Place of birth Wangaratta, Victoria Position(s) Forward | Height / weight 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) Height 1.67 m | |
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Date of birth (1993-08-03) 3 August 1993 (age 23) Draft Marquee player 2016: Carlton Debut Round 1, 2017, Carlton
vs. Collingwood, at IKON Park Original team Darebin Falcons (Victorian Women's Football League) Profiles | ||
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Darcy Vescio (born 3 August 1993) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Carlton Football Club in the AFL Women's competition.
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- Bounce crew meet darcy vescio
- Darcy vescio leap
- Junior and state league football
- AFL Womens career
- Personal life
- References
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Junior and state league football
Vescio began playing football with her brother at the age of five. She stopped playing competitive football at the age of fourteen, when she was no longer allowed to play with the youth boys team.
Vescio started playing again at the age of eighteen, when she moved to Melbourne from her home town of Wangaratta and joined the Darebin Falcons in the Victorian Women's Football League (VWFL). She won premierships with the club in four consecutive seasons from 2013 to 2016, and won best on ground honours in two of these matches in 2015 and 2016.
Vescio has represented Victoria at the AFL Women's National Championships in 2013 and 2015.
She was drafted by the Western Bulldogs in 2014, and played for the club in exhibition series matches between 2014 and 2016.
AFL Women's career
Vescio was signed as a marquee player by Carlton in July 2016, ahead of the league's inaugural 2017 season. She made her debut in round 1, 2017, in the club and the league's inaugural match at IKON Park against Collingwood. She kicked a game-high four goals in the match, which was more than Collingwood's overall team score. This was acknowledged by the AFL Player Association, highlighting Vescio as Player of the Week.
Personal life
Vescio works part-time at the Carlton Football Club as a graphic designer. She was responsible for designing the club's inaugural women's guernsey.
She was born and raised in the Victorian town of Wangaratta and attended school at Wangaratta High School. Vescio is of Italian and Chinese heritage and is an AFL Multicultural Ambassador.