Monique Iannella (born 1 August 1996) is an Australian

football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is t ...

player, who played in the Australian W-League for

Adelaide United Adelaide United Football Club is a professional soccer club based in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The club participates in the A-League Men under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The club was founded in 2003 to fil ...

and Melbourne City and in the American college system for the

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and for the

Hofstra Pride The Hofstra Pride (formerly the Hofstra Flying Dutchmen) are composed of 17 teams representing Hofstra University in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women’s basketball, cross-country running, golf, lacrosse, soccer, tennis and tra ...

Club career

Adelaide United, 2013–2015

Iannella made her debut in the Australian W-League for Adelaide United during the 2013/14 season. She made 8 appearances for the club primarily playing in the midfielder position. Adelaide finished the regular season in 6th place with a record. Iannella returned to Adelaide for the 2014/2015 season and started in all 7 matches in which she appeared. The team finished in seventh place during the regular season with a record.

Melbourne City, 2015–2016

In September 2015, it was announced Iannella had signed with Melbourne City for the 2015/2016 season playing primarily in a defender position.

Texas Longhorns

In June 2016, Iannella moved to Texas to study at the

University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,075 ...

and joined their soccer team, the

Hofstra Pride

In 2017, Iannella transferred to

where she plays alongside countrywoman

Emily Hulbert Emily Hulbert (born 20 December 1995) is an Australian footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, ...

International career

Ianella represented Australia at the

2015 AFF Women's Championship The 2015 AFF Women's Championship was the eighth edition of the AFF Women's Championship, an international women's football tournament organised by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF). The tournament was held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam betwe ...

in Vietnam after helping the team qualify in November 2014.

References

External links

Melbourne City player profile

Adelaide United player profile
* 1996 births Living people Australian women's soccer players Adelaide United FC (A-League Women) players Melbourne City FC (A-League Women) players Texas Longhorns women's soccer players Hofstra Pride women's soccer players A-League Women players Women's association football midfielders People from Mount Gambier, South Australia Sportswomen from South Australia {{Australia-women-footy-bio-stub