{"id":75320,"date":"2026-08-19T03:48:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T03:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/75320\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T03:48:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T03:48:34","slug":"big-dev-re-signs-jackson-signs-on-for-second-city-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/75320\/","title":{"rendered":"BIG DEV RE-SIGNS: Jackson signs on for second City season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Melbourne City FC is pleased to confirm that New Zealand international Deven Jackson has re-signed with the Club for the 2026\/27 season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jackson enjoyed a memorable debut season in City blue, making 24 appearances across all competitions as she helped the Club secure the Premiership and Championship double.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The experienced attacker proved a valuable and versatile member of Michael Matricciani\u2019s squad, featuring across the front third and in midfield while continuing to add to her international experience with New Zealand.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now with 60 Ninja A-League appearances to her name, Jackson\u2019s re-signing provides another boost to City\u2019s squad as the reigning Premiers and Champions prepare to defend their domestic titles and compete in a third consecutive AFC Women\u2019s Champions League campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Melbourne City FC Director of Football Michael Petrillo said Jackson had proven to be a valuable member of the squad in her first season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cDeven made a really positive contribution in her first season with\u00a0us\u00a0and we\u2019re pleased to have her continuing at the Club,\u201d Petrillo said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s\u00a0a technically gifted and versatile player who gives us quality across\u00a0a number of\u00a0attacking and midfield positions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe there\u2019s still plenty more to come from Deven and we\u2019re looking forward to seeing her continue to contribute to the team this season.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jackson said she was excited to build on a memorable first season in City blue.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cMy first season at City was an incredible experience and to finish it as Premiers and Champions was really special,\u201d Jackson said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve\u00a0loved being part of this group and\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0excited to have the opportunity to continue building on what we achieved last season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t wait to get back to work and hopefully help the team compete for more silverware this season.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss a moment of the 2026\/27 season \u2013 click here to become a City Member!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Melbourne City FC is pleased to confirm that New Zealand international Deven Jackson has re-signed with the Club…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75321,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[342,260,16148],"class_list":["post-75320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-melbourne","tag-a-league-women","tag-melbourne","tag-re-signing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}