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Ashley Luke Barnes is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Burnley.
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As a child, Barnes played for Bath Arsenal, where his teammates included fellow future professional Scott Sinclair.
He began his senior career as a prolific goalscorer with local club Paulton Rovers of the Southern League.
He had an extended trial with Championship club Plymouth Argyle in March 2007, and sufficiently impressed to be awarded with an eighteen-month contract by the club, having scored several goals for the reserve team.
He made his Plymouth debut in the first round of the League Cup in August 2007 against Wycombe Wanderers, coming on as a substitute for first-team regular Sylvan Ebanks-Blake.
Barnes featured five times for Oxford United, including two FA Cup ties against Southend United, before returning to Plymouth.
He featured in five league matches for the club but did not find the back of the net.
Barnes was loaned out for a third time in November 2008 to Eastbourne Borough, with teammate Daniel Smith.
He made his league debut for the Pilgrims against Wolves at Molineux, scoring his first goal for the club against Coventry City.
His performances at the back-end of the 2008-09 season were rewarded when he signed a two-year contract extension in May 2009.
He began his senior career as a prolific goalscorer with local club Paulton Rovers of the Southern League.
He had an extended trial with Championship club Plymouth Argyle in March 2007, and sufficiently impressed to be awarded with an eighteen-month contract by the club, having scored several goals for the reserve team.
He made his Plymouth debut in the first round of the League Cup in August 2007 against Wycombe Wanderers, coming on as a substitute for first-team regular Sylvan Ebanks-Blake.
Barnes featured five times for Oxford United, including two FA Cup ties against Southend United, before returning to Plymouth.
He featured in five league matches for the club but did not find the back of the net.
Barnes was loaned out for a third time in November 2008 to Eastbourne Borough, with teammate Daniel Smith.
He made his league debut for the Pilgrims against Wolves at Molineux, scoring his first goal for the club against Coventry City.
His performances at the back-end of the 2008-09 season were rewarded when he signed a two-year contract extension in May 2009.
He joined League Two club Torquay United on loan until the end of the season in February 2010, but returned a month later having made six appearances.
Barnes subsequently joined League One club Brighton & Hove Albion on loan until the end of the season.
On 8 July 2010, Barnes signed a two-year contract with Brighton & Hove Albion after transferring for an undisclosed fee from Plymouth Argyle.
On 12 April 2011, he scored the decisive goal in a 4-3 win at home against Dagenham & Redbridge, which confirmed their promotion to the Championship.
Barnes finished the season as Brighton's second-top goalscorer behind Glenn Murray, with 20 goals in 49 appearances.
In the 2011-12 season Barnes remained a first-choice striker for Brighton's return to the Championship.
He finished the season as Brighton's leading goalscorer with 14 goals in all competitions, 11 in the league.
On 9 March 2013, Barnes received a red card in stoppage time against Bolton Wanderers for attempting to trip up the referee.
Fans and manager Gus Poyet were critical of Barnes for this action as it left the club with only one senior striker available to play, as Craig Mackail-Smith and Will Hoskins were already injured for the rest of the season.
On his return from the ban on 20 April, Barnes scored two goals in a 6-1 win over Blackpool and was named man of the match.
On 10 January 2014, Barnes joined Burnley for an undisclosed fee on a three-and-a-half-year deal.
Barnes subsequently joined League One club Brighton & Hove Albion on loan until the end of the season.
On 8 July 2010, Barnes signed a two-year contract with Brighton & Hove Albion after transferring for an undisclosed fee from Plymouth Argyle.
On 12 April 2011, he scored the decisive goal in a 4-3 win at home against Dagenham & Redbridge, which confirmed their promotion to the Championship.
Barnes finished the season as Brighton's second-top goalscorer behind Glenn Murray, with 20 goals in 49 appearances.
In the 2011-12 season Barnes remained a first-choice striker for Brighton's return to the Championship.
He finished the season as Brighton's leading goalscorer with 14 goals in all competitions, 11 in the league.
On 9 March 2013, Barnes received a red card in stoppage time against Bolton Wanderers for attempting to trip up the referee.
Fans and manager Gus Poyet were critical of Barnes for this action as it left the club with only one senior striker available to play, as Craig Mackail-Smith and Will Hoskins were already injured for the rest of the season.
On his return from the ban on 20 April, Barnes scored two goals in a 6-1 win over Blackpool and was named man of the match.
On 10 January 2014, Barnes joined Burnley for an undisclosed fee on a three-and-a-half-year deal.
On 8 November, he scored the only goal at Turf Moor to defeat Hull City and gain Burnley's first win of the Premier League season.
