Ashleigh Megan Plumptre (born 8 May 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Saudi Premier League club Al-Ittihad and the Nigeria women's national team.

In 2014, Plumptre briefly joined third-tier FA Women's Premier League side Derby County's Centre of Excellence.

[9] She scored her first and only goal for Notts County on 30 August 2015 in a 5–0 League Cup group stage victory at home to second-tier Yeovil Town.

She played 27 minutes of the College Cup final as USC beat West Virginia 3–1 to claim the second national championship in program history.

In 2019, Plumptre transitioned to playing centre-back and started all 23 of USC's games during the season that included a postseason run to the NCAA Tournament quarter-finals.

[19] She made her senior Leicester City debut on 19 January 2020, registering an assist on an Ella Rutherford goal in a 3–1 win over Crystal Palace.

[21][22] Ahead of the 2020–21 season, Leicester City Women were taken over by King Power having previously been an independent club with a formal affiliation to the Foxes.

[3][5] Predominantly a forward or attacking midfielder at youth level, she scored twice during a 9–0 win over Moldova in the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualifying round.

[5][32] Having earlier expressed an interest in representing Nigeria at senior level in June 2021,[33] Plumptre received her first call-up for an eight-day training camp held in Austria the following month.

[37][38] She made her official debut on 18 February 2022, starting in a 2–0 win over Ivory Coast during the 2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification.

[40] She started all four games, helping Nigeria to keep three clean sheets as the team reached the round of 16 before being eliminated by England on penalties after a 0–0 draw.