Asmita Ale currently plays for Leicester City in the Women’s Super League, the top division of women’s football in England. The defender has played for three clubs: Aston Villa, Tottenham Hotspur, and Leicester City during her career. The 23-year-old wrote her name into history six years ago, back when she was playing for Villa.
In 2019, she became the first Nepalese-origin footballer to sign a professional contract with a Premier League football club. She penned a deal with Aston Villa, who she had played for since the age of eight. Ale featured in the club’s success in the WSL 2, helping her side gain promotion to the WSL.
Following an eye-catching debut season in the top-flight of women’s football during the 2021/22 campaign, she then moved on to Tottenham Hotspur. She spent two and a half years at the London club before making a loan move to Leicester City in January 2024. The following summer, her loan move was made permanent by the Foxes, and she signed a three-year deal with the club, who have made the 23-year-old a regular starter for the team.
Ale’ has been selected for multiple England squads from U17’s all the way up to U23’s, where she is hoping to impress and receive a call-up to the senior squad, to represent the back-to-back European champions.
Leicester currently sit 10th in the WSL table, two places above the relegation zone. They are four points clear of Liverpool and West Ham United, with the latter occupying the bottom spot in the table. The East Midlands side have lost three of their first five matches, but their defeats came against teams who are first, third and fourth in the table. Their only win this season was against Liverpool, who are one spot below them in the table. The team in 10th won the game 1-0.
Since gaining promotion to the WSL back in 2021, Leicester have finished 11th, followed by three-straight 10th place finishes in the table, over the seasons gone by. Although they have had a disappointing start to the season, their oppositions have been sides occupying spots towards the top of the table, facing only two teams outside of the top four.
