Leigh Ashley Jakes (born March 24, 1988) is an

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player who currently plays for

NiceFutis NiceFutis was a women's association football club from Pori, Finland. It was established in 1989 as the women's section of PPT Pori was disbanded. NiceFutis played in the Finnish women's premier division Kansallainen Liiga from 2008 to 2016. ...

in the

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women's premier division

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Career

Jakes has previously played for

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in the

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in the

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Falköpings KIK Falköpings Kvinnliga Idrottsklubb, commonly known as Falköpings KIK, is a women's sports club in Falköping, Sweden, founded in 1976. The football team had advanced to the Swedish top division, Damallsvenskan The (; ), known as OBOS for sp ...

in the

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second tier

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and Kokkola F10 in the Finnish women's league.Leigh Jakes
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Family

Leigh Jakes is the daughter of Rhonda and Van Jakes who was a

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in the

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for six seasons.

References

1988 births Sportspeople from McDonough, Georgia Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Expatriate women's footballers in Finland American women's soccer players 21st-century American sportswomen Living people Kansallinen Liiga players Kokkola Futis 10 players NiceFutis players Women's association football defenders Chicago Red Stars players Northwestern Wildcats women's soccer players National Women's Soccer League players Soccer players from Georgia (U.S. state) Women's Premier Soccer League players American expatriate women's soccer players American expatriate sportspeople in Sweden American expatriate sportspeople in Finland Falköpings KIK players {{US-women-footy-defender-stub