Monique Iannella

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Monique Iannella
Personal information
Full name Monique Iannella
Date of birth (1996-08-01) 1 August 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Defender / Midfielder
Youth career
2004–2006 Gambier Centrals
2006 Mount Gambier IAC
2009–2010 SASI
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2017 Texas Longhorns 13 (0)
2017–2019 Hofstra Pride 48 (1)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011 Cumberland United 9 (0)
2012–2013 Adelaide City 29 (24)
2013–2014 Adelaide United 15 (0)
2015–2016 Melbourne City 0 (0)
International career
2014–2015 Australia U19
2015– Australia U20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 September 2017

Monique Iannella (born 1 August 1996) is an Australian football (soccer) player, who played in the Australian W-League for Adelaide United and Melbourne City and in the American college system for the Texas Longhorns and for the Hofstra Pride.

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Club career

Adelaide United, 2013–2015

Iannella made her debut in the Australian W-League for Adelaide United during the 2013/14 season. She made 8 appearances for the club primarily playing in the midfielder position. [1] Adelaide finished the regular season in 6th place with a 3–5–4 record. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Iannella returned to Adelaide for the 2014/2015 season and started in all 7 matches in which she appeared. The team finished in seventh place during the regular season with a 3–8–1 record. [9]

Melbourne City, 2015–2016

In September 2015, it was announced Iannella had signed with Melbourne City for the 2015/2016 season playing primarily in a defender position. [10] [11]

Texas Longhorns

In June 2016, Iannella moved to Texas to study at the University of Texas at Austin and joined their soccer team, the Texas Longhorns. [12] [13]

Hofstra Pride

In 2017, Iannella transferred to Hofstra Pride where she plays alongside countrywoman Emily Hulbert. [14] [15]

International career

Ianella represented Australia at the 2015 AFF Women's Championship in Vietnam after helping the team qualify in November 2014. [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]

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