Ashleigh Neville
![]() Playing for Tottenham Hotspur in 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ashleigh Neville | ||
Date of birth | (1993-04-29) 29 April 1993 (age 31) | ||
Place of birth | West Bromwich, England | ||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Fullback, Wingback, Winger | ||
Team 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 | 113 | (14) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:49, 16 December 2023 (UTC) |
Ashleigh Neville (born 29 April 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for Women's Super League club Tottenham Hotspur.[1]
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 known 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 eighth place.[8]
Personal life
Neville married her wife Liz in June 2022. She and her partner have two children, Blake and Remi.[10][11] She previously worked as a primary school teacher before turning fully professional upon entering the WSL.[12]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 16 December 2023[13][14]
Club | Season | League | FA cup | League cup[a] | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Sporting Club Albion | 2011–12 | Women's Premier League North | 19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7 |
2012–13 | Women's Premier League North | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | |
Total | 33 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 19 | ||
Coventry United | 2013–14 | Women's Premier League South | 17 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 5 |
2014–15 | Women's Premier League South | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 7 | |
2015–16 | Women's Premier League South | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 9 | |
2016–17 | Women's Premier League South | 17 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 5 | |
Total | 69 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 97 | 26 | ||
Tottenham Hotspur | 2017–18 | Championship | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
2018–19 | Championship | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 5 | |
2019–20 | Women's Super League | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
2020–21 | Women's Super League | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 2 | |
2021–22 | Women's Super League | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 3 | |
2022–23 | Women's Super League | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 4 | |
2023–24 | Women's Super League | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |
Total | 113 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 144 | 16 | ||
Career total | 215 | 50 | 28 | 3 | 37 | 8 | 280 | 61 |
Honours
Coventry United
- FA Women's National League Plate: 2015–16[citation needed]
Individual
- FA Women's Super League Player of the Month: February 2022[15]
- FA Women's Super League Goal of the Month: September 2022[16]
- FA Women's Championship Player of the Month: 2018–19[7]
- Tottenham Player of the Year: 2017–18[7]
References
- ^ "Ashleigh Neville Player Profile". Tottenham Hotspur. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ "West Bromwich Albion Womens | The FA Women's National League". fulltime.thefa.com. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ "Ash Neville: "Coventry helped me become the player I am and who Spurs knew I could transform into"". Tottenham Hotspur. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ Frith, Wilf (14 July 2017). "Neville Gets New Challenge With Spurs". She Kicks Women's Football Magazine. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ "Spurs Ladies sign highly-rated defender Ashleigh Neville". Tottenham Hotspur. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ "Ashleigh Neville – Soccer – Scoresway – Results, fixtures, tables and statistics". www.scoresway.com. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ a b c Menno, Dustin (10 May 2019). "Ashleigh Neville wins April FAWC Player of the Month". Cartilage Free Captain. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ a b "England - A. Neville - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Women Soccerway". us.women.soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ "New contract for Ashleigh Neville". Tottenham Hotspur. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ "Tottenham's Ashleigh Neville: 'It's great being a mum but tiring at times'". The Guardian. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ^ "At home with Ashleigh Neville!". Tottenham Hotspur. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ "From primary school teacher to playing in front of 38,000". www.newschainonline.com. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ "England - A. Neville - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
- ^ "Ashleigh Neville player stats | the FA Women's National League".
- ^ "February Barclays FA Women's Super League monthly awards". Sky Sports. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ "Ashleigh Neville September Goal of the Month". Barclays FA WSL Twitter. 10 November 2022. Archived from the original on 15 October 2022.