Ashton Götz

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ashton Götz

| full_name = Ashton-Phillip Shawn Götz{{Worldfootball.net|ashton-goetz}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|7|16|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Pirmasens, Germany

| height = 1.77 m

| position = Right-back

| currentclub = TuS Dassendorf

| clubnumber = 16

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = SV St. Georg

| youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = SC Concordia

| youthyears3 = | youthclubs3 = SC Hamm

| youthyears4 = 2008–2012 | youthclubs4 = Hamburger SV

| years1 = 2011–2017 | caps1 = 82 | goals1 = 0 | clubs1 = Hamburger SV II

| years2 = 2014–2017 | caps2 = 11 | goals2 = 0 | clubs2 = Hamburger SV

| years3 = 2017–2018 | caps3 = 9 | goals3 = 0 | clubs3 = Roda JC

| years4 = 2019–2023 | caps4 = 37 | goals4 = 6 | clubs4 = SV Drochtersen/Assel

| years5 = 2023– | caps5 = 19 | goals5 = 2 | clubs5 = TuS Dassendorf

| club-update = 04:53, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

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Ashton-Phillip Shawn Götz (born 16 July 1993) is a German footballer who plays as a right-back for TuS Dassendorf.{{Soccerway|ashton--gotz/182898}}

Club career

Götz is a youth product from Hamburger SV. In 2011, he made his debut for the reserve team. He made his Bundesliga debut in the club's first team on 24 September 2014 against Borussia Mönchengladbach. He replaced Dennis Diekmeier in overtime in a 1–0 away defeat.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2014/09/24/germany/bundesliga/borussia-monchengladbach/hamburger-sv/1713463/|title=Borussia Mönchengladbach vs. Hamburger SV – 24 September 2014|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=19 October 2014}}

In May 2017, he was suspended by the coach of Hamburg's first team, Markus Gisdol,{{cite web |title=Markus Gisdol, der Trainer des Hamburger SC reagiert mit Härte: HSV-Trio suspendiert - Trainingslager gefunden |url=https://www.kicker.de/gisdol-reagiert-mit-haerte_hsv-trio-suspendiert-677050/artikel |website=kicker |access-date=6 April 2022 |language=de |date=2 May 2017}} and subsequently, his contract with the first team was dissolved.

International career

Götz was born in Germany to an African American father and a German mother, and was scouted to perhaps join the United States men's national soccer team.{{cite web| url = http://www.espnfc.us/german-bundesliga/story/2308106/hamburgs-ashton-gotz-set-for-united-states-chance-says-agent| title = Hamburg's Ashton Gotz set for United States chance, says agent| date = 20 February 2015}}