Steph Chiocci Stephanie Chiocci (; born 6 December 1988) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She has served as Collingwood captain since the competition's inaugural season in 2017. Early life and state league football Chiocci grew up in Eltham, a suburb in Melbourne's north-east. She attended high school at Catholic Ladies' College in Eltham. Chiocci plays state league football for Diamond Creek in the Victorian Women's Football League (VWFL) and has done so since 2006. She was a member of the Creekers North East division premiership team in 2006 and won the club's best and fairest award that same season. That season, she also received the leagues' best first year player award. She repeated the result in 2012, with a second premiership and second club best and fairest. She kicked three goals in the winning grand final. Chiocci placed second in the league's best and fairest award at the conclusion of the 2009 season. She has captained the club since the 2014 season. In 2010, Chiocci was one of forty players to participate in the women's AFL high-performance camp. As part of the program she played in a curtain-raiser exhibition match ahead of the round 12, 2010 AFL match between and . Chiocci was selected by the with the club's first selection and number two overall in the 2013 women's AFL exhibition game draft. She later played in the first women's exhibition match in June 2013. She was retained by the club and played in exhibition matches in each year through to the end of 2016. She captained the side in 2015 and 2016 including in the women's all-star match in September 2016. Chiocci participated in AFL Victoria's female academy in 2015 and 2016, a program intending to lift the performances of some of the state's best female footballers. Chiocci is a three-time senior All-Australian, winning the honours in consecutive AFL Women's National Championships in 2009, 2011 and 2013. AFL Women's career Chiocci was drafted by with the club's second selection and eleventh overall in the 2016 AFL Women's draft. She was named the club's inaugural AFL Women's captain in January 2017. Chiocci played in all seven games of the 2017 season. In May 2017, Collingwood signed her for the 2018 season. She played in the first five matches of the season, before she was suspended for making forceful head-high contact with the Bulldogs' Libby Birch in round 5. She was suspended for two matches, ending her season after playing five matches. In May 2018, Chiocci was re-signed by Collingwood for the 2019 season. Collingwood signed Chiocci for the 2020 season during the trade and sign period in April 2019. Statistics Statistics are correct to the end of round 4, 2020. |- style="background:#EAEAEA" | scope="row" text-align:center | 2017 | | 17 || 7 || 1 || 2 || 50 || 18 || 68 || 9 || 21 || 0.1 || 0.3 || 7.1 || 2.6 || 9.7 || 1.3 || 3.0 || 5 |- | scope="row" text-align:center | 2018 | | 17 || 5 || 2 || 1 || 42 || 28 || 70 || 7 || 21 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 8.4 || 5.6 || 14.0 || 1.4 || 4.2 || 3 |- style="background:#EAEAEA" | scope="row" text-align:center | 2019 | | 17 || 7 || 1 || 3 || 51 || 22 || 73 || 20 || 21 || 0.1 || 0.4 || 7.3 || 3.1 || 10.4 || 2.9 || 3.0 || 3 |- | scope="row" text-align:center | 2020 | | 17 || 4 || 1 ||