Ashlee Savona

Ashlee Savona
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-12-12) 12 December 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2006 Ajax SC
2007 Oakville SC
2008 Dixie SC
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Humber Hawks
2010–2013 Northwestern State Demons 68 (15)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 Toronto Lady Lynx
2015 ProStars FC
International career‡
2011–2012 Guyana U20 6 (7)
2010– Guyana 10+ (1+)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 January 2012

Ashlee Savona (born 12 December 1992) is a women's international footballer who plays as a midfielder. Born in Canada, she represented the Guyana national team.[1]

College career

Savona was honored as an all-Southland Conference performer during her junior and senior seasons.[2] She was also the first Northwestern State University player to play on a national team when she was named to the Guyana national squad in 2010, since her mother came from Guyana.[3] She was part of the team at the 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship.[4]

After four years at Northwestern, where she obtained her bachelor's degree in Accounting, Savona joined University of Alabama in Huntsville as an assistant coach.[5]

Club career

In 2015, Savona played for ProStars FC in League1 Ontario.[6]

International career

In 2008, she was recruited to the Guyana national team after her father was introduced to the head coach of the new program. She debuted in 2010 when the team formally began play.[7][8] She later returned to the senior team in 2016 at the 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship, for the first time since 2010.[9][10]

In 2011, she played and was named co-captain of the Guyana U20.[11]

International goals

Scores and results list Guyana's goal tally first

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1
 10 May 2010 Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, Trinidad and Tobago  Barbados
3–0
3–0
 2010 CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying qualification

See also

References

  1. ^ "The '8 Foundations' of the Lady Jags". Guyana Chronicle. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Ashlee Savona Northwestern State University". Northwestern State Demons.
  3. ^ "Northwestern State's Savona Plays With Guyana National Soccer Team". southland.org. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Final 20-Player Rosters Announced for CWOQ 2016". concacaf.com. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Ashlee Savona – Women's Soccer Coach". UAH Athletics. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  6. ^ "ANB Futbol Women 3 – Pro Stars F.C. Women 0". League1 Ontario. 25 May 2015.
  7. ^ "Northwestern State's Savona plays with Guyana national soccer team". Southland Conference. 26 October 2010.
  8. ^ Bonnette, Matthew (26 October 2010). "NSU's Ashlee Savona living a soccer player's dream". SportsNOLA.
  9. ^ "UAH's Savona Set to Try to Qualify for Rio Games with Guyana". Gulf South Conference. 10 February 2016.
  10. ^ "Savona Set to Try to Qualify for Rio Games with Guyana". Alabama–Huntsville Chargers. 10 February 2016.
  11. ^ Fowler, Matthew (4 November 2011). "NSU player continues her soccer season on national team for Guyana". Northwestern State Demons.