| Leighanne Robe | |
| Full Name: | Leighanne Robe |
| Birth Date: | 1993 12, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Cambridge, England[1] |
| Height: | 1.65 m |
| Position: | Defender |
| Currentclub: | Al-Ittihad |
| Clubnumber: | 3 |
| Youthyears1: | 2009–2014 |
| Youthclubs1: | Arsenal |
| Years1: | 2014–2015 |
| Clubs1: | Watford |
| Caps1: | 16 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2016–2018 |
| Clubs2: | Millwall Lionesses |
| Caps2: | 42 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Years3: | 2018–2023 |
| Clubs3: | Liverpool |
| Caps3: | 72 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2023– |
| Clubs4: | Al-Ittihad |
| Caps4: | 12 |
| Goals4: | 4 |
| Club-Update: | 9 May 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 13:46, 12 May 2019 (UTC) |
Leighanne Robe (born 26 December 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Saudi Premier League club Al-Ittihad.[2] [3]
Robe joined a boys' football team as a seven-year-old, represented Cambridge City girls,[4] and progressed to playing for Arsenal's youth system. A versatile defender, she joined Watford of the FA WSL 2 in August 2014.[5]
Millwall Lionesses signed Robe for the 2016 FA WSL 2 season. She played in every match and was given a contract extension for the FA WSL Spring Series.[6] She made 42 league appearances, scoring twice for the Lionesses.[7] In June 2018 Robe transferred to Liverpool, whose manager Neil Redfearn said: "Leighanne is a quality, tough-tackling defender who is also a real leader."[8] On the 30th of January 2022, Robe scored her first goals for Liverpool on her 81st appearance by scoring a hat-trick in a FA Cup tie against Lincoln City FC.[9] She was released by Liverpool at the end of the 2022–23 WSL season.[10]
On 6 October 2023, Robe signed for Saudi Premier League club Al-Ittihad.[11]
| Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Watford | 2015 | WSL 2 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Millwall | 2016 | WSL 2 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 1 | |||
| Total | 42 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 53 | 2 | |||
| Liverpool | 2018–19 | WSL | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | Championship | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 3 | |||
| 2022–23 | WSL | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Total | 72 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 103 | 3 | |||
| 2023–24 | SWPL | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 142 | 6 | 23 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 195 | 10 | |||
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