Ashleigh Connor

Ashleigh Connor (3 September 1989 – 21 July 2011) was an Australian soccer player, who played for the Central Coast Mariners in the Australian W-League.^[1]

Ashleigh Connor

Personal information
Full name	Ashleigh Connor
Date of birth	(1989-09-03)3 September 1989
Place of birth	Australia
Date of death	21 July 2011(2011-07-21) (aged 21)
Place of death	Cataract, New South Wales, Australia
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009	Illawarra Stingrays	?	(?)
2009–2011	Central Coast Mariners	?	(?)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 September 2009

Connor made her debut for the Mariners in 2009.^[2] She was signed by the Mariners prior to the 2009 W-League season from the NSW Arrive Alive Women's Premier League club Illawarra Stingrays. Her Stingrays strike partner Michelle Heyman was also signed by the Mariners.^[3][4]

Connor played for the Australian national team – the Matildas – in the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifiers during 2007.^[5]

Connor also played for the Marconi Stallions (2008) and Macarthur Rams prior to her move to the Stallions at Bossley Park.

On 21 July 2011, Connor was involved in a car accident on Appin Road in Cataract between Wollongong and Campbelltown that led to her death.^[1]