Ashley Sestanovich
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| Ashley Sestanovich | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18th September 1981 | |
| Place of birth | —, — | |
| Height | 1.92 m (6ft 3in) | |
| Playing position | Midfield | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | - | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| - - - - - 2002-2003 2003-2005 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005 2005-2006 2006 2006 |
Millwall Man City Antwerp FC Metz Mullingar Town F.C. Hampton & Richmond Sheffield Utd → Scarborough(loan) → Grimsby Town(loan) Chester City F.C. Farnborough Town F.C. Gravesend & Northfleet F.C. Grays Athletic Total |
- (-) - (-) - (-) - (-) - (-) - (-) 2 (0) 7 (2) 23 (2) 7 (0) 31 (8) - (-) - (-) |
| National team2 | ||
| Grenada | - (-) | |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Ashley Sestanovich (Born September 18, 1981) is an English footballer of Grenadian and Croatian descent. He has said he would like to play for Grenada in the next FIFA World Cup qualifiers, although whether they'll pick him is another thing.
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[edit] Previous Clubs
Sestanovich has played for dozens of teams in his career and had short spells with Manchester City and Millwall before hot-footing it to Belgium where he had a short spell with Antwerp. He then ended up in France where he had trials with Metz. After this, Ireland called and Sestanovich found himself as part of a bizarre 'Dream Team' attempt to get Eircom League status for Mullingar Town FC, a small team who operated from the County Westmeath capital town Mullingarbut Mullingar Town failed in their Eircom League bid despite Moore's millions . Sestanovich dipped his toes in non-league football, when he signed for Isthmian League outfit Hampton & Richmond in the Summer of 2002. From there, he was scouted and sold to Sheffield United, (despite considerable interest from other teams such as Stockport County).
Sheffield United considered that it was in his and their best interests to loan Ashley out to other clubs to gain some experience. He went on a successful loan spell to non-League Scarborough, helping them reach the 4th Round of the FA Cup where they narrowly lost to Chelsea 0-1 in a televised game. In all he played 12 games (League and Cup) and scored 3 goals. He returned to Sheffield United and played two games in April 2004, before his second loan spell at the then cash-strapped Grimsby Town(for 2004/2005 season). This was ended prematurely due to, amongst other things, Ashley refusing to act as a substitute and leaving the ground before a match had started, verbally abusing a referee (for which he was given a 4 game ban)[1] and getting sent off 4 minutes after coming on as a substitute in a later match[2]. After a successful spell at Farnborough Town FC, he was sold to Grays Athletic in June 2006.
[edit] Armed Robbery
His contract at Grays Athletic was terminated the following month after he was arrested and remanded in custody awaiting trial after being charged with conspiracy to rob. [3] He was subsequently found guilty of the crime.[4]
[edit] Thierry Henry Body Double
Perhaps his most famous moment - bar the armed robbery charge - came when he stood in for Thierry Henry during filming for a Nike advert in Rome. The boyhood Arsenal fan told the BBC at the time: "I met Thierry Henry when I was filming an advert for a Nike commercial in Rome and I played the part of his body double. I met all the players - the likes of Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and Luis Enrique were all there. Sylvain Wiltord, Patrick Vieira and Thierry Henry were there from Arsenal and it was great to see them face-to-face - but I would like to meet them on the pitch at some point."
Ashley Sestanovich also acted as Thierry Henry's body double for a series of TV adverts for Renault cars.
[edit] Trivia
Sestanovich was voted "Player Of The Round" for his display against Port Vale (where he scored the winner for Scarborough) in the 2nd Round Proper of the FA Cup. As a result, he was included in the first ever "Team Of The FA Cup" for the 2003/2004 Season, with, amongst other players, Lee Trundle of Swansea City fame.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/humber/content/articles/2005/01/14/grimsby_town_sestanovich_doubt_feature.shtml/
- ^ electronicfishcake.com player profile
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/g/grays_athletic/5223736.stm
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6191217.stm
- ^ http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=117035
