Monique Conti

Monique Conti
Conti post-match with Richmond in 2020
Personal information
Full name Monique Conti
Date of birth (1999-12-09) 9 December 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Fitzroy, Victoria
Original team(s) Melbourne University (VFLW)
Draft No. 4, 2017 national draft
Debut Round 1, 2018, Western Bulldogs vs. Fremantle, at VU Whitten Oval
Height 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Richmond
Number 4
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2018–2019 Western Bulldogs 15 0(4)
2020– Richmond 58 (17)
Total 73 (21)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2024 season.
Career highlights
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Monique Conti (born 9 December 1999) is an Australian sportswoman who plays Australian rules football and basketball. Conti currently plays for the Richmond Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW), having previously played for the Western Bulldogs from 2018 to 2019. She also plays in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) for Geelong United.

As an Australian rules footballer, Conti received a nomination for the 2018 AFL Women's Rising Star award in round 4 of the 2018 season and went on to win an AFL Women's premiership with the Bulldogs that season, and was adjudged best afield in the grand final. She was also 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, 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 four Richmond best and fairest awards in her first four seasons at the club and four consecutive AFL Women's All-Australian selections from 2021 to 2023. She is also Richmond's games record holder with 58 games.

As a basketballer, Conti was a member of the Australian team that won the gold medal at the 2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship for Women and was named in that year's All-Tournament Team. She also 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. After a second season with the Flyers in 2022–23, she returned to the Boomers in 2023.