Lisa De Vanna
![]() De Vanna playing for Perth Glory in 2012 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lisa Marie De Vanna | ||
Date of birth | 14 November 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Fremantle, Australia | ||
Height | 1.56 m (5 ft 1 1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Orlando Pride | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
AIS | |||
SASI | |||
Spearwood United | |||
Cockburn United | |||
Murdoch | |||
Stirling Reds/ Northern Redbacks | |||
2001–2004 | Adelaide Sensation | ||
2004–2008 | Western Waves | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2007 | Doncaster Rovers Belles | ||
2008 | AIK | 19 | (15) |
2008–2009 | Perth Glory | 7 | (3) |
2009–2010 | Washington Freedom | 21 | (7) |
2009 | → Perth Glory (loan) | 8 | (2) |
2010–11 | Brisbane Roar | 9 | (4) |
2011 | magicJack | 8 | (3) |
2011–12 | Newcastle Jets | 9 | (5) |
2012 | Linköping | 22 | (7) |
2012–13 | Perth Glory | 7 | (4) |
2013 | Sky Blue FC | 16 | (5) |
2013–2014 | Melbourne Victory | 14 | (8) |
2014 | Boston Breakers | 6 | (0) |
2014 | Washington Spirit | 11 | (1) |
2014–2015 | Melbourne Victory | 11 | (3) |
2015–2016 | Melbourne City | 9 | (3) |
2016 | North Shore Mariners | 3 | (0) |
2016– | Orlando Pride | 1 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2002 | Australia U-20 | 1 | (0) |
2004– | Australia | 117 | (40) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 September 2016. |
Lisa Marie De Vanna (born 14 November 1984) is an Australian professional footballer who currently plays for Orlando Pride in the National Women's Soccer League and captains the Australian national team as a forward. She is noted for her pace and dribbling skills. Throughout her career with the Matildas, she has scored more goals coming off the bench and has been labelled as a "super-sub".[2][3] She is regularly considered one of the greatest female footballers in the world, football analyst and former Socceroo Craig Foster stated that she "ran on jet-fuel; burning up twice as fast, but with incredible impact."[4]
Early life
De Vanna was born in Perth, Australia.[5][6][7] She was raised in the small port city of Fremantle, located about 30 minutes southwest of Perth.[8] De Vanna developed her love for the game of football at a young age and has said that she slept with her soccer ball and spent much of her time as a youth playing soccer in the street with her brother.[9][10]
Playing career
Club
Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C., 2006–07
In October 2006 De Vanna signed for Doncaster Rovers Belles,[11] departing the English Premier League club in March 2007.[12]
AIK Fotboll Dam, 2008
De Vanna played for Swedish club AIK for the 2008 Damallsvenskan season. De Vanna had a very successful season, being the 5th highest goalscorer with 15 goals, helping AIK to their most successful season.
Perth Glory, 2008–09
In November 2008, De Vanna was signed to Perth Glory in the Australian W-League and made her first appearance for the club on 8 November 2008 against the Melbourne Victory.[13]
Washington Freedom / magicJack, 2009–11
In September 2008, De Vanna was selected by Washington Freedom in Women's Professional Soccer. She was the 18th overall selection in the 2008 WPS International Draft.[14][15] She officially signed for the Freedom in late March 2009.[16] Through the next three years, she played for Washington Freedom and its successor magicJack in the WPS as well as Perth Glory, Brisbane Roar and Newcastle Jets in the W-League in Australia.
