Asmita Ale

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Asmita Ale
Personal information
Full name Asmita Ale
Date of birth (2001-11-03) 3 November 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Dorset, England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.71 m)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Tottenham Hotspur
Number 13
Youth career
2010–2018 Aston Villa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Aston Villa 50 (2)
2021– Tottenham Hotspur 31 (1)
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 19:52, 16 December 2023 (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 currently playing as a defender for Women's Super League club Tottenham Hotspur.

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 16 December 2023[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
Career total 81 2 5 0 20 2 106 5

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Asmita Ale Talks About Signing Her First Professional Contract With Aston Villa Women". Lexlimbu. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Nepali-origin Ale signs contract with Premier League club Aston Villa". The Himalayan Times. 30 November 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  3. ^ Asmita Ale at Soccerway. Retrieved 12 October 2020.

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