Orazio Fantasia
| Orazio Fantasia | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Orazio Fantasia | ||
| Date of birth | 14 September 1995 | ||
| Original team(s) | Norwood (SANFL) | ||
| Draft | No. 55, 2013 national draft | ||
| Height / weight | 177 cm / 72 kg | ||
| Position(s) | Forward / Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Essendon | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2014– | Essendon | 27 (31) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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Orazio Fantasia (born 14 September 1995) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by the Essendon Football Club with the 55th overall selection in the 2013 national draft.
AFL career
Fantasia graduated from Norwood Morialta High School in 2013.[1] He made his senior debut for Norwood in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). In only his fourth game he was a member of their 2013 SANFL premiership side.[1]
He made his debut against Richmond in round 20, 2014[2] and was dropped for the following round but regained his spot in round 22 against the Gold Coast, replacing Dyson Heppell who missed the game due to a broken hand. In the final round of the season he was rewarded with a nomination for the 2015 AFL Rising Star where he recorded 27 disposals and five marks in the Bombers' three-point victory over Collingwood.[3]
Fantasia received a second nomination for the Rising Star after his three goals, eleven disposals, seven contested possessions, and seven tackles in round 17, 2016.[4]
Statistics
- Statistics are correct to the end of the 2016 season
| Legend | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | Goals | B | Behinds | K | Kicks | H | Handballs | D | Disposals | M | Marks | T | Tackles |
| Season | Team | # | Games | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Essendon | 46 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 5.7 | 8.7 | 2.7 | 0.3 |
| 2015 | Essendon | 46 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 40 | 81 | 16 | 18 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 16.2 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2016 | Essendon | 13 | 19 | 29 | 25 | 146 | 136 | 282 | 75 | 72 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 14.8 | 4.0 | 3.8 |
| Career | 27 | 31 | 27 | 196 | 193 | 389 | 99 | 91 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 14.4 | 3.7 | 3.4 | ||
References
- 1 2 Morgan, Kym (20 November 2013). "Orazio Fantasia's fantasy season about to get even better with AFL draft". The Advertiser.
- ↑ http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/2014-08-07/fantasia-set-to-debut
- ↑ Twomey, Callum (7 September 2015). "Bomber Fantasia wins Rising Star nod". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ↑ Landsberger, Sam (18 July 2016). "Orazio Fantasia wins rare second Rising Star nomination as he looks forward to Essendon's bright future". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
External links
- Orazio Fantasia's profile on the official website of the Essendon Football Club
- Orazio Fantasia's statistics from AFL Tables