Jessica Waterhouse

Australian soccer and Australian rules football player

Jessica Waterhouse
Personal information
Full name	Jessica Lee Waterhouse
Date of birth	(1997-02-07) 7 February 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth	Australia
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
	SASI
	FFSA NTC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2014	Adelaide United	14	(0)
International career^‡
	Australia U-17
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 February 2014 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 February 2014

Jessica Lee Waterhouse (born 7 February 1997) is an Australian rules footballer and former professional soccer player, who plays for Adelaide in the AFL Women's. As a soccer player, they^[a] played for Adelaide United in the Australian W-League.^[2] They played there for three seasons.^[3]

In 2017, Waterhouse shifted to Australian rules football, signing with the Christies Beach Football Club in the Adelaide Footy League competition, and played in the Division 2 Premiership team that season.^[4]

They were recruited by Adelaide in 2022 as a replacement player for Jasmyn Hewett who was unavailable due to work commitments.^[5]

They are the niece of former Fremantle player Clive Waterhouse^[3]

Waterhouse uses she/her and they/them pronouns.^[1]

Notes

^ Waterhouse uses both she/her and they/them pronouns.^[1] This article uses they/them pronouns for consistency.

References

^ ^a ^b "Player profiles: 2023 NAB AFLW season" (PDF). AFL Women's. p. 9. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
^ Adelaide United profile
^ ^a ^b Abbracciavento, Daniela (16 November 2017). "Former Young Matildas captain and Adelaide United player Jessica Waterhouse sets her sights on AFLW after joining Glenelg". Adelaide Now. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
^ "Defib Shop Women's Division 2 - Grand Final". Adelaide Footy Women. SportsTG. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
^ Chalk, Ethan Lee (16 July 2022). "The Waterhouse always wins: Jess joins the Crows". The Inner Sanctum. Retrieved 8 September 2023.