Jaimee Lambert (born 6 November 1992) is an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er playing for St Kilda in the

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(AFLW). She has previously played for

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and Collingwood

State league and representative football

Lambert has played

Victorian Women's Football League The Victorian Women's Football League (VWFL) was the oldest and largest Australian rules football league for women in the world, consisting of 47 clubs from Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, across seven divisions and a total of ove ...

(VWFL) football with the Eastern Devils from 2014 to 2016. She had previously played with Keysborough in the VWFL's south east division. Lambert won the Susan Alberti award as the Western Bulldogs

best and fairest In Australian sport, the best and fairest award recognises the player(s) adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition. The awards are sometimes dependent on not receiving a suspensi ...

player in the 2016 AFL exhibition series.

AFL Women's career

Western Bulldogs

Lambert was drafted by the with the club's first selection and the fifth overall in the

2016 AFL Women's draft The 2016 AFL Women's draft consisted of the various periods when the eight clubs in the AFL Women's AFL Women's (AFLW) is Australia's national semi-professional Australian rules football in Australia, Australian rules football league for w ...

. She made her league debut in round 1,

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, against at VU Whitten Oval. She kicked her first AFLW goal in the match. Lambert missed the Bulldogs' round 2 match, being sidelined due to injury. She returned to the team the following week playing against at VU Whitten Oval.

Collingwood

Lambert was traded to Collingwood in May 2017. She was packaged with the Bulldogs' first round draft selection (3rd overall) in exchange for the 1st, 4th and 12th picks in the

2017 AFL Women's draft The 2017 AFL Women's draft consisted of the various periods when the eight clubs in the AFL Women's competition could recruit players prior to the competition's 2018 season. As the previous season's player contracts were all capped at one-year ...

. Collingwood re-signed Lambert for the 2019 season during the trade period in June 2018. Lambert has been a hugely influential player at Collingwood. She was awarded the club best and fairest awards in the 2019 season and the 2020 season, as well as being selected for the

2020 AFL Women's All-Australian team The 2020 AFL Women's All-Australian team represents the best-performed players of the 2020 AFL Women's season. It was announced on 27 April 2020 as a complete women's Australian rules football team of 21 players. The team is honorary and does no ...

. She has also won best and fairests at

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level in 2018 and 2019.

Statistics

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lambert, Jaimee 1994 births Living people Collingwood Football Club (AFLW) players Western Bulldogs (AFLW) players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Victorian Women's Football League players St Kilda Football Club (AFLW) players