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Anna Leat
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
Team information
Current team
Georgetown Hoyas
Youth career
East Coast Bays
International career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 New Zealand U17 6 (0)
2018– New Zealand U20 3 (0)
2017– New Zealand 3 (0)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 November 2018

Anna Jessica Leat (born 26 June 2001) is a New Zealand footballer who currently plays for the Georgetown Hoyas in the NCAA Division I[3] and has represented New Zealand.

Leat made her senior début in a 5–0 win over Thailand on 28 November 2017.[4]

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. She 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.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "List of Players - New Zealand" (PDF). FIFA. 24 September 2016. p. 12. 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.co.nz. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Anna Leat - Women's Soccer". Georgetown University Athletics.
  4. ^ "Football Ferns too good for Thailand". New Zealand Football. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  5. ^ Anderson, Ian (21 February 2019). "Tom Walsh wins Supreme title at 2018 Halberg awards". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 22 February 2019.