Bianca Jakobsson (born 30 March 1993) is an
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...
er playing for the
St Kilda Football Club
The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier league.
The club's name originates fro ...
in the
AFL Women's
AFL Women's (AFLW) is Australia's national semi-professional Australian rules football in Australia, Australian rules football competition for women's Australian rules football, female players. The 2017 AFL Women's season, first season of the l ...
competition (AFLW). She previously played for Carlton and Melbourne.
AFLW career
Carlton
Jakobsson was drafted by Carlton with the club's first selection, the third overall in the
2016 AFL Women's draft
The 2016 AFL Women's draft consisted of the various periods when the eight clubs in the AFL Women's competition recruited players prior to the competition's 2017 AFL Women's season, inaugural season in 2017.
Draftees and signings over the peri ...
. She made her debut in Round 1,
2017
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, in the club and the league's inaugural match at
Ikon Park
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, against . Jakobsson is of Swedish descent. She finished the 2017 season having played in all seven of her side's matches that year.
Melbourne
In May 2017, Jakobsson was traded to in exchange for a second round pick (number 12 overall) in the forthcoming
2017 AFL Women's draft
The 2017 AFL Women's draft consisted of the various periods when the eight clubs in the AFL Women's competition could recruit players prior to the competition's 2018 AFL Women's season, 2018 season.
As the previous season's player contracts wer ...
.
Jakobsson's partner
Darcy Guttridge also plays for AFLW club
St Kilda.
Personal life
Jakobsson currently is studying for a Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science at
Deakin University
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.
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Living people
1993 births
Carlton Football Club (AFLW) players
Melbourne Football Club (AFLW) players
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Sportswomen from Victoria (state)
Australian people of Swedish descent
Victorian Women's Football League players
Australian lesbian sportswomen
LGBTQ players of Australian rules football
St Kilda Football Club (AFLW) players
21st-century Australian LGBTQ people
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