Who Is Chris Ashton?, Age, Height, Family, Net Worth: Chris Ashton, officially known as Christopher John Ashton is an English rugby union and former rugby league footballer.

He developed a love for rugby at a younger age and has been consistent throughout his career rising through the ranks to become one of the most sought-after rugby players.

Ashton first played as a fullback or wing for Wigan Warriors in rugby league’s Super League competition and won four caps for England in 2006 and 2007.

In 2007 Ashton signed for Northampton Saints in rugby union’s Premiership, before moving to Saracens in 2012, Toulon in 2017, Sale in 2018, and Harlequins in 2020.

He made his debut for England in March 2010 and played regularly until 2014, including in the 2011 Rugby World Cup, where he finished as the tournament’s joint-leading try-scorer

Ashton represented his country (England) on 44 occasions, scoring 20 international tries. After a break of four years, he was recalled to the England squad in November 2018.

He joined Leicester Tigers of Premiership Rugby in February 2022 and in April 2022 he became the record try scorer in Premiership Rugby after scoring a hat trick against Bristol to take him to 95 tries.

In April 2023, Chris Ashton hit the headlines after it was reported that he will retire at the conclusion of the 2022/23 season after an 18-year playing career in both rugby union and rugby league.

The Leicester Tigers back has made 25 appearances for the club since joining midway through the 2021/22 campaign.

Ashton is the record try-scorer in the Gallagher Premiership (98) and Heineken Champions Cup (41) competitions.

He has also won three Premierships, two Heineken Champions Cups, and one European Challenge Cup.

Chris Ashton Age

Chris Ashton celebrated his 36th birthday in March this year (2023). He was born on March 29, 1987, in Wigan, United Kingdom

Chris Ashton Height & Weight

Chris Ashton stands at a height of 1.83 m and weighs around 92 kg

Chris Ashton Parents

Chris Ashton was born in Wigan, United Kingdom to his parents. His father is known as Kevin Ashton but there’s no information regarding who his mother is.

Chris Ashton Wife

Chris Ashton hardly shares information regarding his private affairs hence there’s no information on whether he’s married or not.

Reports say he’s engaged to his long-time girlfriend, Melissa Ashton, and the love birds got engaged in the year 2018 after dating for almost seven years.

Chris and Melissa, a Serbian fell in love with one another while enjoying their holiday in New York. Other reports also claim that the rugby player is not married to Melissa Uzalec yet and therefore she’s his fiancee and not his wife.

Chris Ashton Children

Chris Ashton has been blessed with two children; Ava and Isaac. However, not much is known about them as Chris hardly shares information regarding his family.

The mother of his children is not known and also the dates of birth and ages of Ava and Isaac were not available at the time of this writing.

Chris Ashton Siblings

Chris Ashton has never shared any information regarding his siblings hence we can’t state whether or not he’s the only child of his parents. There are no records about that.

Chris Ashton Net Worth

As of April 2023, Chris Ashton had an estimated net worth of about $22 million. He had made such an amount from his career as an English rugby union and former rugby league footballer.

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