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Alana Jančevski

Alana Jančevski
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-03-13) 13 March 2003 (age 22)
Place of birth Melbourne, Australia
Position(s) Forward, midfielder, defender
Team information
Current team
 Melbourne Victory
Number 66
Youth career
2008–2015 Bundoora United
2017–2019 FV Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2022 Perth Glory 7 (2)
2022 Bulleen Lions 20 (9)
2022–2023 Perth Glory 18 (3)
2023 Bulleen Lions 16 (8)
2023–2024 Adelaide United 22 (1)
2024 Heidelberg United 15 (12)
2024– Melbourne Victory 25 (5)
International career‡
2018–2019 Australia U17 12 (8)
2025 Australia U23 5 (3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 July 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 August 2025

Alana Jančevski (born 13 March 2003) is an Australian soccer player. She plays as a forward for Melbourne Victory in the A-League Women.[1] She has represented Australia with the Australia U17s and Australia U23s.

Early life

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Alana Jančevski was born in Melbourne,[1] and raised with an older sibling by Silvana (primary school teacher) and Tony Jančevski.[2] Her father barracked for Melbourne Victory FC in the A-League and had played soccer for Victorian State League Division Three team, Pascoe Vale FC.[3][4] She began playing soccer for Bundoora United from the age of five.[2] For secondary education she attended St Monica's College, Epping.[5] While at that school Jančevski played for FFV NTC (Football Federation Victoria National Training Centre) Juniors.[2][5]

Youth career

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Her first soccer club was Bundoora United, as a left foot winger, where she played against boys, from the age of five until she was eleven.[2][3][6] She was awarded Football Victoria's most valuable junior state team player in 2016.[7] From 2017 to 2019 Jančevski was a member of the FFV NTC team, FV Academy/Emerging which competes in the National Premier Leagues Victoria Women (NPLW Vicoria), where she played 56 games and provided 19 goals.[8]: 85 [9]

Club career

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At the 2019 AFC Women's Club Championship Jančevski debuted for Melbourne Victory in their 1–1 draw with Chinese team Jiangsu, in South Korea in November.[3][10] In May 2021 she was signed by Alex Epakis to Perth Glory in the A-League Women for the 2021–22 season.[3][11][12] The forward appeared seven times providing two goals.[1] During the A-League off-season (middle of 2022) she was loaned to Bulleen Lions in the NPLW Victoria before returning to Perth Glory in September.[1] In her second season for that team, she appeared in 18 matches for 3 goals.[1] During 2023 A-League off-season, she was loaned again to Bulleen Lions.[1]

Jančevski joined Adelaide United during the 2023–24 season.[13] Over her 22 matches, she provided one goal.[1] For the off-season she returned to the NPLW Victoria, but joined Heidelberg United, which had escaped relegation in the previous year.[3][14] Over her 15 matches Jančevski kicked 12 goals,[8]: 94  which helped Heidelberg reach the finals and win the grand final to become 2024 Champions.[14][15] By the end of the 2024 season, she had played 116 games in the NPLW Victoria across her time (2017–2024) with Bulleen Lions, FV Emerging and Heidelberg United.[8]: 135 

In August 2024 the player was transferred to Melbourne Victory for 2024–2025, where she initially took up offensive midfielder duties.[3] After round eight, her coach Jeff Hopkins asked her to replace retiring full back, Beattie Goad, as a left back defender.[16] In January 2025 she kicked the A-League Women Goal of the Year in their 2–0 win against Sydney.[17][18] Melbourne Victory finished second behind Premiers, Melbourne City. Melbourne Victory reached the season's Grand Final and were drawn (1–1) with Central Coast Mariners after extra time, but they lost the resultant penalty shoot out (4–5) with Jančevski uncharacteristically missing her spot kick.[19] Immediately after her international performances (see below) Jančevski, in late August 2025, was re-signed by Melbourne Victory for the 2025–26 season.[20]

