An electrical card connector (100) adapted for receiving an electrical card comprises an insulative housing (1), a plurality of terminals (3) received in the insulative housing, and a shell (2) assembled on the insulative housing. The insulative housing comprises a front wall (12) and a pair of lateral walls (18) extending from the opposite ends of the front wall. The insulative housing defines a card inserting opening (101) opposite to the front wall along a card inserting direction. The shell comprises a main portion (21) and a pair of lateral portions (22) extending downwardly from the opposite sides of the main portion, each lateral portion only defines a soldering plate (226) extending inwardly therefrom at the distal end thereof adjacent to the card inserting opening.