Lisa De Vanna is a professional female soccer player of Australian descent, who has played for several clubs in the Australian Women’s league and is considered as one of the best forwards to have ever played the game in the world.
She is very fast and a very skilled dribbler, who has scored very important goals for the clubs she has played for, and the Australian National Women’s football team as well.
Lisa De Vanna Biography
Lisa De Vanna was born in the port city of Fremantle in Perth, Australia on November 14, 1984. She is 34 years old.
Her mother’s name is Connie, and she has an older brother named Dom and a younger sister named Sophia. Both of her known siblings are also footballers. She has never made mention of any other member of her family, nor has she publicly mentioned the influences or reservations that her parents had in her life choices.
Lisa gave some insight into her early growing up years in several interviews that she had in the past. She revealed that she was very troublesome as a child, and still considers herself to still possess that characteristic even as an adult. She was very rebellious in school as she would talk back at her teachers whenever there was a misunderstanding in class; she has also walked out of class several times when she was at loggerheads with her teachers. She associated with and belonged to a group of very naughty girls in and out of school, and parents would regularly urge their wards not to associate with her group.
Her brother, Dom, was probably the one who influenced her to become a footballer, starting at a very tender age of 6 years. Dom was a goalkeeper for a local team in Fremantle and would drag her to the streets to play football, as he needed all the practice he could get. He would get Lisa to take shots at him in goal, and the winner of that duel would have bragging rights over the other; this practice inculcated a fiercely competitive spirit in her, an attribute that would greatly help her later on in life.
Career Statistics
Lisa began her professional footballing career signing for Doncaster Rover Belles in England in 2006. Sadly she didn’t score any goals while at the club and left just after her second season with them.
She then joined a Swedish club, AIK, in 2008, making 19 appearances, while scoring 15 goals throughout the season. She signed for an Australian club next – Perth Glory, making just 7 appearances all season, and scoring 3 goals.
Lisa then signed for Washington Freedom, which later became MagicJack in 2008. She made 21 appearances and scored 7 goals in her time with the club. She signed for Linkoping FC in 2012, making 22 appearances and scoring 7 goals for the season.
In 2013, she signed for Sky Blue FC in the USA, making 16 appearances, while scoring 5 goals in the course of the season.
She joined the Melbourne Victory club in late 2013; she made 14 appearances scoring 14 goals.
Between the years 2013 to 2014, Lisa was traded by Melbourne Victory to the Boston Breakers, who traded her to the Washington Spirit and then finally back to the Melbourne Victory. She made a total of 42 appearances for all clubs during this period, scoring 22 goals in all.
For the 2015 to 2016 season, Lisa played for Melbourne City – the rivals of her former club; she made 9 appearances, scoring 3 goals. She subsequently played for the Northshore Mariners, then Orlando Pride, then Canberra United; unfortunately she didn’t score for these clubs at all. She joined South Melbourne female team in 2017 and scored a total of 18 goals from 16 appearances for the season.
She joined her current club, Sydney FC in 2017 and plays with them still.
As regards her international career, Lisa De Vanna made her debut for the Australian Under-20 team in 2002 and only made an appearance. In 2004, she started with the Australia women’s national soccer team. By the start of 2019, he had already recorded 47 goals from 147 games played.
Salary and Net Worth
She reportedly earns a salary equivalent to $ 50,000 a year. More so, Lisa De Vanna has a net worth estimated at $1 million, mostly earned from her salaries, bonuses, and endorsement deals that she has signed over the years she has been actively playing football.
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Family
The current relationship status of Lisa De Vanna is not clear, but from all indications, she is not yet married, and there are no records of her having had any children in the past. There is also no disclosure on her part if she is presently in a relationship with anyone. Her sexual orientation is also not known.
She is probably still focused on her career and could start a family in the nearest possible future.
Other Interesting Facts About Lisa De Vanna
Here are a few more things to know about Lisa:
1.) She grew up having very naughty and party-loving friends, whose lives were not far from drug usage and abuse, but she said in an interview that her friends always had her back in times of difficulty, and even though they partied really hard and used drugs, they never allowed her to take part in such a life.
Whenever they went to late night parties, they would send her home quite early, reminding her that she had football practice the next day.
2.) She was discovered by a scout working for the Young Matildas team while she was involved in an inter-schools competition in Fremantle. Through the connections of the scout, she relocated to Adelaide, to continue her development in football there.
3) Lisa has a height of 1.56 m.
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