International career

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Jančevski was named to the Australia U17 (Junior Matildas) squad, which competed at 2019 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualifiers (first round) held in Kyrgyzstan from 15 to 23 September 2018.[5] She scored six goals across four matches; her team won all their games against Palestine (11–0), Indonesia (11-0), Kyrgyzstan (10–0, hosts) and Chinese Taipei (7-0). In the second round in Laos during March 2019,[21] the Young Matildas won all three matches and qualified for 2019 AFC U-16 Women's Championship. At the final tournament from 15 to 28 September in Thailand,[22] the forward scored two further goals in their win against the hosts (6–1), where she was awarded Most Valuable Player.[23] The team reached the semi-finals and finished fourth.[24]

The player was named to Australia women's national under-20 soccer team (Young Matildas) training camp from 30 May to 3 June 2022 in Blacktown, Sydney ahead of 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Costa Rica.[25] However, she was not a member of the final 21-player squad in August.[26] At the 2025 ASEAN Women's Championship in Vietnam in August, Jančevski, as a forward, joined the Australia U23 squad, which competed against senior national teams in Group B. She scored the winning goal in their match against Philippines,[27] and two more in their 9–0 defeat of Timor Leste to reach the semi-finals.[28] Australia U23 were crowned champions after defeating Myanmar 1–0 in the final.[29] Jančevski was named Rising Star of the Tournament.[30]

Honours

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Regional

Club

Individual

References

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  2. ^ a b c d Tito, Clement (13 August 2018). "'Who's this girl? Where did she come from?'". The Women's Game. Archived from the original on 11 August 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Lynch, Joseph (18 May 2025). "18 years on, Jančevski gets to make her own grand final memory with Victory". jdlmedia.com.au. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  4. ^ Punshon, John (1996). "1995 Victorian State League Division Three - Season Results". ozfootball.net. Archived from the original on 24 April 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
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  6. ^ "Cerne, Johnson named in Future Matildas program". Melton & Moorabool Star Weekly. 16 March 2023. Archived from the original on 10 April 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
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  9. ^ "FFV NTC Girls 2018 Program Re-structure". Football Federation Victoria. 20 March 2018. Archived from the original on 20 April 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ Kalinic, Dejan (28 November 2019). "AFC Club Championship: Jiangsu 1-1 Victory". Melbourne Victory FC. Archived from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ "Brisbane Roar vs. Perth Glory - Football Match Report - December 10, 2021". ESPN. Australian Associated Press (AAP). 10 December 2021. Archived from the original on 24 March 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
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  13. ^ "United sign Jancevski for new Liberty A-League season". Adelaide United. 17 August 2023. Archived from the original on 28 October 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. ^ a b c Polombi, Adam (2024). "Women complete the greatest heist in our history". Heidelberg United Football Club. Archived from the original on 23 October 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  15. ^ a b Rutherford, Oscar (6 September 2024). "NPLW Grand Final Preview: Preston Lions v Heidelberg United". Football Victoria. Archived from the original on 8 April 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
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  19. ^ a b Dodds, James (May 2025). "A-League Women Grand Final: Match Report, Highlights, Reaction". aleagues.com.au. Archived from the original on 14 June 2025. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
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  21. ^ "Four Victorians called up to Westfield Junior Matildas squad in Laos". Football Victoria. 20 November 2019. Archived from the original on 18 March 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
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  23. ^ a b "AFCS: Match Report AUS v THA". Asian Football Confederation (AFC). 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  24. ^ "AFCS: Match Report NKO v AUS". AFC. 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  25. ^ "Road to Costa Rica continues 27 player Commbank Young Matildas training camp". Football Australia. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  26. ^ "Australia confirm 21-Player Final Squad for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Costa Rica 2022". Matildas. Football Australia. 1 August 2022. Archived from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
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  28. ^ "MSIG SERENITY CUP™ 2025: Australia vs Timor-Leste - Group B". ASEAN United Football Confederation. 13 August 2025. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  29. ^ Tan, Gabriel (20 August 2025). "How Australia U23 overcame slow start to be worthy ASEAN Women's Championship winners". ESPN. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  30. ^ "Australia win ASEAN Women's MSIG Serenity Cup™ 2025 after Furphy's second-half strike ends Myanmar's resistance". AFF. 19 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
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