Michaela Spano

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Michaela Spano
Personal information
Full name Michaela Spano
Born (1997-04-08) 8 April 1997 (age 24)
Toorak Gardens, South Australia
Playing position Attacker
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 SA Suns 23 (7)
2019– Adelaide Fire 7 (6)
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Australia U21 17 (3)
2019– Australia 5 (0)
Medal record
Women's field hockey
Representing  Australia
Junior World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Santiago Team

Michaela 'Miki' Spano (born 8 April 1997)[1] is an Australian field hockey player.[2]

Spano was part of the Australian women's junior national team 'The Jillaroos' that won bronze at the 2016 Hockey Junior World Cup in Chile.[3]

Personal life[]

Spano was born in Adelaide, South Australia, and made her junior international debut 2016 Junior Oceania Cup.[4] Spano currently lives in Toorak Gardens, South Australia and is a scholarship holder at the South Australian Institute of Sport (SASI).[5]

Hockey[]

Australia[]

Spano first represented Australia at the 2016 Junior Oceania Cup, playing in each of Australia's matches against New Zealand.[6] The tournament served as a qualifier for the 2016 Junior World Cup in Santiago, Chile.[7]

Replacing an injured Madi Ratcliffe in the team, Spano was also a member of the bronze medal winning Australia U21 team at the Junior World Cup, scoring 2 goals in the tournament.[8]

In 2017, Spano represented the Australia U23 team in a tour of Europe,[9] as well as the Australia Development Squad in a tour of Japan.[10]

In August 2017, Spano was named to the national junior squad for the third time.[11]

Spano again represented Australia in 2018. In November, she represented the Under 23 side in a tour of China.[12] She will also represent the Jillaroos in a test series against the New Zealand Under 21 side in Hastings, New Zealand.[13]

In December 2018, Spano was named in the Australian Development Squad for the 2019 calendar year.[14]

Senior National Team[]

In March 2018, Spano was named in the Hockeyroos team to make her senior international debut in the Hockey Pro League.[15][16]

Spano's official debut came on 16 March in the Pro League Match against Argentina.[17]

State Hockey[]

Spano plays state hockey for her home state, South Australia, at both junior and senior level.[18] She has represented SA in the Australian Hockey League for the SA Suns on four occasions, most recently in 2018.[19]

Club Hockey[]

Spano plays her club hockey in South Australia, for AHC.[20] In 2018, Spano relocated to the Netherlands to represent for the second half of their season.[21]

References[]

  1. ^ "Team Reports". FIH. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Women's National Junior Squad announced". Hockey Australia. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Australia". FIH. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  4. ^ "SPANO Michaela". FIH. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Miki ready to strike at Hockey Junior World Cup". South Australian Institute of Sport. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  6. ^ "2016 Junior World Cup Qualifier - Women". FIH. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Qualification Criteria for Hockey Junior World Cup 2016" (PDF). FIH. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  8. ^ "2016 8th Women's Hockey Junior World Cup". FIH. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Junior women draw with GB". Hockey Australia. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  10. ^ "Development Squad Tour of Japan". Hockey Australia. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  11. ^ "Women's National Junior Squad announced". Hockey Australia. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  12. ^ "China tour to prove a winner for SASI stars". SASI. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  13. ^ "2018 U21 Trans-Tasman Series (W)". FIH. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  14. ^ "Men's & Women's National Development Squads Named For 2019". Hockey Australia. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  15. ^ "Debutante Named Among Hockeyroos Changes". Hockey Australia. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  16. ^ "Hockeyroos' call-up for Adelaide University forward Michaela Spano". The Advertiser. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  17. ^ "Australia 0–1 Argentina". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  18. ^ "SPANO Miki". hockeyaustralia.altiusrt. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  19. ^ "South Australia". hockeyaustralia.altiusrt. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  20. ^ "Miki Spano to play with Dutch Club". AUHC. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  21. ^ "Miki set to test her Dutch courage". South Australian Institute of Sport. Retrieved 5 July 2018.

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