Sabrina Frederick (formerly Frederick-Traub; born 23 November 1996) is an English-born

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who plays for the

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in the

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competition. She was one of Brisbane's two marquee players for the 2017 season, alongside

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Early life

Frederick spent her early years in

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, England. Her mother is

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and her biological father is of

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n and

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n descent."Sabrina doing what she loves"
''The West Australian'', 16 March 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2017. Her step-father's surname "Traub" was added to her name as a child, but in 2020 she announced that she was reverting to the name "Frederick" for several reasons. Frederick and her family moved to Australia when she was seven, although she has said considers herself English and "my family still kept me immersed in the British culture". She grew up in

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Junior and state-league football

Frederick played in mixed-gender teams until the age of thirteen, when she began playing for the Peel Thunderbirds (an all-female team). She eventually progressed to the club's senior team in the

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(WAWFL). In 2013, Frederick captained an Australian youth girls team on a tour of New Zealand. She switched to for the 2014 WAWFL season, and in 2015 and 2016 played in exhibition matches for against the . She kicked three goals in the latter game.

AFL Women's career

Brisbane (2017–2019)

In July 2016, Frederick was selected by as one of the club's inaugural marquee players. She made her senior debut for Brisbane in round one of the 2017 season, against at

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. She was responsible for kicking the team's first goal of the competition. Frederick recorded 13 disposals, six marks, and a goal against in round four, for which she was nominated for the 2017 Rising Star award. On 17 May 2017, Brisbane announced they had signed Frederick for the 2018 season. Frederick was listed in the 2017 and 2018 All-Australian team. She was retrospectively named in the

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's 2017-2019 22under22 team, which recognises the best young players in the league.

Richmond (2020–2021)

In April 2019, Frederick expressed a desire to move to Victoria. Frederick was traded to expansion club in exchange for a first round draft selection which was slated at the time to be pick 12 in the upcoming

2019 AFL Women's draft The 2019 AFL Women's draft consisted of the various periods when the 14 clubs in the AFL Women's competition can recruit players prior to the competition's 2020 season. At the conclusion of the period clubs were required to have 27 senior-lis ...

. After just two years with , Frederick requested a trade to in May 2021.

Collingwood (2022–)

With the opening of the trade period on 31 May 2021, Frederick was traded to Collingwood in exchange for

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Statistics

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Television

In 2020, it was announced Frederick would be participating the

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's reality program '' SAS Australia''. Frederick was one of three recruits to pass selection along with

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and

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. Along with

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, she is one of just two female recruits to successfully pass selection.

Personal life

Frederick studied psychology at

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, and was part of the university's Elite Athlete Program. She previously worked at AFL Queensland as the Participation Programs Coordinator for Game Development. Frederick married Lili Cadee-Matthews in December 2021 in Melbourne. In January 2022, Frederick announced that Cadee-Matthews was pregnant with the couple's first child.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Frederick, Sabrina 1996 births Living people All-Australians (AFL Women's) Australian people of Antigua and Barbuda descent Australian people of Jamaican descent Australian rules footballers from Western Australia Brisbane Lions (AFLW) players English emigrants to Australia English sportspeople of Antigua and Barbuda descent English sportspeople of Jamaican descent Lesbian sportswomen LGBT Black British people LGBT players of Australian rules football Murdoch University alumni People from Pinjarra, Western Australia Richmond Football Club (AFLW) players Sportswomen from Western Australia Collingwood Football Club (AFLW) players