Brianna Davey

Brianna Iris Davey (born 13 January 1995)[1] is an Australian footballer in both the soccer and Australian rules football codes. In soccer, she was a goalkeeper who played for the Matildas and played in the W-League for Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City. In 2016, she stopped playing soccer to play Australian rules football, and was one of two initial marquee recruits for the Carlton Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW).[2] She won the inaugural Carlton best and fairest award and was named in the 2017 AFL Women's All-Australian team. Davey served as Carlton captain from 2018 to 2019 before being traded to the Collingwood Football Club. She will serve as Collingwood co-captain alongside Steph Chiocci in 2021.

Brianna Davey
Davey playing Australian rules football for Collingwood in 2020
Born (1995-01-13) 13 January 1995
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Australian rules football career
Personal information
Original team(s) St Kilda Sharks (VFLW)
Draft 2016 marquee signing
Debut Round 1, 2017, Carlton
vs. Collingwood, at Ikon Park
Position(s) Midfielder / defender
Club information
Current club Collingwood
Number 3
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2017–2019 Carlton 17 (3)
2020– Collingwood 08 (2)
Total 25 (5)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2017 Victoria 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 2, 2021.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2017.
Career highlights
Source: AustralianFootball.com
Association football career
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2015 Melbourne Victory 47 (0)
2013 → Linköping FC (loan) 5 (0)
2015–2016 Melbourne City 7 (0)
National team‡
2012–2015 Australia 17 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 July 2016
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 October 2015

Association football career

Club

Davey was initially an Australian rules football player until discovered kicking a ball at age 13 by a soccer scout while on a family holiday. Instantly discovered to have a talent as goalkeeper, Davey made inroads early and made Victorian representative and elite squads. Signed to Melbourne Victory Women as a fifteen-year-old as back-up keeper to Matildas captain Melissa Barbieri in Season 2010–11, she made three appearances in the short 11 match season. Having done enough to prove to head coach Vicki Linton that she was already as talented as the ageing Barbieri, Linton cut Barbieri and installed Davey as the number one choice. She went on to be the standout keeper for the first half of Season 2011–12 of the W-League.

In August 2013, Davey agreed to play for Swedish Damallsvenskan club Linköping FC during the Australian off-season. Linköping coach Martin Sjögren required a replacement for Sofia Lundgren, who had a back injury. On signing Davey Sjögren described her as "probably the world's most talented goalkeeper".[3]

On 20 August 2015, after five years with Victory, Davey signed a contract with intra-city rivals Melbourne City, becoming the first ever goalkeeper for their newly created W-League side.[4]

International

Davey has represented Australia in the Young Matildas, often facing-off for the starting position with Brisbane Roar prodigy Casey Dumont.

After being involved in national team camps for over a year, Davey made her international debut for the Matildas in a 4–0 friendly victory over Haiti; keeping a clean sheet.[5]

After a four-month residency programme, national coach Alen Stajcic surprisingly dropped Davey from Australia's 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup squad. Resurgent veteran Melissa Hudson (née Barbieri) was recalled at Davey's expense.[6]

Australian rules football career

After missing the World Cup squad, Davey began playing with the St Kilda Sharks in the Victorian Women's Football League in the 2015 winter. Despite not having played Australian rules football since her early junior days, she was quickly recognised as one of the top midfielders in the competition, also capable of playing as a key defender. She played for the Western Bulldogs in exhibition women's matches in 2015 and 2016, having been the top pick in the 2015 mini-draft held to allocate players for the matches.[7]

AFL Women's

After having played both codes in parallel for two years (soccer in summer and Australian rules football in winter), Davey committed to Australian rules football, signing as a marquee player for Carlton in the inaugural AFL Women's competition.[2] In January 2017, she was announced as the co-vice-captain of Carlton, alongside Madeline Keryk.[8] She made her debut in round 1, 2017, in the club and the league's inaugural match at IKON Park against Collingwood.[9] At the end of the season, Davey received her team's nominations for both the AFLW Players’ Most Courageous Award and the AFLW Players’ Most Valuable Player Award,[10][11] and was also listed in the 2017 All-Australian team.[12] She was awarded the club's inaugural best and fairest award in a ceremony in April 2017.[13]

