Sophie Alexander (footballer)

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Sophie Alexander
Sophie Alexander 2023 (cropped).jpg
Alexander post-match with Essendon in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-05-25) 25 May 1993 (age 31)
Original team(s) Redan (VWFL)
Draft No. 29, 2018 AFLW draft
Debut Round 1, 2019, Collingwood  vs. Geelong, at GMHBA Stadium
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current club Essendon
Number 24
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2019–2022 (S6) Collingwood 31 (16)
2022 (S7)– Essendon 21 (11)
Total52 (27)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season.
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Sophie Alexander (born 25 May 1993) is an Australian rules footballer playing for Essendon in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She was a basketballer in the South East Australian Basketball League before taking up football in the Victorian Women's Football League. Alexander spent a year in Collingwood's VFL Women's (VFLW) team before ascending to the senior list through the 2018 AFLW draft, where she played until the end of the 2022 AFL Women's season 6.

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Early sporting career

Alexander played basketball for the Ballarat Rush in the South East Australian Basketball League. After five years with the Rush, she took up football in 2016 with Redan Football Club in the Victorian Women's Football League, playing six matches. [1] Alexander also started playing for the Horsham Lady Hornets in the Country Basketball League. [2] In 2017, she played 13 games with the Eastern Devils in the VFL Women's, playing in the forward line and midfield. Coach Brendan Major noted her ability to score from outside the 50-metre arc, a rarity in women's football. [1] Alexander was invited to the 2017 AFLW draft combine [1] but was not selected in the 2017 draft. [3] She joined Collingwood's VFLW side in 2018 and was named in the VFLW Team of the Year on the interchange bench. [4] Alexander was also the club's leading goalkicker. [5]

AFL Women's career

Alexander playing for Collingwood's VFLW team in 2018 Sophie Alexander 2018.5.jpg
Alexander playing for Collingwood's VFLW team in 2018

Collingwood (2019–2022)

For the 2018 AFLW draft, Collingwood was granted two chances to pre-select recruits to compensate for losing players to injury and rival clubs, using a similar bidding mechanism to the father–daughter rule. Collingwood chose Alexander and Erica Fowler; an unspecified club bid on Alexander, requiring Collingwood to match the bid with its next available selection: pick 29. [4] Alexander kicked the first goal of the 2019 AFLW season in her opening round debut; however, she was concussed in the third quarter after a marking contest. [6]

Essendon (2022–present

In May 2022, Alexander left Collingwood to join expansion club Essendon. [7]

Statistics

Statistics are correct the end of the 2022 (S6) season. [8]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game)
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2019 Collingwood 2441217522750.30.54.31.35.51.81.3
2020 Collingwood 2453212820850.60.42.41.64.01.61.0
2021 Collingwood 241161040387822110.50.93.63.57.12.01.0
2022 (S6) Collingwood 24116537256220100.50.53.42.35.61.80.9
Career3116191067618257310.50.63.42.55.91.81.0

Personal life

Alexander is from Ballarat, Victoria, and studied paramedicine and nursing at university. [5]

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References

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  2. ↑ Scully, Sarah (12 October 2016). "Horsham's Lady Hornets to kickstart season against Stawell". The Weekly Advertiser. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ↑ O'Connor, Tim (18 October 2017). "Bruton selected by Western Bulldogs in AFL Women's Draft". The Courier . Fairfax Media . Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  4. 1 2 Black, Sarah (12 October 2018). "AFLW: Depleted Pies sign duo under compo rules". AFL.com.au. Telstra Media . Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  5. 1 2 McGowan, Marc (1 February 2019). "The techniques helping a Magpie fight mental illness". womens.afl. Telstra Media . Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  6. ↑ Crabtree, Richard (3 February 2019). "Sophie Alexander's whirlwind AFLW debut". The Wimmera Mail-Times. Fairfax Media . Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  7. ↑ "Alexander another coup for AFLW Bombers". Essendon . Telstra Media. 3 May 2022.
  8. ↑ "Sophie Alexander – Player Stats By Season". Australian Football. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
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