Ashleigh Shim Explained

Ashleigh Shim
Fullname:Ashleigh Jerise Shim[1]
Birth Date:1993 11, df=yes[2]
Birth Place:Kingston, Jamaica
Height:1.63 m
Position:Forward
Collegeyears1:2011–2014
Collegecaps1:81
Collegegoals1:17
Years1:2016
Caps1:11
Goals1:6
Years2:2016
Goals2:3
Nationalyears1:2009
Nationalteam1:Cayman Islands U-17
Nationalcaps1:5
Nationalgoals1:5
Nationalyears2:2015–2019
Nationalteam2:Jamaica
Nationalcaps2:13
Nationalgoals2:1
Nationalteam-Update:04:00, 12 June 2019

Ashleigh Jerise Shim (born 11 November 1993) is a Jamaican footballer who plays as a forward for the Jamaica national team. She also holds British citizenship of the Cayman Islands.

College career

Shim played as a forward with FIU Panthers during 2011–2014. During her time there, she scored 17 goals and made 13 assists.[3]

Club career

In 2016, Shim played for VfL Sindelfingen and FC Djursholm.

International career

Shim, who is of Caymanian descent through her grandmother,[4] represented Cayman Islands at the 2009 Caribbean Football Union Women's Under-17 Tournament.

Shim switched allegiance to Jamaica in 2015 and competed at the 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification and the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification.[4] Shim made her debut with the Jamaica national team on August 25, 2015, versus the Dominican Republic.

Shim was selected for Jamaica's 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup squad. She never made her World Cup debut. Shim retired in September 2019 with an announcement made via her Instagram story.

International goals

Scores and results list Jamaica's goal tally first

Notes and References

  1. https://www.fupa.net/spieler/ashleigh-jerise-shim-908461.html Ashleigh Shim
  2. Web site: Ashleigh Shim - 2014. Florida International University Panthers.
  3. News: Ashleigh Shim. 27 October 2018. Florida International University.
  4. News: Reggae Girl Ashleigh Shim broadens football horizons. 15 May 2018. Jamaica Observer. 1 April 2019. 27 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200127221504/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/reggae-girl-ashleigh-shim-broadens-football-horizons_133102. dead.