Ashleigh Neville

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Ashleigh Neville
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Playing for Tottenham Hotspur in 2021
Personal information
Full name Ashleigh Neville
Date of birth (1993-04-29) 29 April 1993 (age 28)
Place of birth West Bromwich, England,
Position(s) Fullback
Club information
Current team
 Tottenham Hotspur
Number 29
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Sporting Club Albion 33 (16)
2013–2017 Coventry United 69 (20)
2017– Tottenham Hotspur 36 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Ashleigh Neville (born 29 April 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for FA WSL club Tottenham Hotspur.[1]

Club Career[]

Sporting Club Albion[]

Neville began her career with her local club Sporting Club Albion. Her final season with the club was the 2012–13 FA WPL season in which she made 23 appearances and scored 14 goals in all competitions while her team finished fourth out of nine teams in the third level Northern Division.[2]

Coventry United[]

Neville joined newly founded Coventry City Ladies for the 2013–14 season. In her time with the club she had 69 appearances and 20 goals.[3] She made 20 appearances for the club, now know as Coventry United, in the 2016–17 season, her final with the team.[4]

Tottenham Hotspur[]

On 14 July 2017 Neville was announced as having signed for Tottenham Hotspur after their promotion to the FA Women's Super League 2 for the 2017–18 season. Her former club Coventry United were title rivals with Tottenham Hotspur in the FA WPL Premier Division Southern Division, but ultimately fell four points behind Spurs who eventually won promotion.[5] She appeared in 36 matches and scored a total of five goals during her first two seasons with the club.[6] Neville was named Player of the Year for Tottenham for 2017–18, and was FAWC Player of the Month for April 2019.[7] Tottenham's first top flight season would ultimately end prematurely, but Neville appeared in 13 of 15 matches and helped Spurs finish seventh out of twelve sides.[8] It was announced on 12 June 2020 that she re-signed with Tottenham through the end of the 2022 season.[9] The following season Neville would appear 12 times out of 22 possible matches in the WSL as Spurs would finish in 8th place.[8]

Personal life[]

Neville is to be married in June 2021 and she and her partner are part-time carers to a male child.[10] She previously worked as a primary school teacher before turning fully professional upon entering the WSL.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ "Ashleigh Neville Player Profile". Tottenham Hotspur. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  2. ^ "West Bromwich Albion Womens | The FA Women's National League". fulltime.thefa.com. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Ash Neville: "Coventry helped me become the player I am and who Spurs knew I could transform into"". Tottenham Hotspur. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  4. ^ Frith, Wilf (14 July 2017). "Neville Gets New Challenge With Spurs". She Kicks Women's Football Magazine. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Spurs Ladies sign highly-rated defender Ashleigh Neville". Tottenham Hotspur. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Ashleigh Neville – Soccer – Scoresway – Results, fixtures, tables and statistics". www.scoresway.com. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  7. ^ Menno, Dustin (10 May 2019). "Ashleigh Neville wins April FAWC Player of the Month". Cartilage Free Captain. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  8. ^ a b "England - A. Neville - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Women Soccerway". us.women.soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  9. ^ "New contract for Ashleigh Neville". Tottenham Hotspur. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  10. ^ "At home with Ashleigh Neville!". Tottenham Hotspur. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  11. ^ "From primary school teacher to playing in front of 38,000". www.newschainonline.com. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2022.


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