Leighanne Robe (born 26 December 1993) is an English

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defender who plays for

Saudi Premier League The Saudi Pro League (SPL for short) ( ar, دوري المحترفين السعودي, link=no, ''Dawriyy al-Muḥtarifayni as-Suʿūdī''), known as the Roshn Saudi League (RSL for short) for sponsorship reasons, is the top division of associat ...

club

Al-Ittihad Al-Ittihad (Arabic: الاتحاد "The Union"), sometimes transliterated as Al-Etihad or Al-Ettihad may refer to: Sports Football Libya *Al-Ittihad Club (Tripoli), a football club based in Bab Ben Gashier * Al Ittihad Gheryan, a football club bas ...

Club career

Robe joined a boys' football team as a seven-year-old, represented Cambridge City girls, and progressed to playing for

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. A versatile defender, she joined

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of the

FA WSL 2 The Women's Championship (formerly The FA Women's Championship) is the second-highest division of women's football in England. The division was established in 2014 as the FA Women's Super League 2 (WSL 2). WSL 2 replaced the previous level 2 d ...

in August 2014. Millwall Lionesses signed Robe for the 2016 FA WSL 2 season. She played in every match and was given a contract extension for the

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. She made 42 league appearances, scoring twice for the Lionesses. In June 2018 Robe transferred to

Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...

, whose

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Neil Redfearn Neil David Redfearn (born 20 June 1965) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, who was most recently head coach of Sheffield United Women. Redfearn played 790 matches in the Football League, the sixth highest ...

said: "Leighanne is a quality, tough-tackling defender who is also a real leader." On the 30th of January 2022, Robe scored her first goals for

on her 81st appearance by scoring a hat-trick in a

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tie against

Lincoln City FC Lincoln City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. The team compete in , the third tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed the "Imps" after the legend of t ...

. She was released by Liverpool at the end of the 2022–23 WSL season. On 6 October 2023, Robe signed for

club

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Liverpool F.C. Women *

FA Women's Championship The Women's Championship (formerly The FA Women's Championship) is the second-highest division of women's football in England. The division was established in 2014 as the FA Women's Super League 2 (WSL 2). WSL 2 replaced the previous level 2 d ...

: 2021–2022:

References

External links

Profile
at the Liverpool F.C. website * 1993 births Women's association football defenders Women's Super League players English women's footballers Millwall Lionesses L.F.C. players Arsenal W.F.C. players Liverpool F.C. Women players Watford F.C. Women players Living people Footballers from Cambridge Saudi Women's Premier League players Expatriate women's footballers in Saudi Arabia English expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah, women) players {{England-women-footy-bio-stub