Jenna McCormick
McCormick playing W-League for Melbourne Victoryin November 2019
Born (1994-09-07) 7 September 1994 (age 29)
Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Association football career
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Brisbane Roar
Number 5
Youth career
Blue Lake SC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Adelaide United 26 (0)
2015–2017 Canberra United 24 (3)
2016 Stjarnan 20 (1)
2017 Medkila 9 (1)
2017–2018 Adelaide United 12 (1)
2018–2019 Brisbane Roar 12 (0)
2019–2020 Melbourne Victory 12 (0)
2020 Real Betis 1 (0)
2020–2021 Melbourne City 10 (1)
2021–2022 AGF 20 (2)
2022–2023 Adelaide United 15 (0)
2023– Brisbane Roar 20 (2)
Total 161 (11)
International career‡
2019– Australia 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 August 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 March 2020
Australian rules football career
Personal information
Draft No. 23, 2016 AFL Women's draft
Height 171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfield/Forward
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2017–2019 Adelaide 20 (9)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2019 season.
Career highlights
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Jenna McCormick (born 7 September 1994) is a professional Australian sportswoman who plays soccer for Australian A-League Women club Brisbane Roar and has played Australian rules football for the Adelaide Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition.

Early life

McCormick was born and raised in Mount Gambier, South Australia, before moving to Adelaide in 2011.[1] She played junior soccer for Blue Lake SC in Mount Gambier.[2] In Mount Gambier, Jenna attended Tenison Woods College and in Adelaide, McCormick attended Walford Anglican School for Girls and played soccer, cricket and Australian rules football at high levels.[3]

Football career

McCormick playing soccer for Adelaide United in 2017

McCormick made her debut in the W-League for Adelaide United in December 2012 in a loss to Melbourne Victory.[4] She usually plays as a midfielder, but was used as a defender by Adelaide in the 2013–14 W-League.[1] McCormick was included in an Australian Schoolgirls team to tour South America in 2013, and was named player of the tournament.[5]

McCormick joined Canberra United Football Club in 2015.[6] In 2016, she moved to Iceland to play for Stjarnan in the Úrvalsdeild; making her debut as a substitute in a win over Selfoss.[7] Jenna returned to Canberra United for the 2016–17 season.

In July 2017, McCormick signed to play the second half of the 2017 season with Medkila IL in the Toppserien, the top tier of women's soccer in Norway.[8]

In September 2017, McCormick committed to return to Adelaide United for the 2017–18 W-League season.[9]

In October 2018, McCormick signed to play for Brisbane Roar for the 2018–19 W-League season.[citation needed]

In October 2019, McCormick quit AFLW and joined Melbourne Victory FC on a one-year deal.[10] In November 2019, McCormick made her debut for the National team – the Matilda's. She was in the starting XI in a Friendly against Chile. The Matilda's won the match 2–1.

In July 2020, McCormick inked a deal with Spanish club Real Betis based in Seville on a two-year deal.[11] Only five months later, it was announced that Real Betis and McCormick mutually agreed to terminate her contract, having played only game.[12]

A week after being released by Real Betis, McCormick signed with Melbourne City.[13]

In August 2021, McCormick joined Danish club AGF Fodbold. Playing 25 games overall, 20 in the Danish Women's League and 5 in the Danish Women's Cup.[14]

September 2022 saw McCormick rejoin Adelaide United for the 2022–23 A-League Women season. This club is where her professional career began.[15]

In August 2023, McCormick returned to Brisbane Roar.[16]

Australian rules career

In April 2016, McCormick declared her interest in playing in the newly formed AFL Women's competition, the first professional women's Australian rules football league.[17] She was drafted by Adelaide in the 2016 AFL Women's draft.[18] McCormick missed round 1 of the 2017 season to play for Canberra United in the W-League semi-final on 5 February 2017.[19] She debuted in round 2 of the 2017 season against the Western Bulldogs, and played seven games including the grand final in the Adelaide team that won the inaugural AFLW Premiership in 2017.

