Anna Leat

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Anna Leat
Leat with Aston Villa in 2022
Personal information
Full name Anna Jessica Leat[1]
Date of birth (2001-06-26) 26 June 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Arrowtown, New Zealand[2]
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Aston Villa
Number 21
Youth career
East Coast Bays
Glenfield Rovers
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 Georgetown Hoyas 18 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2022 West Ham United 4 (0)
2022– Aston Villa 10 (0)
International career‡
2016–2018 New Zealand U17 12 (0)
2018 New Zealand U20 7 (0)
2017– New Zealand 15[3] (0)
Medal record
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Uruguay Tournament
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 February 2024

Anna Jessica Leat (born 26 June 2001) is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for English Women's Super League club Aston Villa and the New Zealand women's national team.

Personal life[edit]

Leat was born in Arrowtown.[4] She attended Rangitoto College in Auckland and was named the school's Sportswomen of the Year in 2017 and 2018.[5][6][7]

College career[edit]

In February 2019, Leat started studying at Georgetown University and joined the Georgetown Hoyas as a freshman.[8] she would play 18 games, starting in 16 and only allowing 19 goals, helping the Hoyas to 10 wins.[5] She returned to New Zealand after the coronavirus pandemic began.[9]

Club career[edit]

Leat played for both East Coast Bays and Glenfield Rovers while at high school.[4][10] While playing for East Coast Bays, she became the first female to be named in a Chatham Cup squad in the 2021 edition.[11][12]

On 7 August 2021 it was announced that Leat had signed with West Ham United who play in the FA Women's Super League.[13] On 11 May 2022, West Ham United confirmed that Leat was not offered a new contract and would depart at the end of the season.[14]

On 13 July 2022 Aston Villa announced the signing of Leat for the 2022–23 season.[15] Leat made her Villa debut on 1 October 2022, in a FA Women's League Cup game against Manchester United. After the match ended in a 1–1 draw, Aston Villa won on penalties thanks to four saves by Leat.[16]

International career[edit]

Leat made her senior starting début at 16 years old,[13] in a 5–0 win over Thailand on 28 November 2017.[17][7]

On 25 November 2018, Leat was part of the New Zealand U17 side who became the first New Zealand team in either women's or men's football to qualify for a semi-final at a World Cup. Leat helped the team win its quarter-final against Japan at the U-17 Women's World Cup in Uruguay by saving two penalties and scoring the winning goal.[2] Her final penalty goal won the public vote as the favourite sporting moment at the 2018 Halberg Awards.[18] The team would then lose 0–2 to Spain in the semi-final[19] but win New Zealand's first ever medal at a World Cup by beating Canada in the third place match.[20]

Leat has also played at the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan,[21] the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in France,[22][23] the 2019 FFA Cup of Nations,[24] the 2020 Algarve Cup.[25] and the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.[26]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played on 24 March 2024.[27]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Others[a] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
West Ham United 2021–22 FAWSL 4 0 1 0 4 0 9 0
Aston Villa 2022–23 FAWSL 7 0 0 0 3 0 10 0
2023–24 FAWSL 3 0 1 0 4 0 8 0
Total 10 0 1 0 7 0 18 0
Career total 14 0 2 0 11 0 27 0
  1. ^ Appearances in FA Women's League Cup

International[edit]

As of match played on 16 February 2024.[3]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
New Zealand 2017 3 0
2020 1 0
2021 3 0
2022 2 0
2023 4 0
2024 2 0
Total 15 0

Honours[edit]

New Zealand U-17

New Zealand

Individual

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "List of Players – New Zealand" (PDF). FIFA. 24 September 2016. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b Rollo, Phillip (25 November 2018). "From karate, to busker, to big game star: Anna Leat saves them and scores them for NZ". Stuff. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Caps 'n' Goals". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  4. ^ a b "West Ham United bring in New Zealand goalkeeper Anna Leat | West Ham United". West Ham United. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Anna Leat – Women's Soccer". Georgetown University Athletics. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  6. ^ Rattue, Chris (29 December 2018). "Anna Leat: Football Ferns prodigy on her new American life, Andreas Heraf, saving the planet and more". NZ Herald. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Rangitoto College goalkeeper Anna Leat back in Football Ferns". College Sport Media. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Leat Joins Hoya Program in 2019". Georgetown Hoyas.
  9. ^ "West Ham sign New Zealand keeper Leat". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  10. ^ "North Shore's Football Ferns prepare to take on USA". Stuff. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Anna Leat signs with West Ham United Women". East Coast Bays. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  12. ^ "East Coast Bays v Hibiscus Coast". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  13. ^ a b "Football Ferns goalkeeper Anna Leat signs for FA Women's Super League club West Ham". Stuff. 7 August 2021.
  14. ^ "West Ham United Women confirm player departures". West Ham United. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  15. ^ "Anna Leat joins Villa Women!". Aston Villa. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  16. ^ "Aston Villa 1-1 Man Utd (4-3 on pens)". Aston Villa. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  17. ^ "Football Ferns too good for Thailand". New Zealand Football. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  18. ^ Anderson, Ian (21 February 2019). "Tom Walsh wins Supreme title at 2018 Halberg awards". Stuff. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  19. ^ Rollo, Phillip (28 November 2018). "Game over for New Zealand at Under-17 Women's World Cup with semifinal defeat to Spain". Stuff. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  20. ^ "New Zealand beat Canada to bronze at Fifa Under-17 Women's World Cup". Stuff. 1 December 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  21. ^ "Leat: "Jordan is a must-win"". Oceania Football Confederation. 7 October 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  22. ^ "Classy goal not enough as New Zealand lose under-20 women's World Cup football opener". Stuff. 5 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  23. ^ "U-20s hold France for remarkable result". Oceania Football Confederation. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  24. ^ Voerman, Andrew (29 April 2019). "Promising Football Ferns keeper Anna Leat has made herself unavailable for World Cup". Stuff. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  25. ^ "Football Ferns beaten in semifinal of Algarve Cup by Italy". NZ Herald. 8 March 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  26. ^ "World champions United States hit Football Ferns for six at Tokyo Olympics". Stuff. 24 July 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  27. ^ "A. Leat". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 19 October 2021.

External links[edit]

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