Claudia Whitfort

Claudia Whitfort is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Carlton in the AFL Women's competition. She has previously played for Melbourne Football Club#AFL [Women's team|Melbourne], St Kilda and Gold Coast

Early life

Whitford was born in Melbourne and raised in Mount Eliza, Victoria on the Mornington Peninsula. She was an athlete at Box Hill Athletics Club and . She played netball for the Peninsula Waves Netball Club in the Victorian Netball League and represented Victoria three years in a row.
She also played football with the Casey Demons and off-season with St Mary's [Football Club (NTFL)] but her main focus was netball until she began playing for the Southern Saints forging a reputation as a hard-hitting pressure tackler and hard ball winner.
Whitfort was drafted by Melbourne Football [Club (AFL Women's)|Melbourne] with the club's fourth selection and the 30th pick overall in the 2017 [AFL Women's draft].

She made her debut in the six point win against Brisbane at Casey Fields in round 5 of the 2018 season.
In April 2019, Whitfort was traded to expansion club St Kilda.
In June 2021, Whitfort was traded to the Gold Coast in exchange for pick #36.