Linköping FC, 2012
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After the WPS suspended operations, De Vanna signed for Damallsvenskan club Linköpings FC.[17][18] She scored five goals in her first eight games including a hat trick against Piteå IF on 3 June 2012.[19] During a match against Kopparberg/Göteborg FC on 14 October 2012, she scored the game-winning goal in the 82nd minute helping her team win 3–2.[20] Linköping finished third during the regular season with an 11–6–5 record.[21] De Vanna finished the 2012 season having started in 18 of the 22 matches in which she played and scored seven goals.[22]
Sky Blue FC, 2013
On 1 February 2013, it was announced that De Vanna signed with Sky Blue FC for the inaugural season of the National Women's Soccer League, the top division in the United States.[23][24] In June 2013, De Vanna scored a bicycle kick goal and was named the league's Player of the Week.[25] Her goal garnered international attention and went viral on websites like YouTube and soccer-related websites.[26][27] She was also voted NWSL Fans' Choice MVP for Week 8.[28] During a game against the Western New York Flash on 21 July 2013, De Vanna was sidelined with a hamstring injury.[29] De Vanna started in 16 of the 17 games in which she played and scored five goals.[22] Sky Blue finished in fourth during the regular season with a 10–6–6 record.[30]
Melbourne Victory, 2013–14
In October 2013, it was confirmed that De Vanna had signed for Melbourne Victory for the 2013–14 W League season.[31]
Boston Breakers, 2014
On 3 March 2014, Sky Blue FC traded De Vanna to the Boston Breakers in exchange for a 2014 international roster spot and the Breakers' first-round 2015 college draft pick, which became Sarah Killion.[32]
Washington Spirit, 2014
On 18 June 2014, the Boston Breakers traded De Vanna to Washington Spirit in exchange for defender and Mexican international Bianca Sierra and the Spirit's fourth and fifth round 2015 college draft picks.[33]
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Melbourne Victory, 2014–15
In September 2014 it was confirmed that De Vanna signed to play with Melbourne Victory again.[34]
Melbourne City, 2015–16
Having played a season with the Victory, De Vanna was lured across the city to Victory's A-League rivals, Melbourne City, becoming the brand new W-League side's very first signing.[35]
Orlando Pride, 2016–
On 29 August 2016, De Vanna joined Orlando Pride.[36]
International
De Vanna played four games at the 2004 Olympic Football Tournament.[37]
She scored four goals for Australia in the 2007 World Cup — one in a 1–1 draw against Norway, two in a 4–1 victory against Ghana, and one against Brazil in her team's 2–3 loss in the quarterfinals.[38] Each goal she scored at the World Cup was dedicated to her father, who died three months before the tournament began.[39]
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On 1 October 2007 Lisa was named in the FIFA's Women's World Cup All Star Team and she was also nominated for the 2007 FIFA World Player of the Year award.[40] She was named Western Australian Sportswoman of the Year in 2007.[41] After returning home after the World Cup De Vanna returned to a job at a petrol station.[42][43]
In May 2011 De Vanna was sent home from a training camp held to prepare the national team for the World Cup. Australian coach Tom Sermanni stated that the expulsion was for an unacceptable standard of behaviour.[44] The previous September, De Vanna had been subject to a complaint after photographs involving a large inflatable penis were posted to her Facebook page. She was censured by Football Federation Australia and instructed to remove the offending pictures. De Vanna moved to Sweden for the 2012/13 season and in recent interviews has stated that her desire to play for The Matildas is now stronger than ever.[45][46]
On 8 June 2015 De Vanna captained the Matilda's in her 100th game, scoring their only goal in a 3–1 defeat to the U.S.A. in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
During the 2016 Summer Olympics, footage of De Vanna went viral after during the final stretch of the match against Brazil, during an injury break she was passed a water bottle by teammate Elise Kellond-Knight, only to try and drink from the wrong end of the bottle, until Kellond-Knight quickly flipped it in her hand.[47][48]
Matches and goals scored at World Cup and Olympic tournaments
Lisa De Vanna has competed in three FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments: China 2007, Germany 2011 and Canada 2015; and two Olympics: Athens 2004 and Rio 2016; altogether played 21 matches and scored 8 goals at those five global tournaments.
Key (expand for notes on “world cup and olympic goals”) | |
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Location | Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred |
Lineup | Start – played entire match on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time |
Min | The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal. |
Assist/pass | The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information. |
penalty or pk | Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.) |
Score | The match score after the goal was scored. |
Result | The final score. W – match was won |
aet | The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation |
pso | Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parenthesis; the match was tied at the end of extra-time |
Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament | |
Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament |
Career statistics
International goals
Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first.
