43 Facts About Monique Conti

Monique Conti was born on 9 December 1999 and is an Australian sportswoman who plays Australian rules football and basketball.

Monique Conti plays in the Women's National Basketball League for Geelong United.

Monique Conti was selected in the 2019 AFL Women's All-Australian team and won the Western Bulldogs best and fairest award in 2019 before moving to Richmond at the end of the season.

At Richmond, Monique Conti won the AFL Women's best and fairest award in 2023 and the AFLPA AFLW most valuable player award in season 7, along with the inaugural six Richmond best and fairest awards in her first six seasons at the club and four consecutive AFL Women's All-Australian selections from 2021 to 2023.

Monique Conti is Richmond's games record holder with 58 games.

Monique Conti won the WNBL Rookie of the Year Award in her first WNBL season with the Melbourne Boomers in 2017, before moving to the Southside Flyers in 2020 and winning a WNBL championship.

Monique Conti started playing football from the age of ten, playing with boys at the Essendon Doutta Stars Football Club until the age of 14 and then in the Melbourne University under-18 youth girls team until the age of 17, making the Vic Metro and All-Australian teams in all three years playing at that level.

In September 2016, Monique Conti was one of 15 players from around Australia selected in level 2 of the inaugural AFL Women's academy.

Monique Conti played for the Calder Cannons in the TAC Cup Girls in 2017 alongside current AFL Women's players such as AFL Women's Rising Star winners Chloe Molloy and Madison Prespakis, and was coached by current player Alicia Eva.

Monique Conti played for Melbourne University in the VFL Women's in 2017 before being drafted.

Monique Conti started playing basketball from the age of five, playing with the Melbourne Tigers for the entirety of her junior basketball years and in the South East Australian Basketball League in 2017 and 2018.

Monique Conti began studying a business degree there in 2018 while part of its Elite Athlete program.

Monique Conti made her junior international debut at the 2016 U17 World Championship in Spain with the Australian Sapphires, helping the team win the gold medal.

Alongside two of her teammates, Monique Conti was named to the All-Tournament Team.

Monique Conti went on to compete at the 2016 FIBA Oceania U18 Championship, where she won another gold medal, and then at the 2017 FIBA U19 World Cup.

Monique Conti joined the Southside Flyers for the 2020 WNBL Hub season in Queensland, with the condensed fixture in place as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic allowing Monique Conti to complete the full commitments of both the WNBL and AFL Women's seasons.

Monique Conti played for the Melbourne Tigers in the Big V in 2015 and 2016.

Monique Conti continued with the Tigers in the South East Australian Basketball League in 2017 and 2018 and in 2019 in the first season of the NBL1.

Monique Conti returned to the Tigers for the 2021 NBL1 South season.

In 2022, Monique Conti played for the Casey Cavaliers in the NBL1 South, but was unable to finish the club's inaugural season in the competition after again choosing to prioritise football, with AFL Women's season seven beginning in August.

Monique Conti was drafted by the Western Bulldogs with the club's second selection and fourth overall in the 2017 AFL Women's draft.

Monique Conti made her debut in the twenty-six point win against Fremantle in round 1,2018 at VU Whitten Oval.

In round 4, Monique Conti received a nomination for the 2018 AFL Women's Rising Star award after recording 16 disposals in her side's win over Carlton, and went on to finish second in the voting for the award with 39 votes, 11 behind winner Chloe Molloy.

Monique Conti was a member of the Western Bulldogs team that won the AFL Women's premiership in 2018, defeating Brisbane by six points at Ikon Park, and won the medal for best-on-ground in the grand final.

Monique Conti was named in the initial 2018 AFL Women's All-Australian 40-woman squad.

Monique Conti improved on her debut season in 2019, achieving selection in womens.

Monique Conti was named in the 2019 AFL Women's All-Australian team and won the Western Bulldogs best and fairest award.

Monique Conti made her Richmond debut in the club's inaugural game against Carlton at Ikon Park, and was named among Richmond's best players.

Monique Conti was named among Richmond's best players in all six matches, averaging a career-high 19.8 disposals per game, and was selected in womens.

Monique Conti went on to be selected in the initial 40-woman squad for the 2020 AFL Women's All-Australian team.

Monique Conti was among the club's best players in round 1 and was named Richmond's best player in the following four matches.

Monique Conti pulled up sore from the round 5 match, and was a late withdrawal the following week with hamstring soreness; she was among the best afield with 25 disposals and seven tackles upon her return in Richmond's round 7 win against Gold Coast.

Monique Conti achieved selection in Champion Data's 2021 AFLW All-Star stats team after leading the league for average ground-ball gets in the 2021 season, totalling 10.6 a game, a league record to that point.

Monique Conti focused solely on the upcoming AFL Women's season leading into 2022, completing a full pre-season for the first time after her WNBL commitments prevented her from doing so in previous years.

Monique Conti was best afield with a career-high 29 disposals and nine clearances in Richmond's round 1 win against St Kilda, with Geelong AFL midfielder and Brownlow Medallist Patrick Dangerfield tweeting during the match that she could win that season's AFL Women's best and fairest award playing at that level if Richmond won enough games; she won the maximum ten coaches' votes and was named in womens.

Monique Conti was named among Richmond's best players in round 2 with 25 disposals and her first goal for Richmond in its loss to Melbourne; she polled eight coaches' votes, the equal-most for the match and was selected in womens.

Monique Conti was named Richmond's best player in its loss to Fremantle in round 3 and was the only Richmond player to poll coaches' votes, with six.

Monique Conti was Richmond's best player in its loss to North Melbourne in round 6 and was best afield with 24 disposals, nine tackles and a goal in Richmond's win over West Coast in round 7.

Monique Conti received the maximum ten coaches' votes and was selected in womens.

Monique Conti was Richmond's best player in its last three matches of the season, polling the maximum ten coaches' votes in round 9.

Monique Conti was named in Champion Data's 2022 season 6 AFLW All-Star stats team after leading the competition for contested possessions with 15.2 a game.

In 2024, Monique Conti was named Richmond's best player in its loss to West Coast in round 1 and was among Richmond's best players in wins over Greater Western Sydney in round 2 and Sydney in round 3.

Monique Conti was best afield in Richmond's win over Carlton in week 4, which was her 50th game for Richmond, with a game-high 32 disposals and ten clearances.