Adelaide signed McCormick for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017,[20] and she again missed the opening round of the season due to W-League commitments, joining the team for their round 2 match against Melbourne.[21] She signed with the Crows for the 2019 season in May 2018.[22]

AFL Women's statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2019 season[23]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2017# Adelaide 5 7 4 2 29 14 43 6 13 0.6 0.3 4.1 2.0 6.1 0.9 1.9
2018 Adelaide 5 6 5 7 31 6 37 10 15 0.8 1.2 5.2 1.0 6.2 1.7 2.5
2019# Adelaide 5 7 0 1 48 16 64 13 13 0.0 0.1 6.9 2.3 9.1 1.9 1.9
Career 20 9 10 108 36 144 29 41 0.5 0.5 5.4 1.8 7.7 1.5 2.1

Honours

Soccer

Club

Stjarnan
Canberra United

Individual

Australian rules football

Club

Adelaide

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Quigley, Beverley (4 February 2014). "Multi-talented Jenna McCormick enjoying the football life". The Women's Game. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  2. ^ a b Migliaccio, Val (19 February 2014). "Lady Reds star Jenna McCormick 'in shock' over player of the year award". The Advertiser. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  3. ^ Morris, Rod (23 May 2012). "McCormick starring in three sporting codes". The Border Watch. Archived from the original on 3 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  4. ^ Morris, Rod (4 December 2012). "McCormick makes debut". The Border Watch. Archived from the original on 3 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  5. ^ Beaton, Colin (12 February 2013). "Teen's taste of South American soccer". ABC South East SA. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Rae Dower confirms Canberra United squad". The Women's Game. 17 September 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  7. ^ Shaffer, Kristin. "Aussies Abroad: 19 May – 25 May 2016". The Women's Game. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  8. ^ Migliaccio, Val (3 July 2017). "Cross code footballer Jenna McCormick off to help the Vikings". The Advertiser. Adelaide, South Australia: News Corp. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  9. ^ "McCormick flies into United squad for 2017/18". Adelaide United. 26 September 2017. Archived from the original on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  10. ^ Lynch, Michael (5 October 2019). "McCormick quits AFLW, joins Victory in bid to snare Olympic spot". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  11. ^ "Matildas defender McCormick signs for Real Betis". The World Game. SBS. 22 July 2020. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021.
  12. ^ "Jenna McCormick deja de ser jugadora del Real Betis Féminas" [Jenna McCormick is no longer a Real Betis Féminas player] (in Spanish). Real Betis. 2 December 2020.
  13. ^ "Melbourne City FC signs Matildas defender Jenna McCormick". Melbourne City. 10 December 2020.
  14. ^ "AGF Kvindefodbold: Velkommen til Jenna McCormick" [AGF Women's Football: Welcome to Jenna McCormick]. AGF (in Danish). 20 August 2021. Archived from the original on 21 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  15. ^ "Jenna McCormick returns to Reds for 2022/23". Adelaide United. 13 September 2022.
  16. ^ "Former Matilda Jenna McCormick signs on". Brisbane Roar. 22 August 2023.
  17. ^ Polkinghorne, David (23 April 2016). "Canberra United's Jenna McCormick wants to make history in Women's AFL". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 2 July 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  18. ^ "Jenna to juggle two codes". Adelaide Football Club. 12 October 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  19. ^ "Juggling Jenna focused on the task ahead". Canberra United. Football Federation Australia. 2 February 2017. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  20. ^ "AFLW: All the clubs' full lists after trade period – AFL.com.au". afl.com.au. Telstra Media. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  21. ^ Fjeldstad, Jesper (8 February 2018). "Adelaide Crows call up Adelaide United soccer star Jenna McCormick". The Advertiser. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  22. ^ "Randall leads Crows re-signings". The Women's Game. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  23. ^ "Jenna McCormick–player stats by season". Australian Football. Retrieved 27 March 2017.

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