Melissa Hickey

Melissa Hickey
Melissa Hickey
	Hickey playing for Geelong in 2020
Personal information
Full name	Melissa Hickey
Date of birth	18 December 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth	Red Cliffs, Victoria
Original team(s)	Darebin (VFLW)
Draft	2016 marquee signing
Debut	Round 1, 2017, Melbourne vs. Brisbane, at Casey Fields
Height	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Playing career1
Years	Club
2017–2018	Melbourne
2019–2020	Geelong
Total
Representative team honours
Years	Team
2017	Victoria
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2020 season. 2 State and international statistics correct as of 2017.
Career highlights
	AFLW Geelong captain: 2019–2020; AFL Women's All-Australian team: 2017; VWFL/VFLW 7× VWFL/VFLW premiership player: 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017; VFL Women's team of the year: 2016;
	Source: AustralianFootball.com

Melissa Hickey (born 18 December 1984) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club and the Geelong Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She served as Geelong captain in the club's first two AFL Women's seasons. She also played in the Victorian Women's Football League/VFL Women's for eleven seasons, representing the St Albans Spurs, Darebin and Geelong. In the VWFL/VFLW, Hickey 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.