Leigh Ashley Jakes (born March 24, 1988) is an

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player who currently plays for

NiceFutis NiceFutis is a women's association football club from Pori, Finland. It was established in 1989 as the women's section of PPT Pori was disbanded. NiceFutis has played in the Finnish women's premier division Kansallainen Liiga since 2008. The ...

in the

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women's premier division

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Career

Jakes has previously played for

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in the

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in the

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, Falköpings KIK in the

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second tier

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and Kokkola F10 in the Finnish women's league.Leigh Jakes
Connect World Football. Retrieved June 21, 2014.

Family

Leigh Jakes is the daughter of Rhonda and

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who was a

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in the

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for six seasons.

References

1988 births People from McDonough, Georgia Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Expatriate women's footballers in Finland American women's soccer players Living people Kansallinen Liiga players Kokkola Futis 10 players NiceFutis players Women's association football defenders Chicago Red Stars players Northwestern Wildcats women's soccer players National Women's Soccer League players Soccer players from Georgia (U.S. state) Women's Premier Soccer League players Sportspeople from the Atlanta metropolitan area American expatriate women's soccer players American expatriate sportspeople in Sweden American expatriate sportspeople in Finland {{US-women-footy-bio-stub