Angela Foley

Quick Facts

Full Name	Angela Foley
Occupation	Australian Rules Footballer
Date Of Birth	Dec 13, 1988(1988-12-13)
Age	36
Birthplace	Shepparton
Country	Australia
Birth City	Victoria
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Angela Foley Biography

Angela Foley is one of the most popular and richest Australian Rules Footballer who was born on December 13, 1988 in Shepparton, Victoria, Australia. Angela Foley (born 14 June 1990) is an Australian rules footballer who plays in the Adelaide Football Club in the AFL Women’s (AFLW). A defensive player, 1.73 meters (5.7 feet) high, Foley plays primarily on the half-back line, with the ability to move towards the midfield. After a brief stint in rural Victoria where she took home a premiership as well as the best and fairest for Bendigo Thunder, she moved to Darwin in 2013. Her professional career during her time in Darwin in the Northern Territory saw her win three premierships in a row as well as two consecutive league fairests and best as well as a grand-final best on ground award, as well as interstate representation.

Foley also played for two years in the world’s top netball competition at Darwin as part of the Hoggies However, she decided to quit her sport following the beginning of the 2016 season in order to concentrate on her football career.

After re-signing with Adelaide for the 2018 season, she was named one of Adelaide’s vice-captains for the second consecutive season with Sally Riley. She played the opening two matches of the season before she was suspended for one match due to kneeing Daisy Pearce in the thirty-two point loss to Melbourne at Casey Fields. In her return match, the draw against Greater Western Sydney at Blacktown International Sportspark in round four, she recorded twenty disposals, six marks and three tackles, with Shepparton News journalist, Tyler Maher, writing she returned from suspension with a bang. In the four point win against Fremantle at TIO Stadium in round six, she was the acting captain for the match and despite regular captains Erin Phillips and Chelsea Randall playing in the match, the club elected to give Foley the captaincy in front of her home crowd. For her performance in the match, in which she recorded fifteen disposals, six tackles and four marks, she was named in AFL Media’s team of the week and received two league best and fairest votes, meaning she was adjudged the second best player on the ground by the field umpires. Her performances throughout the season saw her named in the initial forty player All-Australian squad and she finished fourth in Adelaide’s Club Champion award with 106 votes.

Foley was selected from her club Adelaide Football Club as a priority selection in August of 2016. The Adelaide Football Club named her Adelaide’s inaugural co-vice captain alongside Sally Riley in January 2017. The first time she played was in the 36-point win in the match against Greater Western Sydney at Thebarton Oval in the first game of 2017’s season. The performance she showed in her three-point victory over Carlton in round three at Thebarton Oval in round three was praised for her work in limit the impact of most prolific goal-kicker in the league Darcy Vescio, who had zero disposals at halftime, with the Australian Associated Press reporter, Ben McKay, writing she successfully slowed her down from the forward who is dangerous. The club placed in second place on the ladder, she was member of the Adelaide premiership team following the team’s defeat of Brisbane 6 points to 1 on the pitch at Metricon Stadium in the AFL Women’s Grand Final. She was a part of every game in her first season with eight games and was at a similar fifth place on Adelaide’s Adelaide Club Champion award with an 81-vote lead over Rhiannon Metcalfe.

Angela Foley Net Worth

Angela Foley is one of the richest Australian Rules Footballer from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Angela Foley 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Foley was born in and was raised at Shepparton, Victoria. She played for her team the Bendigo Thunder in the Victorian Women’s Football League north west conference, where she won the club’s first highest and fairest award in the year 2011 and a first-place finish for the year 2012. She relocated to Darwin in the beginning of 2013 and was a member of with the Waratah Football Club in the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL) and was awarded the league’s premiership during her first season at the club as well as winning the Brenda Williams Medal as the best on the ground during the final. She also won two premierships for the club during the 2014/15 season and the 2015/16 season and was named as the league’s top women’s player in both seasons.

Foley played for her country in the Northern Territory for the first time in 2015 , when the territory played South Australia in May. She was chosen to be part of the first NT Thunder talent program in 2016, and played for the territory during April in a match with Victoria as well as Tasmania. The club selected her from Melbourne Football Club. Melbourne Football Club for an exhibition game against Brisbane Lions at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in May. along with NT News reporter, Marc McGowan saying that her two games in the two matches against Victoria and Tasmania was the most important factor in being selected for Melbourne. The month of June saw her was a representative of in the Northern Territory against South Australia as a curtain raiser prior to an AFL Adelaide versus St Kilda match at the Adelaide Oval. The performances she showed throughout the season resulted in her being picked for Melbourne in the all-stars game in the match against Western Bulldogs in September at Whitten Oval. In the match, she scored a goal, and was named as one of Melbourne’s best players.

Her performances in representative matches in 2016 saw her recruited by the Adelaide Football Club as a priority selection for the inaugural AFLW season. Her first season in the AFLW saw her win a premiership, and in her two seasons in the AFLW, she has been named in the top five of Adelaide’s best and fairest in both seasons and the initial forty player All-Australian squad.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Facts & Trivia

Angela Ranked on the list of most popular Australian Rules Footballer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Angela Foley celebrates birthday on December 13 of every year.

Top Facts about Angela Foley

1. Angela Foley is an Australian rules footballer from Alice Springs.
2. She has played for the Adelaide Crows in the AFLW.
3. Foley was named All-Australian in 2017 and 2019.
4. She has also won two premierships with the Crows.
5. Foley is known for her strong defensive skills on the field.
6. She has represented Northern Territory at state level.
7. In 2020, she was appointed captain of NT Thunder in VFLW.
8. Foley is a physical education teacher when not playing football.
9. She has been involved in coaching and mentoring young players.
10. Angela Foley is considered one of the top players in women’s Australian rules football today.