Carlton signed Davey for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017.[14] She was appointed the team's captain for the 2018 season, taking over for inaugural captain Lauren Arnell.[15] In round 2 she suffered a serious knee injury that was later confirmed to be a season-ending ruptured anterior cruciate ligament.[16]

Davey returned to Carlton in 2019 and captained them side to a Grand Final appearance against Adelaide, which was subsequently lost.

In April 2019, Davey was traded to Collingwood.[17]

In March 2020, Davey was selected for a 2017–19 retrospective 22under22 squad.[18][19] In December, it was announced that Davey would co-captain Collingwood alongside inaugural captain Steph Chiocci in 2021.[20][21]

AFLW Statistics
Statistics are correct to the end of the 2020 season[22]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2017 Carlton 1610585611423170.20.09.79.319.03.82.7
2018 Carlton 1200201232680.00.010.06.016.03.04.0
2019 Carlton 1921816614731370.20.19.07.316.33.44.1
2020 Collingwood 3600566712315320.00.09.311.220.52.55.3
Career 23 3 1 215 201 416 75 94 0.1 0.1 9.3 8.7 18.1 3.3 4.1

See also

References
  1. "Player profile – Brianna Davey". Melbourne Victory FC. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
  2. "Get to know: Bri Davey – carltonfc.com.au". Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. Stockdale, Craig (15 August 2013). "Davey responds to Linköping's call for help". The Football Sack. Archived from the original on 30 August 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  4. "Melbourne City FC Signs Goalkeeper Brianna Davey". melbournecityfc.com.au. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  5. "Westfield Matildas open US tour with big win". Football Federation Australia. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  6. "Matildas omit top scorer Kate Gill from Women's World Cup squad". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  7. Anna Harrington (27 July 2016). "Brianna Davey turns her back on soccer to focus on playing football as a marquee player at Carlton". Fox Sports. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  8. Cavanagh, Chris (16 January 2017). "Lauren Arnell named Carlton's inaugural AFLW captain". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  9. Guthrie, Ben (2 February 2017). "Blue ribbon day for AFLW as Carlton downs Collingwood". AFL Media. Bigpond. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  10. "AFLW MVP Nominations Revealed". AFL Players Association. 21 March 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  11. "AFLW Most Courageous Nominations". AFL Players Association. 20 March 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  12. Navaratnam, Dinny (28 March 2017). "Lions, Crows dominate AFLW All Australian team - AFL.com.au". AFL.com.au. BigPond. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  13. "Davey crowned AFLW B&F". Carlton Media. Telstra Media. 27 April 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  14. "AFLW: All the clubs' full lists after trade period - AFL.com.au". afl.com.au. Telstra Media. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  15. "Davey to captain Blues in 2018". Carlton Media. Telstra Media. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  16. "Scans confirm worst fears for Davey". Carlton Media. Telstra Media. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  17. Black, Sarah (26 April 2019). "Davey a Pie: Blues agree to trade for former captain". AFL Women's. Telstra Media.
  18. "Retrospective AFLW 22Under22 side 2017-2019". AFL Players Association. 24 March 2020.
  19. Black, Sarah (26 March 2020). "Crows dominate inaugural 22under22 squad". AFL Women's. Telstra Media.
  20. Black, Sarah (2 December 2020). "Follow the leader: Former Blue promoted to co-captain Pies". womens.afl. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  21. Lewis, Tash (1 December 2020). "Chiocci and Davey Lead Pies in 2021". collingwoodfc.com.au. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  22. "Brianna Davey - Player Stats By Season". Australian Football. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
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