10 Facts About Breanna Koenen

Breanna L Koenen was born on 31 December 1994 and is an Australian rules footballer and captain of the Brisbane Lions in the AFL Women's.

Breanna Koenen started playing for her home team, the Magnetic Island Magpies an AFL Townsville junior club based at Horseshoe Bay Magnetic Island, together with her siblings.

Breanna Koenen later played for the North Cairns Tigers during the summers, and was selected for Queensland at State level several times, including captaining the under-18 team in 2012.

In 2014, Koenen was awarded a Clem Jones Scholarship to study exercise science at the University of Queensland and to play for the University of Queensland Red Lions.

Breanna Koenen was recruited by Brisbane with the number 50 pick in the 2016 AFL Women's draft.

Breanna Koenen made her debut in Brisbane's inaugural game against Melbourne at Casey Fields on 5 February 2017.

Breanna Koenen signed on with Brisbane for 2 more years on 15 June 2021, and was named the Lions' captain ahead of 2022 season 6.

Breanna Koenen was born on the last day of 1994 in Magnetic Island.

Breanna Koenen's siblings are all talented athletes too, with her brother, Dirk, playing football with the Gold Coast Academy, her sister, Cara, playing netball with the Sunshine Coast Lightning in the National Netball League, and her younger sister Alyssa was an Australian representative in surfing.

Breanna Koenen studied exercise science at the University of Queensland.