#49 Keely Cannizzaro

SPONSORED BY THE VINE INN

A bit about myself …

I have played footy going on four years, I began playing 9-a-side with the Nuriootpa Rovers in the BLGW. I had never played footy on a full oval until I debuted for Centrals in 2019 at 17 years old. Last season, I changed home clubs and moved to Tanunda where I won league Best and Fairest after returning to the league once SANFLW finished. Although, footy is a big part of my life, I grew up only playing netball and basketball. Where I won many premierships and even an Intermediate 1 runner-up Best and Fairest in 2018 through netball. This year is the first of my footy that I will be playing in the forward line, switching from the backs, I look forward to playing centre half forward.

Nicknames?

Keels

What is your original club?

Nuriootpa Rovers Football Club

Match day motivation song?

‘All I want for Christmas is you’ – Mariah Carey

What is your field of work and/or study?

Double degree: exercise and sports science/psychological science.

Funniest team mate?

Renai Richardson

What player in your team do you reckon is going to set the competition alight this year?

Paige Allan

Toughest player in the team?

Shelby Smith

What is your weapon?

Marking

Tell us 3 things you like to do outside of football.

• Learning our forward principles,
• Testing myself on my knowledge of our forward principles,
• Try to impress Carrie with my knowledge on our forward principles

Tell us one thing we don’t know about you.

I am an exceptionally talented dancer.