Asmita Ale
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Asmita Ale | ||
| Date of birth | 3 November 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Dorset, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.71 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Leicester City | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2018 | Aston Villa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2021 | Aston Villa | 50 | (2) |
| 2021–2024 | Tottenham Hotspur | 31 | (1) |
| 2024 | → Leicester City (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2024– | Leicester City | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017–2018 | England U17 | 13 | (0) |
| 2018 | England U18 | 5 | (0) |
| 2019 | England U19 | 4 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:00, 18 July 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2022 | |||
Asmita Ale (Nepali: अस्मिता आले, born 3 November 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Women's Super League club Leicester City.
The daughter of a former Gurkha soldier, she joined Aston Villa at the age of eight.[1] She received her first professional contract after turning 18 in late 2019, becoming the first footballer of Nepalese origin to sign with a Premier League side.[2]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 18 May 2024[3]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Aston Villa | 2017–18 | Women's Super League 2 | 3 | 0 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018–19 | Championship | 17 | 2 | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 19 | 2 | |
| 2019–20 | Championship | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | Women's Super League | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Total | 50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 63 | 2 | ||
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2021–22 | Women's Super League | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 2 |
| 2022–23 | Women's Super League | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | Women's Super League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | |
| Total | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 43 | 3 | ||
| Leicester City (loan) | 2023–24 | Women's Super League | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Career total | 87 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 114 | 5 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "Asmita Ale Talks About Signing Her First Professional Contract With Aston Villa Women". Lexlimbu. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ^ "Nepali-origin Ale signs contract with Premier League club Aston Villa". The Himalayan Times. 30 November 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ^ Asmita Ale at Soccerway. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
External links
[edit]- Asmita Ale at Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
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- 2001 births
- Living people
- English women's footballers
- England women's youth international footballers
- Women's association football defenders
- Footballers from Dorset
- Aston Villa W.F.C. players
- Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Women players
- Leicester City W.F.C. players
- Women's Championship (England) players
- Women's Super League players
- English people of Nepalese descent
- British Asian footballers
- 21st-century English sportswomen
- English women's football biography stubs