Lisa De Vanna

Lisa De Vanna

Personal information
Full name	Lisa Marie De Vanna
Date of birth	(1984-11-14) 14 November 1984
Place of birth	Perth, Australia
Height	5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Sky Blue FC
Number	11
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
	AIS
	SASI
	Spearwood United
	Cockburn United
	Murdoch
	Stirling Reds
2001–2004	Adelaide Sensation
2004–2006	Western Waves
2006–2007	Doncaster Rovers Belles
2007–2008	Western Waves
2008	AIK	19	(15)
2008–2009	Perth Glory	7	(3)
2009–2010	Washington Freedom	20	(6)
2009	→ Perth Glory (loan)	8	(2)
2010–2011	Brisbane Roar	10	(4)
2011	magicJack	8	(3)
2011–2012	Newcastle Jets	9	(5)
2012–2012	Linköping	16	(6)
2012–2013	Perth Glory	5	(4)
2013	Sky Blue FC	7	(2)
National team‡
2004–	Australia	75	(26)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:30,20 May 2013 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:54, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

Lisa Marie De Vanna (born 14 November 1984) is an Australian football (soccer) forward. She is currently playing for Sky Blue FC in the National Women's Soccer League and is a member of the Australian National Team. A striker with lightning pace and world class dribbling skills, throughout her career with the Matildas, she has scored more goals coming off the bench, and has been labeled as the 'Super-Sub.' Football analyst and former Socceroo Craig Foster stated that she ran on jet-fuel — burning up twice as fast, but with incredible impact.

Early life

De Vanna was born in Perth, Australia.

Playing career

Club

Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C.

In October 2006 De Vanna signed for Doncaster Rovers Belles, departing the English Premier League club in March 2007.

AIK Fotboll Dam

De Vanna played for Swedish club AIK for the 2008 Damallsvenskan season. De Vanna had a very successful season, being the 5th highest goalscorer with 15 goals, helping AIK to their most successful season.

Washington Freedom / magicJack

In September 2008, De Vanna was selected by Washington Freedom in Women's Professional Soccer. She was the 18th overall selection in the 2008 WPS International Draft. She officially signed for the Freedom in late March 2009. Through the next three years, she played for Washington Freedom and its successor magicJack in the WPS as well as Perth Glory, Brisbane Roar and Newcastle Jets in the W-League in Australia.

Perth Glory

In November 2008, De Vanna was signed to Perth Glory in the Australian W-League and made her first appearance for the club on 8 November 2008 against the Melbourne Victory.

Linköping FC

Following the suspension of the 2012 WPS season she signed for Damallsvenskan club Linköping FC. De Vanna made an instant hit scoring 5 goals in her first 8 games including a hat trick against Jitex. On 1 February 2013 it was announced that De Vanna had agreed to terms and signed to play for the Sky Blue FC in the National Women's Soccer League inaugural 2013 season.

Sky Blue FC

On 1 February 2013, it was announced that De Vanna signed with Sky Blue FC in the National Women's Soccer League. De Vanna has so far scored two goals in seven appearances, both against Seattle and has been statistically one of the top three strikers in the division so far

International

De Vanna playing for Australia in 2009

De Vanna played four games at the 2004 Olympic Football Tournament.

She scored four goals for Australia in the 2007 World Cup — one in a 1–1 draw against Norway, two in a 4–1 victory against Ghana, and one against Brazil in her team's 2–3 loss in the quarterfinals. Each goal she scored at the World Cup was dedicated to her father, who died three months before the tournament began.

On 1 October 2007 Lisa was named in the FIFA's Women's World Cup All Star Team and she was also nominated for the 2007 FIFA World Player of the Year award. She was named Western Australian Sportswoman of the Year in 2007. After returning home after the World Cup De Vanna returned to a job at a petrol station.

In May 2011 De Vanna was sent home from a training camp held to prepare the national team for the World Cup. Australian coach Tom Sermanni stated that the expulsion was for an unacceptable standard of behaviour. The previous September, De Vanna had been subject to a complaint after photographs involving a large inflatable penis were posted to her facebook page. She was censured by Football Federation Australia and instructed to remove the offending pictures. De Vanna moved to Sweden for the 2012/13 season and in recent interviews has stated that her desire to play for The Matildas is now stronger than ever.

In her first game back for hometeam Perth Glory De Vanna scored a stunning long range strike after just 4 minutes in a 6-1 victory over Newcastle Jets. De Vanna played her final game of the 2012 season in the Semi-Final defeat to Melbourne Victory. The final score 1-1 at full time. De Vanna will now be looking to play overseas during the end season.

Matches and goals scored at World Cup and Olympic tournaments

Lisa De Vanna competed in two FIFA Women's World Cup: China 2007 and Germany 2011; and one Olympics: Athens 2004; altogether played 12 matches and scored 6 goals at those three global tournaments.

	Key
Lineup	Start – played entire match minute ( player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time minute ( player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time (c) – captain
Min	The minute in the match the goal was scored; blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal.
Assist/pass	The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information. See Assist (football) page.
Score	The match score after the goal was scored.
aet	The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation
pso	Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parathesis; the match was tied at the end of extra-time
pk or penalty	Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.)
Result	The final score. – match was won – match was lost to opponent – match was drawn () – penalty-shoot-out was won after a drawn match () – penalty-shoot-out was lost after a drawn match
	Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournaments
	Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournaments

Goal	Match	Date	Location	Opponent	Lineup	Min	Score	Result	Competition
Athens 2004 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
	1	2004-08-11	Thessaloniki	Brazil	{{{4}}}. 57' ( Foster)			0-1	Group stage
	2	2004-08-14	Heraklion	Greece	{{{4}}}. 45' ( Davies)			1-0	Group stage
	3	2004-08-17	Thessaloniki	United States	{{{4}}}. 62' ( Alagich)			1-1	Group stage
1	4	2004-08-20	Volos	Sweden	{{{4}}}. 36' ( Small)	79	1-2	1-2	Quarter-final
China 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
2	5	2007-09-12	Hangzhou	Ghana	{{{4}}}. 46' ( Munoz)	57	2-0	4-1	Group stage
3						81	4-1
4	6	2007-09-15	Hangzhou	Norway	{{{4}}}. 46' ( Small)	83	1-1	1-1	Group stage
	7	2007-09-20	Chengdu	Canada	{{{4}}}. 46' ( Colthorpe)			2-2	Group stage
5	8	2007-09-23	Tianjin	Brazil	Start	36	1-2	2-3	Quarter-final
Germay 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
	9	2011-06-29	Moenchengladbach	Brazil	Start			0-1	Group stage
6	10	2011-07-03	Bochum	Equatorial Guinea	{{{4}}}. 46' ( Shipard)	51	3-1	3-2	Group stage
	11	2011-07-06	Leverkusen	Norway	Start			2-1	Group stage
	12	2011-07-10	Augsburg	Sweden	Start			1-3	Quarter-final

Honours

With Australia

• AFC Women's Asian Cup Winners: 2010

With Brisbane Roar

• Westfield W-League Winners: 2010-11

External links

• Official website
• Lisa De Vanna – FIFA competition record
• Football Federation Australia player profile
• Washington Freedom player profile
• Perth Glory player profile
• Damallsvenskan player profile (Swedish)
• Decoding Devanna: ESPN HERoics episode