Jenna McCormick (born 7 September 1994) is a professional Australian sportswoman who plays

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for Australian

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club Brisbane Roar and has played

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for the

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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. She played junior soccer for Blue Lake SC in Mount Gambier. In Mount Gambier, Jenna attended Tenison Woods College and in Adelaide, McCormick attended

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and played soccer,

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

and Australian rules football at high levels.

Football career

McCormick made her debut in the W-League for Adelaide United in December 2012 in a loss to Melbourne Victory. She usually plays as a midfielder, but was used as a defender by Adelaide in the

2013–14 W-League The 2013–14 W-League season was the sixth season of the W-League, the Australian national women's association football competition. The season consisted of twelve matchdays followed by a finals series. The regular season started on 9 Novembe ...

. McCormick was included in an Australian Schoolgirls team to tour South America in 2013, and was named player of the tournament. McCormick joined Canberra United Football Club in 2015. In 2016, she moved to Iceland to play for Stjarnan in the Úrvalsdeild; making her debut as a substitute in a win over

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. 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

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in the

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, the top tier of women's soccer in Norway. In September 2017, McCormick committed to return to Adelaide United for the

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season. In October 2018, McCormick signed to play for Brisbane Roar for the

2018–19 W-League The 2018–19 W-League season was the eleventh season of the W-League, the Australian national women's association football competition. Clubs Stadia and locations Personnel and kits Managerial changes Transfers Foreign players Th ...

season. In October 2019, McCormick quit AFLW and joined Melbourne Victory FC on a one-year deal. 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. Only five months later, it was announced that Real Betis and McCormick mutually agreed to terminate her contract, having played only game. A week after being released by Real Betis, McCormick signed with Melbourne City. 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. September 2022 saw McCormick rejoin Adelaide United for the

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season. This club is where her professional career began. In August 2023, McCormick returned to Brisbane Roar.

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. She was drafted by Adelaide in the

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. McCormick missed round 1 of the 2017 season to play for Canberra United in the W-League semi-final on 5 February 2017. She debuted in round 2 of the 2017 season against the , 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, and she again missed the opening round of the season due to W-League commitments, joining the team for their round 2 match against . She signed with the Crows for the 2019 season in May 2018.

AFL Women's statistics

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Honours

Soccer

Club

; Stjarnan * Úrvalsdeild:

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;

Canberra United Canberra United Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in the southern Canberra suburb of Wanniassa, Australian Capital Territory. Founded in 2008 by Capital Football, the club was an inaugural member of the W-League and t ...

* W-League Premiership: 2016–17

Individual

* Adelaide United Player of the Year: 2013–14

Australian rules football

Club

; Adelaide * AFL Women's:

* Key to the City of Adelaide: 28 April 2017 to the Inaugural Premiership Team

References

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at Stjarnan * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:McCormick, Jenna 1994 births Living people Australian women's soccer players Australian expatriate women's soccer players Australian expatriate sportspeople in Iceland Expatriate women's footballers in Iceland Adelaide United FC (A-League Women) players Brisbane Roar FC (A-League Women) players Melbourne Victory FC (A-League Women) players Canberra United FC players Real Betis Féminas players Melbourne City FC (A-League Women) players A-League Women players Women's association football defenders Women's association football midfielders People from Mount Gambier, South Australia Adelaide Football Club (AFLW) players Australian rules footballers from South Australia Footballers who switched code Australian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate women's footballers in Norway Jenna McCormick Jenna McCormick Medkila IL (women) players Australian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Australian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark AGF Fodbold (women) players Sportswomen from South Australia Australian LGBT soccer players

Early life

Football career

Australian rules career

AFL Women's statistics

Honours

Soccer

Club

Individual

Australian rules football

Club

See also

References

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