Jordan Zanchetta


Jordan Zanchetta is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Brisbane Lions in the AFL Women's.

State football

Zanchetta played junior football with Jindalee Jaguars and with Western Thunder, winning the Youth Girls Under 15 best and fairest award in 2010 while playing for Jindalee Jaguars. Zanchetta represented Queensland in the AFL Youth Girls National Championships, being a Rising Star award nominee in 2012. She was selected for the All-Australian team in the 2012 season and in the 2013 season. In 2013, she also won the Youth Girls Under 18 best and fairest award. Zanchetta played in the AFL Queensland Women's League for Yeronga South Brisbane and was jointly awarded the league best and fairest with Emma Zielke in 2015. In April 2015, she was selected by Western Bulldogs with the 31st pick in the 2015 AFL women's draft to participate in the Hampson–Hardeman Cup, an annual exhibition match between Western Bulldogs and Melbourne. Two rounds into the 2016 season, Zanchetta ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament, leading her to miss the innaugral AFL Women's draft and the innaugral AFL Women's season. In 2019, while playing with Yeronga, Zanchetta was shared runner-up for the QWAFL best and fairest award, just behind team-mate Emily Bates and shared with newly signed Gold Coast player Kalinda Howarth. She was also selected with Bates and Howarth for the Team of the Year.

AFLW career

Zanchetta was recruited by Brisbane with pick number 7, which was Brisbane's first pick, in the 2017 AFL Women's draft, after missing 2017's inaugural AFL Women's season through an anterior cruciate ligament injury. She was described as "the most talented player not to appear in the first instalment of AFLW". She made her debut in the Lions' game against Adelaide at Norwood Oval in the opening round of the 2018 season. By the end of the 2018 season, Zanchetta played five games for Brisbane. In May 2018, she re-signed with Brisbane for the 2019 season. In May 2019, she re-signed with Brisbane for the 2020 season.

Personal life

Zanchetta has a twin brother, Liam, and younger sister, Brooke. She grew up practising gymnastics before discovering Australian rules football in high school, and was educated at Centenary State High School. Apart from football, she works at a pet motel in Brisbane.