Mikala Cann (born 4 November 2000) 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

Collingwood Football Club The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. ...

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 ...

(AFLW).

Junior career

Cann originally played

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and aspired to a career in the sport at an American college. Her local football club was

Blackburn Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the River Ribble, Ribble Valley, east of Preston ...

. In 2018, she first took up competitive football in the TAC Cup Girls with the

Eastern Ranges The Eastern Ranges is an Australian rules football team that currently competes in the Talent League, the Victorian statewide under-18s competition. History Inaugural playing squad (1992) Honours *Premiers (2): 2002, 2013 *Runners-up (6): 199 ...

. Playing all nine matches, Cann was named in the league's team of the year. She also represented Vic Metro in the

2018 AFL Women's Under 18 Championships The 2018 NAB AFL Women's Under-18 Championships was played between May and July 2018, with six teams competing in the main 'Series 2' round robin tournament and with a further four playing in a two-match on-on-one exhibition as the competition's ...

. In the second half of 2018, Cann played six matches for Hawthorn in the

VFL Women's VFL Women's (VFLW) is the major state-level women's Australian rules football league in Victoria (Australia), Victoria. The league initially comprised the six premier division clubs and the top four division 1 clubs from the now-defunct Victori ...

, including their premiership victory against

Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung language, Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in Victoria, Australia, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River (Victo ...

. She recorded nine tackles, 14 disposals and 10 contested possessions. At 17, Cann was the youngest member of the side. She wore number 45.

AFLW career

Cann was drafted by Collingwood with pick 13 in the 2018 AFLW draft, their third selection. Coach

Wayne Siekman Wayne Siekman is an Australian rules football coach who was the head coach of the Collingwood Football Club in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW) between 2017 and 2019. Coaching career Beginnings Siekman's coaching career began in earnest with ...

commented, "Mikayla loves the contest ball and hates to get beaten. ... She tackles extremely well and for a player who is only in her first year of footy, the future is exciting."

Personal life

Cann is currently studying a Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science at

Deakin University Deakin University is a public university in Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1974 with antecedent history since 1887, the university was named after Alfred Deakin, the second Prime Minister of Australia and a founding father of Australian Fede ...

Statistics

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2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cann, Mikala 2000 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Eastern Ranges players (Talent League Girls) Collingwood Football Club (AFLW) players