Melissa Hickey, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Melissa Hickey

Australian rules footballer

Date of Birth: 18-Dec-1984

Place of Birth: Red Cliffs, Victoria, Australia

Profession: Australian rules footballer

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Melissa Hickey (born 18 December 1984) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Geelong Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW).
She has served as Geelong captain since the club's inaugural season in 2019.
Hickey previously played for the Melbourne Football Club from 2017 to 2018.
She has also played in the Victorian Women's Football League/VFL Women's since 2009, representing the Darebin Falcons and St Albans Spurs.
In the VWFL/VFLW, Hickey has won seven premierships, represented Victoria on three occasions and featured in the VFL Women's team of the year. Hickey represented Melbourne in the exhibition games staged prior to the creation of AFL Women's before being drafted by the club in 2016 as a marquee signing prior to the inaugural AFL Women's season.
She was selected in the inaugural AFL Women's All-Australian team in 2017, and also represented Victoria in the inaugural AFL Women's State of Origin match.
Following the 2018 season, Hickey was announced as one of four Melbourne players to join Geelong ahead of the club's inaugural season in the AFL Women's, and was later named its inaugural captain.