Ashlee Savona
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 12 December 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006 | Ajax SC | ||
| 2007 | Oakville SC | ||
| 2008 | Dixie SC | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Humber Hawks | |||
| 2010–2013 | Northwestern State Demons | 68 | (15) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012 | Toronto Lady Lynx | ||
| 2015 | ProStars FC | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011–2012 | Guyana U20 | 6 | (7) |
| 2010– | Guyana | 10+ | (1+) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 January 2012 | |||
Ashlee Savona (born 12 December 1992) is a women's international footballer who plays as a midfielder. Born in Canada, she represented the Guyana national team.[1]
College career
[edit]Savona was honored as an all-Southland Conference performer during her junior and senior seasons.[2] She was also the first Northwestern State University player to play on a national team when she was named to the Guyana national squad in 2010, since her mother came from Guyana.[3] She was part of the team at the 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship.[4]
After four years at Northwestern, where she obtained her bachelor's degree in Accounting, Savona joined University of Alabama in Huntsville as an assistant coach.[5]
Club career
[edit]In 2015, Savona played for ProStars FC in League1 Ontario.[6]
International career
[edit]In 2008, she was recruited to the Guyana national team after her father was introduced to the head coach of the new program. She debuted in 2010 when the team formally began play.[7][8] She later returned to the senior team in 2016 at the 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship, for the first time since 2010.[9][10]
In 2011, she played and was named co-captain of the Guyana U20.[11]
International goals
[edit]Scores and results list Guyana's goal tally first
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
10 May 2010 | Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, Trinidad and Tobago |  Barbados |
3–0 |
3–0 |
2010 CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying qualification |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "The '8 Foundations' of the Lady Jags". Guyana Chronicle. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ^ "Ashlee Savona Northwestern State University". Northwestern State Demons.
- ^ "Northwestern State's Savona Plays With Guyana National Soccer Team". southland.org. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ^ "Final 20-Player Rosters Announced for CWOQ 2016". concacaf.com. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ "Ashlee Savona – Women's Soccer Coach". UAH Athletics. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ^ "ANB Futbol Women 3 – Pro Stars F.C. Women 0". League1 Ontario. 25 May 2015.
- ^ "Northwestern State's Savona plays with Guyana national soccer team". Southland Conference. 26 October 2010.
- ^ Bonnette, Matthew (26 October 2010). "NSU's Ashlee Savona living a soccer player's dream". SportsNOLA.
- ^ "UAH's Savona Set to Try to Qualify for Rio Games with Guyana". Gulf South Conference. 10 February 2016.
- ^ "Savona Set to Try to Qualify for Rio Games with Guyana". Alabama–Huntsville Chargers. 10 February 2016.
- ^ Fowler, Matthew (4 November 2011). "NSU player continues her soccer season on national team for Guyana". Northwestern State Demons.
External links
[edit]- Ashlee Savona at Soccerway
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- 1992 births
- Living people
- Guyanese women's footballers
- Women's association football midfielders
- Northwestern State Lady Demons soccer players
- Guyana women's international footballers
- Guyanese expatriate women's footballers
- Guyanese expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
- Soccer players from Mississauga
- Canadian women's soccer players
- Canadian expatriate women's soccer players
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Canadian sportspeople of Guyanese descent
- ProStars FC (women) players
- League1 Ontario (women) players
- Toronto Lady Lynx players
- Oakville SC players
- 21st-century Guyanese sportswomen