Lisa De Vanna
De Vanna playing for Perth Glory in 2012
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| 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) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Canberra United FC (guest player) | ||
| 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) |
| 2010–2011 | Brisbane Roar | 9 | (4) |
| 2011 | magicJack | 8 | (3) |
| 2011–2012 | Newcastle Jets | 9 | (5) |
| 2012 | Linköping | 22 | (7) |
| 2012–2013 | 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 | 3 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Canberra United FC (guest player) | 6 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2002 | Australia U-20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2004– | Australia | 120 | (40) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 March 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 March 2017 |
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 Aussies Abroad: The Matildas (ESPN) retrieved 12/18/2013
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Lisa Marie De Vanna (born 14 November 1984) is an Australian professional footballer who currently plays as a guest player for Canberra United FC in Australia's W-League, and co-captains the Australian national team as a forward. She is noted for her pace and dribbling skills. 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."
De Vanna was born in Perth, Australia. She was raised in the small port city of Fremantle, located about 30 minutes southwest of Perth. 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.
In October 2006 De Vanna signed for Doncaster Rovers Belles, departing the English Premier League club in March 2007.
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.
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.
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. She officially signed for the Freedom in late March 2009. 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.
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