Lauren Tesoriero

Lauren Tesoriero (born 9 October 1986) is a retired Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). She previously played 11 matches over a two-year tenure with .

Early life and state-league football Tesoriero grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Mount Evelyn, learning to play football in the backyard with her brothers. She helped out at the Mount Evelyn Football Club with activities like boundary umpiring and running water, but didn't play since her parents didn't allow her. A family friend convinced her parents to let her play the last two games of the season with the under-10 boys and they were the only games they won that season. Due to lack of girl's youth teams in football, Tesoriero started playing basketball and netball. She represented the Mount Evelyn Netball Club and later played for the North East Blaze in the Victorian Netball League.

In 2005, at the age of 18, Tesoriero started playing senior football at Yarra Valley Cougars. A year later she was selected to represent the Victorian state football team. She was also a member of the Australia women's international rules football team that played against Ireland in the 2006 Ladies' International Rules Series.

She then joined VFLW club Eastern Devils. In 2012 she suffered an ACL tear while training with the Devils, but continued to play on the damaged knee for the rest of the year without surgery, instead resting the injury for three months before returning and then another six months before having surgery to fully repair the injury. In 2016 she averaged a goal per game for the club.

AFL Women's career Collingwood (2017–2018) Tesoriero was selected by Collingwood with pick 107, and she described it as a "second wind", after considering retiring.

Collingwood re-signed Tesoriero for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017.

In June 2018, Tesoriero was delisted by Collingwood.

Following her delisting, Tesoriero joined Richmond for the 2018 VFL Women's season and began volunteering as a women's recruiter and scout the club. She made her Richmond debut against at Ikon Park in the opening round of the 2020 season. She announced her retirement on 25 March 2020.

Statistics Statistics are correct to the end of the 2020 season.

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