Ashleigh Plumptre

Ashleigh Plumptre (born 8 May 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Leicester City in the FA Women's Championship.[1]

Ashleigh Plumptre
Personal information
Full name Ashleigh Plumptre
Date of birth (1998-05-08) 8 May 1998
Place of birth England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Leicester City
Number 22
Youth career
Asfordby Amateurs
Leicester City
Birmingham City
Derby County
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 USC Trojans 77 (5)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Notts County 4 (0)
2020– Leicester City 10 (0)
National team‡
2013–2016 England U17 6 (4)
2016 England U23
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:21, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:14, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

Club and college career

Plumptre started her senior career with Notts County, having played for Asfordby Amateurs, Leicester City, Birmingham City and Derby County at youth level, making 10 appearances in all competitions during her time with the club, scoring once and reaching the 2015 FA Women's Cup Final and 2015 FA WSL Cup final.[1] Plumptre moved to the United States in 2016 to join the USC Trojans women's soccer team, playing 17 times, helping the Trojans to the 2016 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.[2] Plumptre went on to play a total of 77 times, scoring 5 goals across her college career, earning multiple honors.[2]

In December 2019, Plumptre returned to Leicester City in the FA Women's Championship, with the foxes having beaten FA Women's Super League competition to sign her.[3]

International career

Plumptre represented England at U17 level, scoring 4 times in 6 games.[1] Plumptre was also part of the England U23 team for the 2016 La Manga Tournament.[2]

Honours

Notts County

USC Trojans

Individual

  • All-Pacific Region first team (2019)
  • All-Pac-12 second team (2019)
  • CoSIDA Academic All-District second team (2018)

Personal life

Plumptre is 1/4 Nigerian.[4]

References
  1. "England - A. Plumptre". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. "Ashleigh Plumptre - USC Trojans". USC Trojans. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  3. "Leicester Sign Ashleigh Plumptre". Leicester City WFC. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  4. "LA Galaxy profile". lagalaxyoc.com. Retrieved 2 October 2020.


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