World Footy News

15 year old Jasmine Fitzgerald recently started playing football for the Lalor Stars Youth Girls team and after playing 6 games she claims she is hooked on it, proudly singing out her team’s song with her arms round her team mates when they win.

 However, unlike her team mates, Jasmine only has one leg, the other having been amputated as a child after she contracted meningitis. Despite this, you would barely notice the difference as she runs around the field enthusiastically with the help of a surprisingly ordinary looking prosthetic.

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Before she started playing football, Jasmine did athletics, swimming and volleyball. But now Jasmine is really enjoying football and says she will never give up playing. She also says, “My coach and my team mates have been really supportive.”

Lalor Stars’ coach Anthony Di Mauro said Jasmine’s positive outlook and courage inspired the other girls to give their all in the game. The young athlete's passion also inspired her friends, who told her, “Jazz, you are going to go to the Olympics and you are going to win gold.”

Jasmine says her disability doesn’t stop her from doing anything and that her goal was to inspire other young people to feel confident about who they are and to never give up. Her belief is, “It doesn’t matter what you look like on the outside, it is what is on the inside that counts.”

You can read more about Jasmine’s inspirational story here: http://whittlesea-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/video-lalors-jasmine-theres-nothing-i-cant-do/