Ashleigh Plumptre wins PFA Community award

Super Falcons of Nigeria defender Ashleigh Plumptre has emerged winner of the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) Community Award.

The 24-year-old was announced as the winner by the official Twitter account of the Leicester City Women's Football team.

The statement on their Twitter account said, "Our @PFA Community Champion for 2021/22."

The post came with a photo of Plumptre posing with the PFA Community award. The award for Plumptre comes the day after she celebrated her 24th birthday.

On Sunday, May 8, 2022 Plumptre celebrated her 24th birthday. Plumptre celebrated her birthday along with Super Falcons captain Onome Ebi who turned 39.

While Ebi showed off an Edo themed attire on her official Instagram account Plumptre did not post about the special occasion.

Plumptre had to take to the pitch on her birthday as her Leicester City side traveled to face Tottenham Hotspur Leicester City.

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Plumptre featured for 90 minutes in the game, as Leicester City were condemned to a narrow 1-0 defeat.

Despite the defeat, Plumptre and her Leicester City teammates were able to avoid relegation even though they finished second from bottom to Birmingham City.

With the Football Association Women's Super League (WSL) season over, Plumptre is expected to be included in the Super Falcons of Nigeria squad for the upcoming 2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations (AWCON) scheduled to take place in Morocco.