Sophie Armitstead (born 27 October 1994) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the AFL Women's competition.
Sophie Armitstead | |||
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![]() Sophie Armitstead playing for Adelaide in January 2017 | |||
Personal information | |||
Date of birth | (1994-10-27) 27 October 1994 (age 27) | ||
Original team(s) | Wanderers (NTFL) | ||
Draft | No. 55, 2016 AFL Women's draft | ||
Debut |
Round 2, 2017, Adelaide vs. Western Bulldogs, at VU Whitten Oval | ||
Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender / midfielder | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2017–2018 | Adelaide | 4 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2018 season. | |||
Source: AustralianFootball.com |
Armitstead won the 2015 NTFL Women's Rising Star Award playing for Wanderers,[1] but her career before the AFLW was soured by knee injuries, as she injured her ACL in 2012 and tore her meniscus in 2015, both in the same knee.[2]
Armitstead was drafted by Adelaide with their seventh selection and fifty-fifth overall in the 2016 AFL Women's draft.[3] She made her debut in the twenty-five point win against the Western Bulldogs at VU Whitten Oval in round two of the 2017 season,[4] but she tore her meniscus in her left knee during the match, which forced her to miss the remainder of the season.[1][5] Due to her knee injury, the club announced in May that she was not offered a contract for the 2018 season,[6] however in October it was announced that she would return to the club for the 2018 season under free agency rules.[7] She was delisted again by Adelaide at the end of the 2018 season.[8]
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