Anita Asante
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Anita Amma Ankyewah Asante | |
| birthday | April 27, 1985 | |
| place of birth | London , England | |
| position | Defender | |
| Women | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 2003-2008 | Arsenal LFC | 37 (1) |
| 2008-2009 | Chelsea LFC | 11 (0) |
| 2009 | Sky Blue FC | 16 (0) |
| 2010 | Saint Louis Athletica | 1 (0) |
| 2010 | Chicago Red Stars | 6 (0) |
| 2010 | Washington Freedom | 6 (0) |
| 2011 | Sky Blue FC | 12 (0) |
| 2012-2013 | Kopparbergs / Gothenburg FC | 41 (9) |
| 2014 | FC Rosengård | 26 (2) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) 2 |
| England U17 | ||
| England U-19 | ||
| England U-21 | ||
| 2004– | England | 70 (1) |
| 2012 | Great Britain | 5 (0) |
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1 Only league games are given. As of May 21, 2015 2 As of March 12, 2014 |
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Anita Amma Ankyewah Asante (born April 27, 1985 in London ) is an English soccer player of Ghanaian descent. The defender is under contract with the Swedish club Kopparbergs / Göteborg FC and plays for the English national team .
Asante began her career with Arsenal LFC in 1998 . During the 2003/04 season, Asante made his debut in the first team. Asante won five championships in a row between 2004 and 2008. There were also four cup wins and three league cup wins. In the 2006/07 season, Asante won the UEFA Women's Cup with Arsenal . For the 2008 season she moved to Chelsea LFC and 2009 to Sky Blue FC.
With the English U-19 selection Asante took part in the 2002 World Cup in Canada . On May 14, 2004, she made her debut in the English senior team in a game against Iceland . Asante took part in the 2005 European Championships , the 2007 World Championships and the 2009 European Championships . She was also nominated for the 2011 World Cup . Asante only made her first appearance at the World Cup in Germany in the last group game against Japan, and was substituted on in the 84th minute in the quarter-finals against France . After the lost penalty shootout, she was eliminated with England in the quarter-finals as in 2007.
She was a member of Team GB at the 2012 Olympics , which was eliminated in the quarter-finals against Canada.
successes
- Champions League : 2007
- English championship : 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
- American Championship : 2009
- English Cup : 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008
- English League Cup : 2005, 2007
- Cyprus Cup winner 2013
Web links
- Profile of the English Association ( Memento from October 6, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- Profile page of Damallsvenskan
- Anita Asante in the database of FIFA (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Asante, Anita |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Asante, Anita Amma Ankyewah |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 27, 1985 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |