become center of excellence director at Cambridge United until March 2004 when he moved to West Bromwich Albion, assisting youth team manager, Aidy Boothroyd.
He would eventually take over as youth team manager after Boothroyd’s departure in the July of that year he continued to have influence in the team until he was promoted to the club’s sporting and technical director in December 2007.
On 17 September 2012, Ashworth was appointed as the FA director of elite development.
After six years on August 2018 he was under Manchester United’s radar to become director of football, but it would not be as he was announced in September 2018, that he had resigned his role with the FA, and would take up the post of Technical Director at Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion.
In February 2022, he was later announced by a recent, Saudi-acquired Newcastle United to be their sporting director.
Just earlier this month, it was announced that Manchester United were able to convince Ashworth to join the club in the capacity of director of football, it looks to be like his career has come full circle.