Honours
Club
Country
Individual
- Julie Dolan Medal: 2002–03
- Women's National Soccer League Golden Boot: 2002–03
- FIFA Women's World Cup All-Star Team: 2007, 2015
- FIFA Puskás Award nominee 2013[49]
- FFA Female Footballer of the Year: 2013[50]
In popular culture
Television and film
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Leading up to the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, De Vanna was the focus of an ESPN documentary, Unstoppable, directed by award-winning filmmaker, Safina Uberoi.[51] In 2013, she was featured in an hour-long episode of ESPN's Aussies Abroad entitled, The Matildas, which profiled four Australian national team players (De Vanna, Samantha Kerr, Kyah Simon, and Caitlin Foord) and their experience playing internationally.[52][53]
See also
- List of footballers with 100 or more caps
- List of foreign Damallsvenskan players
- List of foreign NWSL players
References
- ↑ 2015 World Cup
- ↑ "Aussies' De Vanna dilemma". FIFA. 19 September 2007. Retrieved 27 February 2009.
- ↑ Matildas to keep star on the bench, The Sydney Morning Herald, 17 September 2007.
- ↑ Foster, Craig: How we learned to live dangerously, The Sydney Morning Herald, 23 September 2007
- ↑
- ↑
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- ↑ Uberoi, Safina. "IN THE DIRECTOR'S OWN WORDS". ESPN. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ↑ "Aussies Abroad". ESPN. 18 October 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ↑ Shipard, Sally (21 June 2013). "De Vanna looking to future". Football Australia. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ↑ "Belles enlist Aussie". Doncaster Free Press. 19 October 2006. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
- ↑ "Belles set sights on country cup for fifth time in a row". Doncaster Free Press. 15 March 2007. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
- ↑ Perth Glory (8 November 2008). "De Vanna back for Glory". Perth Glory. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
- ↑ "Washington Freedom – Player Bio – Lisa De Vanna". Washington Freedom. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
- ↑ Goff, Stephen (23 February 2009). "Freedom Updates". The Washington Post. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
- ↑ Haydon, John (25 March 2009). "Freedom announce roster". Washington Times. Retrieved 30 March 2009.
- ↑ "De Vanna till Linköping". Dam Fotboll. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ↑ Sigurdsson, Albert (31 January 2012). "Sweden: Lisa de Vanna signes for Linköping FC". Soccer Newsday. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ↑ "LINKÖPING VS. PITEÅ 4 – 1". Soccer Way. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ↑ "Linköping triumph on track". Dam Fotboll. 14 October 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ↑ "2012 Damallsvenskan". Soccer Way. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- 1 2 "Lisa De Vanna". Soccer Way. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ↑ "Sky Blue FC sign Bock, De Vanna, Adams, Makoski". Equalizer Soccer. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ↑ McManus, Jane (26 July 2013). "SKY BLUE FC'S BOOST FROM DOWN UNDER". ESPN. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ↑ "NWSL Player Of The Week: Lisa De Vanna". ESPN. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ↑ Howard, Greg (2 June 2013). "Lisa De Vanna's Bicycle Kick Goal Yesterday Was Insane". Dead Spin. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ↑ "Lisa De Vanna's Amazing Bicycle Kick Goal". Fox Sports. 2 June 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ↑ Lewis, Scott (4 June 2013). "NWSL Fans vote Sky Blue FC's Lisa De Vanna MVP of Week 8". NWSL News. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ↑ Manzari, Megan (21 July 2013). "Flash continue dominance of Sky Blue with 3–0 win". Equalizer Soccer. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ↑ "2013 National Women's Soccer League". Soccer Way. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ↑ "Lisa De Vanna and Emma Checker join Melbourne Victory". The Women's Game. 10 October 2013.
- ↑ http://equalizersoccer.com/2015/01/16/houston-dash-draft-morgan-brian-no-1-nwsl-draft/
- ↑ "Breakers Transfers 2014: Boston Trades Lisa De Vanna to Spirit for Defender Bianca Sierra". The Bent Musket. 18 June 2014.
- ↑ "Lisa De Vanna signs with Victory W-League". Football Federation Australia. 4 September 2014.
- ↑ "Melbourne City captures Matildas captain Lisa De Vanna from cross-town rival Melbourne Victory". Herald Sun. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ↑ "Orlando Pride Sign Australia WNT Forward Lisa De Vanna". Orlando City. 29 August 2016.
