Anna Leat

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Anna Leat
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Leat with Aston Villa in 2022
Personal information
Full name Anna Jessica Leat [1]
Date of birth (2001-06-26) 26 June 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Arrowtown, New Zealand [2]
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
East Coast Bays
Glenfield Rovers
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2021 Georgetown Hoyas 18 (0)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2022 West Ham United 4 (0)
2022–2025 Aston Villa 14 (0)
International career‡
2016–2018 New Zealand U17 12 (0)
2018 New Zealand U20 7 (0)
2017– New Zealand 22 [3] (0)
Medal record
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Uruguay Tournament
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 January 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 July 2024

Anna Jessica Leat (born 26 June 2001) is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the New Zealand women's national team.

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Personal life

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

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

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]

She left Aston Villa through mutual consent on 12 January 2025. [17]

International career

Leat made her senior starting début at 16 years old, [13] in a 5–0 win over Thailand on 28 November 2017. [18] [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. [19] The team would then lose 0–2 to Spain in the semi-final [20] but win New Zealand's first ever medal at a World Cup by beating Canada in the third place match. [21]

Leat has also played at the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan, [22] the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in France, [23] [24] the 2019 FFA Cup of Nations, [25] the 2020 Algarve Cup. [26] and the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. [27]

Leat was called up to the New Zealand squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. [28]

On 4 July 2024, Leat was called up to the New Zealand squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics. [29]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played on 18 May 2024. [30]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupOthers [a] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
West Ham United 2021–22 FAWSL 40104090
Aston Villa 2022–23 FAWSL700030100
2023–24 FAWSL701040120
2024–25 FAWSL00000000
Total1401070220
Career total18020110310
  1. ↑ Appearances in FA Women's League Cup

International

As of match played on 31 July 2024. [3]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
New Zealand 201730
202010
202130
202220
202340
202490
Total220

Honours

New Zealand U-17

New Zealand

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 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. 1 2 "Caps 'n' Goals". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  4. 1 2 "West Ham United bring in New Zealand goalkeeper Anna Leat | West Ham United". West Ham United. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  5. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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 . 21 February 2019.
  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. 1 2 "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 . 13 July 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  16. ↑ "Aston Villa 1–1 Man Utd (4–3 on pens)". Aston Villa . October 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  17. ↑ "Ana Leat departs". Aston Villa Football Club. 12 January 2025. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
  18. ↑ "Football Ferns too good for Thailand". New Zealand Football . Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  19. ↑ Anderson, Ian (21 February 2019). "Tom Walsh wins Supreme title at 2018 Halberg awards". Stuff . Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  20. ↑ 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.
  21. ↑ "New Zealand beat Canada to bronze at Fifa Under-17 Women's World Cup". Stuff . 1 December 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  22. ↑ "Leat: "Jordan is a must-win"". Oceania Football Confederation. 7 October 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  23. ↑ "Classy goal not enough as New Zealand lose under-20 women's World Cup football opener". Stuff . 5 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  24. ↑ "U-20s hold France for remarkable result". Oceania Football Confederation. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  25. ↑ Voerman, Andrew (29 April 2019). "Promising Football Ferns keeper Anna Leat has made herself unavailable for World Cup". Stuff . Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  26. ↑ "Football Ferns beaten in semifinal of Algarve Cup by Italy". NZ Herald. 8 March 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  27. ↑ "World champions United States hit Football Ferns for six at Tokyo Olympics". Stuff . 24 July 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  28. ↑ "Football Ferns squad named for FIFA Women's World Cup". New Zealand Football. 30 June 2023.
  29. ↑ "Women's football squad announced for Paris 2024". New Zealand Football. 4 July 2024.
  30. ↑ "A. Leat". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
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