It’s always been an assumption that am white, I don’t blame those who question my heritage – Super Falcons star, Ashleigh Plumptre

Super Falcons defender, Ashleigh Plumptre has expressed that she gets questioned a lot about her heritage “but I can’t necessarily blame them” she said

Soeaking in an interview on BBC East Midlands today the Leicester City star said she got a “great sense of pride” when she first travelled to Nigeria to meet up with her new international teammates.

Plumptre who grew up British was cleared by FIFA to represent Nigeria in January. The 23-year old made her debut for the Super Falcons against Ivory Coast last week Friday.

She said;

“It’s always been an assumption that I’m white. I get a lot of messages and people question my heritage a lot, but I can’t necessarily blame them. It comes down to education.

“What people see is what they think. People don’t want to have the conversation or want to consider anything deeper than what they see.

“It’s putting a marker down. It’s not just what you predict a Nigerian to be. For me, I know the importance of representing something bigger than me.

“I’m representing the mixed-race community and especially for the younger ones coming through. You don’t have to look a certain way or be told you are a certain way, you can feel it and you can be it.”