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 24)
Place of birth Arrowtown, New Zealand [2]
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) [1]
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Newcastle Jets
Number 24
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)
2025 Hibiscus Coast 6 (0)
2025 Eastern Suburbs 0 (0)
2025– Newcastle Jets 1 (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 as of 2 November 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 31 July 2024

Anna Jessica Leat (born 26 June 2001) is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Newcastle Jets and 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]

On 20 March 2025, Leat signed for NRFL Women's Premiership club Hibiscus Coast as an outfield player. [18]

On 9 July 2025, Eastern Suburbs announced they had signed Leat for the remainder of the 2025 season as a goalkeeper. [19] [20]

Newcastle Jets announced on 25 July 2025 that Leat had signed for the 2025–26 A-League Women season. [21]

International career

Leat made her senior starting début at 16 years old, [13] in a 5–0 win over Thailand on 28 November 2017. [22] [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. [23] The team would then lose 0–2 to Spain in the semi-final [24] but win New Zealand's first ever medal at a World Cup by beating Canada in the third place match. [25]

Leat has also played at the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan, [26] the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in France, [27] [28] the 2019 FFA Cup of Nations, [29] the 2020 Algarve Cup. [30] and the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. [31]

Leat was called up to the New Zealand squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. [32]

On 4 July 2024, Leat was called up to the New Zealand squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics. [33]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played on 2 November 2025. [34]
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
Hibiscus Coast 2025 National League 60000060
Eastern Suburbs 2025 National League00000000
Newcastle Jets 2025–26 A-League Women 10000010
Career total25020110380
  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". The New Zealand 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. ↑ "Anna Leat departs". Aston Villa Football Club. 12 January 2025. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
  18. ↑ "Hibiscus Coast is very excited to announce this group of Women will be showcasing their skills for the Coast in the 2025 season!". Hibiscus Coast AFC. 20 March 2025. Retrieved 6 April 2025– via Facebook.
  19. ↑ "Football Ferns' goalkeeper Anna Leat signs for Auckland's Eastern Suburbs". friendsoffootballnz.com. 9 July 2025. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  20. ↑ "Anna Leat is a Lilywhite 🤍". Eastern Suburbs AFC. 9 July 2025. Retrieved 10 July 2025– via Instagram.
  21. ↑ "Newcastle Jets sign international goalkeeper Anna Leat". Newcastle Jets . 25 July 2025.
  22. ↑ "Football Ferns too good for Thailand". New Zealand Football . Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  23. ↑ Anderson, Ian (21 February 2019). "Tom Walsh wins Supreme title at 2018 Halberg awards". Stuff . Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  24. ↑ 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.
  25. ↑ "New Zealand beat Canada to bronze at Fifa Under-17 Women's World Cup". Stuff . 1 December 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  26. ↑ "Leat: "Jordan is a must-win"". Oceania Football Confederation. 7 October 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  27. ↑ "Classy goal not enough as New Zealand lose under-20 women's World Cup football opener". Stuff . 5 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  28. ↑ "U-20s hold France for remarkable result". Oceania Football Confederation. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  29. ↑ Voerman, Andrew (29 April 2019). "Promising Football Ferns keeper Anna Leat has made herself unavailable for World Cup". Stuff . Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  30. ↑ "Football Ferns beaten in semifinal of Algarve Cup by Italy". The New Zealand Herald . 8 March 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  31. ↑ "World champions United States hit Football Ferns for six at Tokyo Olympics". Stuff . 24 July 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  32. ↑ "Football Ferns squad named for FIFA Women's World Cup". New Zealand Football. 30 June 2023.
  33. ↑ "Women's football squad announced for Paris 2024". New Zealand Football. 4 July 2024.
  34. ↑ "A. Leat". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
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