{"id":826114,"date":"2025-02-11T10:12:28","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T16:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/11\/super-falcons-ashleigh-plumptre-pens-two-year-contract-extension-with-al-ittihad\/"},"modified":"2025-02-11T10:12:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T16:12:28","slug":"super-falcons-ashleigh-plumptre-pens-two-year-contract-extension-with-al-ittihad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/11\/super-falcons-ashleigh-plumptre-pens-two-year-contract-extension-with-al-ittihad\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Falcons\u2019 Ashleigh Plumptre pens two-year contract extension with Al-Ittihad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Super Falcons\u2019 and Al-Ittihad Ladies defender, Ashleigh Megan Plumptre, has penned a two-year contract extension with her club side in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, <a href=\"https:\/\/Soccernet.ng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old versatile defender joined the Saudi-based club after her contract with WSL side, Leicester City women, expired in the summer of 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Plumptre played all four games for the Nigerian national team at the Australia\/ New Zealand FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup in 2023, before making a move to the Middle East. Sixteen months later, she\u2019s extended her stay in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_150076\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-150076\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/skysports-plumptre-nigeria_6283737.jpg\" alt width=\"768\" height=\"432\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-150076\">Ashleigh Plumptre in action for the Super Falcons of Nigeria. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>Get Our Sports News First \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VagMHLcA89MZvw0Btc21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Join Our WhatsApp Channel<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VagMHLcA89MZvw0Btc21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Now!<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ittiladiesclub\/status\/1888988783384612958?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a><\/strong> post, made by the Al-Ittihad ladies official account, the club announced the extension of the Nigerian\u2019s stay.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAl-Ittihad Club announces the renewal of the contract of the first women\u2019s team player, Nigerian international Ashley Plumptre, for two years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe club\u2019s CEO, Mr. Domingos Oliveira, confirmed that renewing the player\u2019s contract comes within the club\u2019s strategy to retain distinguished players who have the desire to develop and serve the team better in the future, wishing Ashley Plumptre and her teammates success and to make the fans happy by achieving accomplishments,\u201d the club posted on their official <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ittiladiesclub\/status\/1888988783384612958?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">X<\/a><\/strong> page.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_150079\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-150079\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250210_231501-1024x950.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"950\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-150079\">Ashleigh Plumptre after signing a contract extension with Al-Ittihad Ladies. [Photo Credit\/ X].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ar\">| \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0648\u0644\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u064a\u062c\u064a\u0631\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0634\u0644\u064a \u0628\u0644\u0645\u062a\u0631 \u0645\u0633\u062a\u0645\u0631\u0629 \u0645\u0639 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062a\u062d\u0627\u062f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k7aVOgCEdk\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/k7aVOgCEdk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Al-Ittihad Ladies | \u0633\u064a\u062f\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062a\u062d\u0627\u062f (@ittiladiesclub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ittiladiesclub\/status\/1888988783384612958?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_150078\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-150078\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250210_231457-1024x919.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"919\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-150078\">Ashleigh Plumptre after signing a contract extension with Al-Ittihad Ladies. [Photo Credit\/ X].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Plumptre played an integral part in leading the Super Falcons to a place at the Olympics for the first time in sixteen years last year, but missed the eventual showdown due to a surgery which kept her out of action.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/02\/super-falcons-ashleigh-plumptre-al-ittihad.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Adefolahan Guerreiro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Super Falcons\u2019 and Al-Ittihad Ladies defender, Ashleigh Megan Plumptre, has penned a two-year contract extension with her club side in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Soccernet.ng reports. The 26-year-old versatile defender joined the Saudi-based club after her contract with WSL side, Leicester City women, expired in the summer of 2023. 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