Ashleigh Connor | |
Fullname: | Ashleigh Connor |
Birth Date: | 1989 9, df=y |
Birth Place: | Australia |
Death Place: | Cataract, New South Wales, Australia |
Position: | Forward |
Currentclub: | Central Coast Mariners |
Clubnumber: | - |
Years1: | 2009 |
Years2: | 2009–2011 |
Clubs2: | Central Coast Mariners |
Caps1: | ? |
Caps2: | ? |
Goals1: | ? |
Goals2: | ? |
Nationalcaps1: | 0 |
Nationalcaps2: | 0 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Pcupdate: | 18 September 2009 |
Ashleigh Connor (3 September 1989 – 21 July 2011) was an Australian soccer player, who played for the Central Coast Mariners in the Australian W-League.[1]
Connor made her debut for the Mariners in 2009.[2] She was signed by the Mariners prior to the 2009 W-League season from the NSW Arrive Alive Women's Premier League club Illawarra Stingrays. Her Stingrays strike partner Michelle Heyman was also signed by the Mariners.[3] [4]
Connor played for the Australian national team – the Matildas – in the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifiers during 2007.[5]
Connor also played for the Marconi Stallions (2008) and Macarthur Rams prior to her move to the Stallions at Bossley Park.
On 21 July 2011, Connor was involved in a car accident on Appin Road in Cataract between Wollongong and Campbelltown that led to her death.