New Zealand international goalkeeper Anna Leat has agreed a new deal to keep her at English club Aston Villa.
Leat (23) has signed a new contract till June 2025, with the option to extend for another year.
The 18-cap Ferns ‘keeper joined the club from West Ham United in the summer of 2022 having spent the previous season with the London club.
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Leat, who has made 22 first-team appearances for Aston Villa, will report for pre-season training after the Summer Olympics in Paris, where she’s part of New Zealand’s 18-player squad.
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Arrowtown-born Leat achieved a high public profile in late 2018 when she scored the winning penalty at the FIFA U-17 World Cup against Japan to send New Zealand to the semi-finals. Her goal was voted the favourite sporting moment of the year at the 2018 Halberg Awards.
Leat played her youth football for Auckland clubs East Coast Bays and Glenfield Rovers.
This story was first published on July 14, 2024.
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