Jordan Zanchetta

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Jordan Zanchetta
Personal information
Full name Jordan Zanchetta
Nickname(s) Jay-Z [1]
Date of birth (1995-03-18) 18 March 1995 (age 26)
Original team(s) Yeronga South Brisbane (QWAFL)
Draft No. 7, 2017 AFL Women's draft
Debut Round 1, 2018, Brisbane
vs.  Adelaide, at Norwood Oval
Height 156 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfield
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2018–2021 Brisbane 13 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2021 season.
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Jordan Zanchetta (born 18 March 1995) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Lions in the AFL Women's.

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Junior football

Zanchetta began playing junior football with the Jindalee Jaguars, [2] winning the best and fairest award in the 2010 Under 15 Girls' competition while also playing at Under 18 level for the Western Thunder. [3] In 2013 while playing for Yeronga, she won the best and fairest award in the Under 18 competition while also playing in the senior competition. [3]

Australian Under 18 National Championships

Zanchetta represented Queensland at the 2012 and 2013 AFL Youth Girls National Championships and was selected in the All-Australian team in both years [4] [5] as well as being nominated for the Rising Star award in 2012. [6]

AFL Queensland Women's League

In 2012, Zanchetta moved to Yeronga South Brisbane [7] to play in the AFL Queensland Women's League (known as the QAFLW from 2019). As of the beginning of the 2021 season, Zanchetta had played in four Grand Finals for three victories (2012, [8] 2017, [9] 2020 [10] ) and one loss (2013 [11] ), been adjudged Best on Ground in the 2013 [11] and 2020 [10] Grand Finals, and twice won the competition's Best and Fairest award (2015 [12] and 2020 [13] ). She has also been named in the official Team of the Year on four occasions (2013, 2014, 2015 and 2019 [14] ).

AFLW career

After missing the inaugural AFLW season with an anterior cruciate ligament injury, [15] Zanchetta was recruited by Brisbane with its first pick (seventh overall) of the 2017 AFL Women's draft. She was described as "the most talented player not to appear in the first instalment of AFLW". [16] Zanchetta made her debut in the Lions' game against Adelaide at Norwood Oval in the opening round of the 2018 season. [17] Zanchetta played five games for the Brisbane in 2018 and six in 2019, scoring her first goal in Brisbane's win over the Western Bulldogs at Whitten Oval in Round 4, but was not selected again until Round 2 of the 2021 season. [18] In June 2021, she was delisted by Brisbane. [19]

Prior to the first AFLW competition in 2017, Zanchetta was selected by the Western Bulldogs to play in the Hampson–Hardeman Cup exhibition matches against Melbourne. [20]

Personal life

Zanchetta has a twin brother, Liam, and younger sister, Brooke. She grew up practising gymnastics before discovering Australian rules football in high school, [1] and was educated at Centenary State High School. [21] [22] Apart from football, she works at a pet motel in Brisbane. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Arnell, Lauren (10 December 2019). "Get to know Jordan Zanchetta". Brisbane Lions . Telstra Media.
  2. ↑ "Lions Take Eight Queenslanders in AFLW Draft". AFL Queensland. 18 October 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Youth Girls Premiers and Best & Fairest". AFL Brisbane Juniors . Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "As the song says - Victoria will be champions just you wait and see". Victorian Women's Football League. 20 May 2012.
  5. ↑ "Nine Vics in All-Australian team". AFL Victoria. 13 May 2013.
  6. ↑ "Best & Fairest tops off Tayla's year". AFL Queensland. 20 August 2012.
  7. ↑ "Player Profile: Jordan Zanchetta". SportsTG. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  8. ↑ "Yeronga make it back-to-back". AFL Queensland. 20 August 2012.
  9. ↑ "Bond Uni QWAFL Grand Final Wrap". AFL Queensland. 28 August 2017.
  10. 1 2 "Devils kick last eight goals of the game to sink Bluebirds". Aussie Rules Draft Central. 29 September 2020.
  11. 1 2 "Roos end Yeronga women's golden run". AFL Queensland. 18 August 2013.
  12. ↑ "Grogan Medal Night Wrap". AFL Queensland. 20 September 2015.
  13. ↑ "Fourth to a flag for Yeronga, Lions dominate awards". Womens.AFL. 28 September 2020.
  14. ↑ "Bates and Neate claim AFL Queensland top honours". AFL Queensland. 9 September 2019.
  15. ↑ Fielding, Josie (18 October 2017). "Lions select Zanchetta with Pick No. 7". Brisbane Lions . Telstra Media.
  16. ↑ Wingard, Anthony (30 January 2018). "AFLW Season Preview: Brisbane Lions". The Women's Game.
  17. ↑ "AFLW: Round 1 team announced". Brisbane Lions . Telstra Media. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  18. ↑ "Jordan Zanchetta: Players Stats by Season". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  19. ↑ "Trio Of Young Guns Commit". Brisbane Lions . Telstra. 9 June 2021.
  20. ↑ Twomey, Callum (20 April 2015). "King crowned Dogs' No.1 in AFL women's draft". Australian Football League . Telstra Media.
  21. ↑ "2008 South Queensland Schools Championship Regatta". Rowing Queensland. 3 August 2008.
  22. ↑ "All the best to former Centenary SHS student Jordan Zanchetta and the Brisbane Lions AFLW team playing in the Grand Final today versus the Western Bulldogs!". Facebook . Centenary State High School. 23 March 2018.
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