Lisa De Vanna

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playername = Lisa De Vanna


fullname = Lisa Marie De Vanna
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1984|11|14
cityofbirth = Perth
countryofbirth = Australia
height = 156 cm
position = Striker
currentclub = AIK Fotboll Dam
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nationalyears = 2004–
nationalteam = Australia
nationalcaps(goals) = 57 (19)
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ntupdate = 25 July 2008

Lisa Marie De Vanna (born November 14, 1984 in Perth, Western Australia) is a female Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays for AIK Fotboll Dam in Sweden and has been capped 57 times for the Australian national team (the Matildas), scoring 19 times.

A striker with lightning pace and fine dribbling skills, in her career for the Matildas she has scored more goals coming off the bench, and has been labeled as the 'Super-Sub'. [ [http://www.smh.com.au/news/football/matildas-to-keep-star-on-the-bench/2007/09/16/1189881344414.html Matildas to keep star on the bench] , "The Sydney Morning Herald", September 17 2007.] Football analyst and former Socceroo Craig Foster stated that she ran on jet-fuel — burning up twice as fast, but with incredible impact. [Foster, Craig: [http://www.smh.com.au/news/football/how-we-learned-to-live-dangerously/2007/09/22/1189881829412.html How we learned to live dangerously] , "The Sydney Morning Herald", September 23 2007.] As of September 15, 2007, she has scored four goals for Australia in the 2007 World Cup — one in a 1–1 draw against Norway, two in a 4–1 victory against Ghana, and one against Brazil in her team's 2–3 loss in the quarterfinals. Each goal she scored at the World Cup was dedicated to her father, who passed away three months before the tournament began.

On October 1, 2007 Lisa was named in the FIFA's Womans World Cup all star Team and she is also nominated for the 2007 FIFA World Player of the Year award. She was named Western Australian Sportswoman of the Year in 2007. [cite news|title=De Vanna in first strike for soccer|work=the West Australian|date=24 November, 2007|page=179|author=Gene Stephan]

In March 2008, De Vanna signed for Swedish club AIK Fotboll Dam for the 2008 Damallsvenskan season.

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* [http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/Matildas/default.aspx?s=aus_matildas_player_profiles_playerprofile&pid=439&tid=97 FFA player profile]