He scored a second goal on 13 December, the sole goal in a home victory over Southampton to take Burnley out of the relegation zone.
In November 2019, Barnes signed a new contract with Burnley until June 2022.
In February 2015, Barnes performed a high tackle on Chelsea's Nemanja Matić, who was sent off for pushing him in retaliation.
Barnes did not receive a booking for the challenge, and The FA confirmed that they would not take retrospective action as that was not normal procedure for attempted tackles.
Barnes was publicly criticised by Chelsea manager José Mourinho, and said of the criticism "I found that hilarious".
On 24 May 2015, as relegated Burnley finished the season with a win over Aston Villa, Barnes was taken off with knee cruciate ligament injuries, which would rule him out for the majority of the following campaign.
On 3 March 2018, he wrote himself into the history books, scoring his 16th goal in the Premier League to secure a 2-1 victory for Burnley against Everton.
His 16th goal, and his 6th of the season, made him Burnley's leading scorer in the Premier League since it was formed in 1992.
On 13 April 2019, Barnes was booked "In the strangest of circumstances" for kissing defender Joe Bennett during a match against Cardiff City.
He scored a second goal on 13 December, the sole goal in a home victory over Southampton to take Burnley out of the relegation zone.
In November 2019, Barnes signed a new contract with Burnley until June 2022.
In February 2015, Barnes performed a high tackle on Chelsea's Nemanja Matić, who was sent off for pushing him in retaliation.
Barnes did not receive a booking for the challenge, and The FA confirmed that they would not take retrospective action as that was not normal procedure for attempted tackles.
Barnes was publicly criticised by Chelsea manager José Mourinho, and said of the criticism "I found that hilarious".
On 24 May 2015, as relegated Burnley finished the season with a win over Aston Villa, Barnes was taken off with knee cruciate ligament injuries, which would rule him out for the majority of the following campaign.
On 3 March 2018, he wrote himself into the history books, scoring his 16th goal in the Premier League to secure a 2-1 victory for Burnley against Everton.
His 16th goal, and his 6th of the season, made him Burnley's leading scorer in the Premier League since it was formed in 1992.
On 13 April 2019, Barnes was booked "In the strangest of circumstances" for kissing defender Joe Bennett during a match against Cardiff City.
On 21 January 2021, Barnes scored the only goal via a penalty in a 1-0 away league win over Liverpool, handing them their first league defeat at Anfield in 68 matches and sealed the Clarets' first win at Liverpool since 1974.
This ended Liverpool's unbeaten home run in the league which stretched back to April 2017.
With Barnes also totalling the 100th goal of his senior career.
While born in Bath to English parents, it was believed that Barnes could qualify to represent Austria courtesy of his paternal grandmother, who was from Klagenfurt, if he were able to acquire Austrian citizenship.
Barnes made his debut as a substitute in the 73rd minute replacing FC Wacker Innsbruck's Julius Perstaller in front of 250 spectators.
Barnes said in April 2015 that he had had no further contact with the Austrian Football Association, and stated that he was open to representing either England or Austria at senior level if given the opportunity.
This ended Liverpool's unbeaten home run in the league which stretched back to April 2017.
With Barnes also totalling the 100th goal of his senior career.
While born in Bath to English parents, it was believed that Barnes could qualify to represent Austria courtesy of his paternal grandmother, who was from Klagenfurt, if he were able to acquire Austrian citizenship.
Barnes made his debut as a substitute in the 73rd minute replacing FC Wacker Innsbruck's Julius Perstaller in front of 250 spectators.
Barnes said in April 2015 that he had had no further contact with the Austrian Football Association, and stated that he was open to representing either England or Austria at senior level if given the opportunity.
In March 2017, whilst playing in the Premier League for Burnley, he again confirmed apparent eligibility for both England and Austria, and expressed a desire to represent the Austria national senior side.
His form in the 2017-18 season led to calls in Austria for him to receive a national team call-up, and manager Franco Foda confirmed in March 2018 that he was monitoring Barnes.
Barnes started his application for naturalisation as an Austrian citizen in 2018, but it was ultimately unsuccessful after it was rejected by the Austrian Ministry of the Interior in February 2019, thus confirming his ineligibility to represent Austria.
His form in the 2017-18 season led to calls in Austria for him to receive a national team call-up, and manager Franco Foda confirmed in March 2018 that he was monitoring Barnes.
Barnes started his application for naturalisation as an Austrian citizen in 2018, but it was ultimately unsuccessful after it was rejected by the Austrian Ministry of the Interior in February 2019, thus confirming his ineligibility to represent Austria.
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