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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. As a heavily marketed marquee player, Vescio has been referred to as a "household name" in Australia by ESPN.
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 Players Association, highlighting Vescio as Player of the Week.
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, and was listed in the 2017 All-Australian team. Her mark in front of goal in round five against Western Bulldogs was voted by fans as Mark of the Year.
Statistics
| Legend | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | Goals | B | Behinds | K | Kicks | H | Handballs | D | Disposals | M | Marks | T | Tackles |
| Season | Team | # | Games | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Carlton | 3 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 39 | 11 | 50 | 13 | 18 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 5.6 | 1.6 | 7.1 | 1.9 | 2.6 |
| Career | 7 | 14 | 4 | 39 | 11 | 50 | 13 | 18 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 5.6 | 1.6 | 7.1 | 1.9 | 2.6 | ||
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.