Anita Asante

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Anita Asante
Personal information
Date of birth April 27, 1985 (1985-04-27) (age 23)
Place of birth   
Playing position Defender, Midfielder
Club information
Current club Flag of England Arsenal Ladies
Number 18
Youth clubs
1998 – 2003 Arsenal Ladies
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2003 – present Arsenal Ladies 037 0(1)   
National team2
2004 – present Flag of England England 031 0(1)[1]

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 20 May, 2007.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 22 September, 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Anita Asante (born April 27, 1985), is an English football player. She plays for the English side Arsenal, and for the England national team. She plays as a defender, and wears the number 18 for Arsenal. She is of Ghanaian decent, as is her team mate in Arsenal Ladies Rachel Yankey.

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[edit] Education

Anita studied Politics and English BA at the Business School of Brunel University in London, benefiting from the UK "Government's Talented Athletes Scholarship Scheme" which helps athletes in full-time education.[2]

[edit] Career

Anita joined Arsenal, her first club in 1988 as a junior.[3] She became a senior player in 2003/2004 season.[2] Asante was part of the Arsenal team that won the quadruple in 2006/2007, winning the UEFA Women's Cup, FA Women's National Premier League, FA Women's Cup and the FA Women's Premier League Cup.[4][5][6] Anita was part of the Arsenal team that made history by being the first team outside Germany or Scandinavia to win the UEFA Women's Cup.[7][8] Anita is reported to have played exceptionally well.[9]

She played in the England Under 17 women's team. She also was a member and captain of the England women's Under 19 team and played in the inaugural FIFA World Under 19 Youth Championship in Canada in 2002. She won 11 international caps in all at this level.[1] She was in the first call up for the England Under 21 women in 2004, a month after her senior international début.[10]

Anita made her senior international début as a substitute against Iceland in May 2004. Her first full international was against Northern Ireland in March 2005.[1] She scored her first international goal in only her second full international which was against Norway in April 2005. This turned out to be the winning goal.[11]

[edit] Honours

Personal
  • Outstanding Achievement Awards - 19 May 2006 - Presented by the Queen at Brunel University[12]
  • Player of the year - (2003/2004)[2]
  • Sports Award - (Ghana Professional Awards 2004)[13][14]
  • Nationwide Player of the month - March 2006[15]
Team

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Anita Asante, Arsenal. England:Players and Coaches. The Football Association. Retrieved on 2007-05-09.
  2. ^ a b c Brunel Students Competing in European Championship and Lions Tour. Brunel University (2005). Retrieved on 2007-05-09.
  3. ^ 18. Anita Asante. Arsenal Official website. Arsenal F.C.. Retrieved on 2007-05-09.
  4. ^ Stuart Mawhinney (7 May 2007). Arsenal clinch quadruple. FA women's cup. The Football Association. Retrieved on 2007-05-09.
  5. ^ Arsenal complete unique quadruple. Latest news. UEFA (7 May 2007). Retrieved on 2007-05-09.
  6. ^ Arsenal Ladies Honours. Arsenal Official website. Arsenal F.C.. Retrieved on 2007-05-09.
  7. ^ Chris Harris (29 April 2007). Match Report. Arsenal Official website. Arsenal. Retrieved on 2007-05-09.
  8. ^ Arsenal's Jayne Ludlow and Anita Asante lift the Uefa Women's Cup.. Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved on 2007-05-09.
  9. ^ Paul Saffer (23 April 2007). Arsenal's Asante stands tall. Latest news. UEFA. Retrieved on 2007-05-09.
  10. ^ Powell names first ever England Under 21 Squad. Female Soccer. Retrieved on 2007-05-09.
  11. ^ Tony Leighton (7 May 2005). Anita nets winner. England:News and Features. The Football Association. Retrieved on 2007-05-09.
  12. ^ The Queen visits Brunel University. Press release. Brunel University (19 May 2006). Retrieved on 2007-05-09.
  13. ^ Ghana's envoy to the UK wins Person of the Year Award. Press release. Ghana High Commission UK (July 2004). Retrieved on 2007-05-09.
  14. ^ Ghana Professional Awards (GPA) 2004. Voice of Africa Radio. Retrieved on 2007-05-09.
  15. ^ Anita earns Award boost. Women's Premier League. The Football Association (accessdate=2007-05-09). Retrieved on 2007-05-09.

[edit] External links and sources

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England squad - 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
1 Brown • 2 A. Scott • 3 Stoney • 4 Chapman • 5 White • 6 Phillip • 7 Carney • 8 Williams • 9 Aluko • 10 K. Smith • 11 Yankey • 12 Asante • 13 Chamberlain • 14 Unitt • 15 S. Smith • 16 J. Scott • 17 Handley • 18 Sanderson • 19 Exley • 20 Johnson • 21 Telford • Coach: Powell
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Arsenal L.F.C. – current squad

1 Byrne • 2 Scott • 3 Tracy • 4 Ludlow • 6 White • 7 Grant • 8 Smith • 9 Sanderson • 10 Fleeting • 11 Yankey • 12 Davison • 13 Spencer • 14 Carney • 15 Flaherty • 16 Little • 17 Chapman • 18 Asante • 19 Minnaar • 20 Wicks • 21 Marsh • 22 Onzia • 23 Phillip • 24 Quantrill • 25 Coombs • 26 Madden • -- Wiltshire • -- Lloyd • -- Ford • -- Carr • -- Goddard • -- Walker • -- Cole • Manager: Akers


Persondata
NAME Asante, Anita
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Arsenal and England ladies footballer
DATE OF BIRTH April 27, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH Living
PLACE OF DEATH
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