Darcy Vescio

Darcy Vescio (born 3 August 1993) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Carlton Football Club in the AFL Women's competition. As a heavily marketed marquee player, Vescio has been referred to as a "household name" in Australia by ESPN.[1]

Darcy Vescio
Vescio playing for Carlton in March 2017
Personal information
Full name Darcy Anne Vescio
Date of birth (1993-08-03) 3 August 1993
Place of birth Markwood, Victoria
Original team(s) Darebin Falcons (VWFL)
Draft Marquee player 2016: Carlton
Debut Round 1, 2017, Carlton
vs. Collingwood, at IKON Park
Height 167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current club Carlton
Number 3
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2017– Carlton 30 (28)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2020 season.
Career highlights

AFLW

State

  • 4× VWFL premiership: (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
  • 2× VWFL Grand Final best on ground: (2015, 2016)
  • VWFL Leading Goalkicker: 2018
  • Carlton's Leading Goalkicker: 2018
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Junior and state league football

Vescio began playing football with her brother at the age of five.[2] She stopped playing competitive football at the age of fourteen, when she was no longer allowed to play with the youth boys team.[3]

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).[2][3] She won four premierships with the club in consecutive seasons from 2013 to 2016, and won the Lisa Hardeman Medal for best on ground performances in two of these matches in 2015 and 2016.[4]

Vescio has represented Victoria at the AFL Women's National Championships in 2013 and 2015.[2]

She was drafted by the Western Bulldogs in 2014, and played for the club in exhibition series matches between 2014 and 2016.[2]

In 2018, Vescio played VFLW with the Carlton Football Club and won the club's best and fairest. In the final round of the season, Vescio kicked 9 goals to claim the league's leading goal kicking award.[5]

AFL Women's career

Vescio was signed as a marquee player by Carlton in July 2016, ahead of the league's inaugural 2017 season.[6] She made her debut in round 1, 2017, in the club and the league's inaugural match at IKON Park against Collingwood.[7] 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 Players Association, highlighting Vescio as Player of the Week.[8]

At the conclusion of the 2017 season, Vescio was the AFLW leading goalkicker, was nominated by her teammates for the AFLW Players’ Most Valuable Player Award,[9] and was listed in the 2017 All-Australian team.[10] Her mark in front of goal in round five against Western Bulldogs was voted by fans as Mark of the Year.[10]

Carlton signed Vescio for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017.[11] She played in all seven of Carlton's matches that season and kicked five goals, tying Tayla Harris and sharing the club's leading goalkicker award with her.[12]

For the 2019 season, Vescio was elevated to the leadership group alongside Shae Audley, Kerryn Harrington and Sarah Hosking, with Bri Davey serving as captain and Katie Loynes as vice-captain.[13]

Statistics
Statistics are correct to the end of the 2019 season[14]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Indicators for exceptional statistics
Led the league for the season only
Led the league after the Grand Final only
Led the league after season and Grand Final
AFLW playing statistics
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2017 Carlton 3714439115013182.00.65.61.67.11.92.67
2018 Carlton 3756389475170.70.95.41.36.70.72.40
2019 Carlton 3951050318117130.61.15.63.49.01.91.40
Career 23 24 20 127 51 178 35 48 1.0 0.9 5.5 2.2 7.7 1.5 2.1 7

Personal life

Vescio previously worked part-time at the Carlton Football Club as a graphic designer.[2] She was responsible for designing the club's inaugural women's guernsey and pride guernsey.[3]

She was born and raised in the Victorian town of Markwood near Wangaratta and attended school at Wangaratta High School.[15] Vescio is of Italian and Chinese heritage and is an AFL Multicultural Ambassador.[3]

In 2018, the Carlton Football Club made a documentary, Bloodlines: Darcy Vescio, which focused on Vescio's dual heritage.[16]

References
  1. Kurdas, Chyloe (6 March 2017). "AFLW sees a wave of young stars coming through". ESPN.com. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  2. Balales, Danielle (27 July 2016). "Get to know: Darcy Vescio". Carlton Media. Bigpond. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  3. Matthews, Bruce (29 July 2016). "Marquee Blue Darcy Vescio embraces the club". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  4. "Carlton signing Darcy Vescio stars as Darebin Falcons win fourth-straight VFL Women's premiership". Fox Sports. News Corp Australia. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  5. "Vescio steals show in VFLW rout". carltonfc.com.au. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  6. Matthews, Bruce (27 July 2016). "Sixteen of the best: women's marquees named". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  7. Guthrie, Ben (2 February 2017). "Blue ribbon day for AFLW as Carlton downs Collingwood". AFL Media. Bigpond. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  8. "AFLW Player of the Week: Round 1". AFLPA. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  9. "AFLW MVP Nominations Revealed". AFL Players Association. 21 March 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  10. Navaratnam, Dinny (28 March 2017). "Lions, Crows dominate AFLW All Australian team - AFL.com.au". AFL.com.au. BigPond. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  11. "AFLW: All the clubs' full lists after trade period - AFL.com.au". afl.com.au. Telstra Media. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  12. "AFL WOMEN'S PREMIERSHIP SEASON - EVERY GOALKICKER". Australian Football. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  13. "AFLW leadership group announced". carltonfc.com.au. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  14. "Darcy Vescio–player stats by season". Australian Football. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  15. "Vic Player Profiles - #10 Darcy Vescio". SportsPulse. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  16. Bloodlines | Darcy Vescio - carltonfc.com.au, retrieved 23 January 2019
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