Education
A year later he was recruited by various college scouts and chose to attend The University of South Florida.
A year later he was recruited by various college scouts and chose to attend The University of South Florida.
Ashani started off his career as a technically gifted central midfielder and a very good reader of the game. He later captained his country at the u17 level in 2007 when he was just fifteen years old. At USF he was converted into a center back by the head coach George Kiefer.
He is one of the youngest Jamaican athletes ever to go to college at just sixteen years old.
College and amateur Fairclough played four years of college soccer at the University of South Florida between 2009 and 2012. While at college, Fairclough also appeared for USL PDL club VSI Tampa Flames during their 2012 season.
Professional Fairclough wasn"t drafted in the 2013 Master of Library Science SuperDraft, but signed with Major League Soccer"s Seattle Sounders Football Club on March 22, 2013 after a strong pre-season on trial. However, he was waived by Seattle on June 27, 2013 without having made a first-team appearance.
Fairclough signed with USL Pro club Wilmington Hammerheads on April 2, 2014.
Fairclough was named to the USL Pro team of week on May 6, 2014. At the end of 2014 USL Public Relations Officer season, Fairclough was named to the USL Public Relations Officer first team of the year. Individual.
Fairclough was a member of the 2009 Jamaica national u20 team