Charlie Rowbottom
{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Charlie Rowbottom
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2003|01|22|df=y}}
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| birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria
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| originalteam = Oakleigh Chargers (NAB League Girls)
| debutdate = Round 1, 2022 (S6)
| debutteam = {{AFLW|GC}}
| debutopponent = {{AFLW|GWS}}
| debutstadium = Great Barrier Reef Arena
| height = 180cm
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| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = {{AFLW|GC}}
| guernsey = 8
| years1 = 2022 (S6)–
| club1 = {{AFLW|GC}}
| games_goals1 = 29 (3)
| statsend = 2023
| careerhighlights = * Under-19 All-Australian: 2021
- AFL Women's All-Australian team: 2023
- AFLWPA Best First Year Player: 2022 (S6)
- Gold Coast Club Champion: 2022 (S7)
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Charlie Rowbottom (born 22 January 2003) is an Australian rules footballer playing for Gold Coast in the AFL Women's (AFLW).
Early life
Rowbottom grew up in Melbourne and first played Australian rules football in year eight at Loreto Mandeville Hall.{{cite web|url=https://www.womens.afl/news/73355/who-is-charlie-rowbottom-meet-the-swan-s-sister-set-to-go-no-1|title=Who is Charlie Rowbottom? Meet the Swan's sister set to go No.1|work=womens.afl|date=26 July 2021|author=Sarah Black}} She proceeded to play junior football for the East Malvern Knights of the South Metro Junior Football League, and shortly thereafter accepted a position in the Oakleigh Chargers girls teams. She is the younger sister of professional men's footballer James Rowbottom, who plays for the Sydney Swans.
Football career
Under the rules of the AFL Women's draft in 2021, Rowbottom was permitted to nominate the state of her choice for selection by an AFLW club. Despite growing up in Victoria, Rowbottom nominated Queensland, stating that although it would be "a shift in my life, it is all very exciting".{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-28/aflw-gold-coast-suns-take-charlie-rowbottom-with-top-pick/100328484|title=Gold Coast Suns take Charlie Rowbottom with AFLW top draft pick|work=ABC News|date=28 July 2021}} {{AFLW|GC}} had the first overall pick in the draft, and so selected Rowbottom with the number one pick.{{cite web|url=https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/aflw/gold-coast-suns-take-charlie-rowbottom-as-aflw-no-1-draft-pick/news-story/9e9037c7a59e488e0cb7d286371c884d|title=Gold Coast Suns take Charlie Rowbottom as AFLW No. 1 draft pick|work=news.com.au|date=28 July 2021|author=Matthew Sullivan}}{{cite web|url=https://www.womens.afl/news/77626/out-of-lockdown-into-the-sun-no-1-pick-hopes-big-leap-of-faith-pays-off|title=Out of lockdown, into the sun: No.1 pick hopes 'big leap of faith' pays off|work=womens.afl|date=21 December 2021|author=Michael Whiting}} She played her debut match in round one of 2022 season 6 against {{AFLW|GWS}}, and recorded 11 disposals.{{cite web|url=https://australianfootball.com/players/player_season_detail/charlie%2Browbottom/21202|title=Charlie Rowbottom - Player stats by-season|work=Australian Football}} The following round she was nominated for the AFL Women's Rising Star award, in the Suns' 13-point win against {{AFL WC}}.{{cite web|url=https://australianfootball.com/game/view/155551|title=West Coast WFC vs Gold Coast WFC|work=Australian Football|date=16 January 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.in/afl/story/_/id/33181044/espn-aflw-learned-round-4-fremantle-adelaide-teams-beat|title=What we learned in Round 4: Fremantle and Adelaide are the teams to beat|work=ESPN|author=Marnie Vinall|date=31 January 2022}} She missed out on winning the Rising Star award by one vote to Carlton's Mimi Hill, though she did win the equivalent award as judged by her peers at the Players Association MVP Awards.{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-06/emily-bates-wins-aflpa-mvp-to-complete-aflw-awards-sweep/100970820|title=Emily Bates voted AFLW player of the year at AFLPA awards, as Daisy Pearce, Kirsty Lamb, Charlie Rowbottom also recognised|work=ABC News|author=Kate O'Halloran|date=6 April 2022}}
References
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External links
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- {{AustralianFootball}}
{{Gold Coast AFL Women's player squad}}
{{2023 AFL Women's All-Australian team}}
{{2024 AFL Women's All-Australian team}}
{{Gold Coast Club Champion (AFL Women's)}}
{{AFL women's number one draft picks}}
{{2022 AFL Women's season 6 Rising Star nominees}}
{{2021 AFL Women's draft}}
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Category:Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Category:Gold Coast Football Club (AFLW) players
Category:People educated at Loreto Mandeville Hall
Category:Oakleigh Chargers players (Talent League Girls)
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