Jordan Zanchetta

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

Jordan Zanchetta
Personal information
Full name Jordan Zanchetta
Nickname(s) Jay-Z[1]
Date of birth (1995-03-18) 18 March 1995
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
Club information
Current club Brisbane
Number 2
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2018– Brisbane 11 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2020 season.
Source: AustralianFootball.com

State football

Zanchetta played junior football with Jindalee Jaguars and with Western Thunder,[2] winning the Youth Girls Under 15 best and fairest award in 2010 while playing for Jindalee Jaguars.[3] Zanchetta represented Queensland in the AFL Youth Girls National Championships, being a Rising Star award nominee in 2012.[4] She was selected for the All-Australian team in the 2012 season[5] and in the 2013 season.[6] In 2013, she also won the Youth Girls Under 18 best and fairest award.[3] Zanchetta played in the AFL Queensland Women's League (QWAFL) for Yeronga South Brisbane and was jointly awarded the league best and fairest with Emma Zielke in 2015.[7] In April 2015, she was selected by Western Bulldogs with the 31st pick in the 2015 AFL women's draft to participate in the Hampson–Hardeman Cup, an annual exhibition match between Western Bulldogs and Melbourne.[8] Two rounds into the 2016 season, Zanchetta ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament, leading her to miss the innaugral AFL Women's draft and the innaugral AFL Women's season.[1][9] In 2019, while playing with Yeronga, Zanchetta was shared runner-up for the QWAFL best and fairest award, just behind team-mate Emily Bates and shared with newly signed Gold Coast player Kalinda Howarth.[10] She was also selected with Bates and Howarth for the Team of the Year.[11]

AFLW career

Zanchetta was recruited by Brisbane with pick number 7, which was Brisbane's first pick, in the 2017 AFL Women's draft, after missing 2017's inaugural AFL Women's season through an anterior cruciate ligament injury.[12] She was described as "the most talented player not to appear in the first instalment of AFLW".[13] She made her debut in the Lions' game against Adelaide at Norwood Oval in the opening round of the 2018 season.[14] By the end of the 2018 season, Zanchetta played five games for Brisbane.[15] In May 2018, she re-signed with Brisbane for the 2019 season.[16] In May 2019, she re-signed with Brisbane for the 2020 season.[17]

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.[18][19] Apart from football, she works at a pet motel in Brisbane.[1]

References
  1. 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. "Youth Girls Premiers and Best & Fairest". AFL Brisbane Juniors. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  4. "Best & Fairest tops off Tayla's year". AFL Queensland. 20 August 2012.
  5. "As the song says - Victoria will be champions just you wait and see". Victorian Women's Football League. 20 May 2012.
  6. "Nine Vics in All-Australian team". AFL Victoria. 13 May 2013.
  7. "Grogan Medal Night Wrap". AFL Queensland. 20 September 2015.
  8. Twomey, Callum (20 April 2015). "King crowned Dogs' No.1 in AFL women's draft". Australian Football League. Telstra Media.
  9. "Jordan Zanchetta". Brisbane Lions. Telstra Media. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  10. "Bates and Neate claim AFL Queensland top honours". AFL Queensland. 9 September 2019.
  11. Black, Sarah (11 September 2019). "AFLW players dominate in state league best and fairest awards". AFL Women's. Telstra Media.
  12. Fielding, Josie (18 October 2017). "Lions select Zanchetta with Pick No. 7". Brisbane Lions. Telstra Media.
  13. Wingard, Anthony (30 January 2018). "AFLW Season Preview: Brisbane Lions". The Women's Game.
  14. "AFLW: Round 1 team announced". Brisbane Lions. Telstra Media. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  15. "Brisbane Lions AFL Women's Players". Brisbane Lions. Telstra Media. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019.
  16. "Lions re-sign another big name star". The Women's Game. 31 May 2018.
  17. "Lions den sees four re-commit". Women’s Sports Network. 9 May 2019.
  18. "2008 South Queensland Schools Championship Regatta". Rowing Queensland. 3 August 2008.
  19. "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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