- ↑ "Athlete: Lisa De Vanna". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 27 February 2009.
- ↑ "Player Statistics – Lisa De Vanna". FIFA. Retrieved 27 February 2009.
- ↑ Smithies, Tom (26 September 2007). "De Vanna pays tribute to father". Fox Sports. Retrieved 27 February 2009.
- ↑ "All-Star nod for De Vanna". Sydney Morning Herald. 1 October 2007. Retrieved 27 February 2009.
- ↑ Gene Stephan (24 November 2007). "De Vanna in first strike for soccer". The West Australian. p. 179.
- ↑ Halloran, Jessica (18 September 2007). "Touch of Maradonas about Matildas". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 February 2009.
- ↑ "Player Profile – Lisa De Vanna". Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
- ↑ Sebastian Hassett and Michael Cockerill. "Expelled de Vanna a cup doubt". The Age. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
- ↑ Maria Bervanakis (9 September 2010). "De Vanna in trouble over Facebook pics". Fox Sports. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- ↑ Thomas Hunter (9 September 2010). "Matildas soccer player ordered to remove lewd Facebook photos". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- ↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/water-bottle-fail_uk_57af9f1be4b01f97d8f2cc8b
- ↑ http://www.thesportbible.com/football/news-funny-watch-aussie-olympian-forgets-how-to-drink-from-a-water-bottle-20160813
- ↑ "2013 FIFA Puskás Award". FIFA. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
- ↑ "Australian Football Awards". FFA. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- ↑ Uberoi, Safina (5 July 2011). "UNSTOPPABLE". ESPN. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ↑ "The Matildas". ESPN. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ↑ "Aussies Abroad: The Matildas". YouTube.com. ESPN. 23 October 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
Match reports
- ↑ "Olympic Football Tournaments Athens 2004 – Women: MATCH Report: Brazil – Australia". FIFA.
- ↑ "Olympic Football Tournaments Athens 2004 – Women: MATCH Report: Greece – Australia". FIFA.
- ↑ "Olympic Football Tournaments Athens 2004 – Women: MATCH Report: USA – Australia". FIFA.
- ↑ "Olympic Football Tournaments Athens 2004 – Women: MATCH Report: Sweden – Australia". FIFA.
- ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup: China 2007: MATCH Report: Ghanna – Australia". FIFA.
- ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup: China 2007: MATCH Report: Australia – Norway". FIFA.
- ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup: China 2007: MATCH Report: Australia – Canada". FIFA.
- ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup: China 2007: MATCH Report: Brazil – Australia". FIFA.
- ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup: Germany 2011: MATCH Report: Brazil – Australia". FIFA.
- ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup: Germany 2011: MATCH Report: Australia – Equatorial Guinea". FIFA.
- ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup: Germany 2011: MATCH Report: Australia – Norway". FIFA.
- ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup: Germany 2011: MATCH Report: Sweden – Australia". FIFA.
- ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup: Canada 2015: MATCH Report: USA – Australia". FIFA.
- ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup: Canada 2015: MATCH Report: Australia – Nigeria". FIFA.
- ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup: Canada 2015: MATCH Report: Australia – Sweden". FIFA.
- ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup: Canada 2015: MATCH Report: Brazil – Australia". FIFA.
- ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup: Canada 2015: MATCH Report: Australia – Japan". FIFA.
- ↑ "Women's Olympic Football Tournament, Rio 2016: MATCH Report: Canada – Australia". FIFA.
- ↑ "Women's Olympic Football Tournament, Rio 2016: MATCH Report: Germany – Australia". FIFA.
- ↑ "Women's Olympic Football Tournament, Rio 2016: MATCH Report: Australia – Zimbabwe". FIFA.
- ↑ "Women's Olympic Football Tournament, Rio 2016: MATCH Report: Brazil – Australia". FIFA.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lisa De Vanna. |
- Official website
- Lisa De Vanna – FIFA competition record
- Football Federation Australia player profile
- Washington Freedom player profile
- Perth Glory player profile
- Damallsvenskan player profile (Swedish)
- Decoding Devanna: ESPN HERoics episode