Josh Francou
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| Personal Info | |
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| Birth | August 7, 1974, |
| Recruited from | North Adelaide
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| Playing Career¹ | |
| Debut | Round 1, March 29, 1997, Port Adelaide vs. Collingwood, at MCG |
| Team(s) | Port Adelaide (1997–2006)
156 games, 72 goals |
| ¹ Statistics to end of 2006 season | |
| Career Highlights | |
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Joshua "Josh" Francou (born August 7, 1974) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.
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[edit] Port Adelaide Career
Debuting with Port Adelaide as a 22-year-old, Francou was part of Port Adelaide's Inaugural team. He was one of the clubs best players, playing every game, averaging a respectable 15 disposals per game as well as kicking 16 goals for the year. He played every game the next season also, averaging 16 disposals. In the 1999 season, Francou missed out on just three games. Port Adelaide played in their first final in that year, going done to the Kangaroos by 44 points.
The 2000 season was a good one for Francou, racking up 22 creative disposals a match. He continued to average over 20 disposals the next season, kicking 7 goals in both years. In 2002, he once again averaged over 20 disposals, and playing all of their games for the first time since 1998.
[edit] Injuries and retirement
In recent times, he has been ravaged with knee-reconstructions, one in just his second game of the year in 2003, and then one in Pre-Season in 2004. He was able to get up and play every game expect one in 2005 (despite battling osteitis pubis), but was again forced to have a knee reconstruction in 2006.
On August 23, 2006, Francou announced his retirement after playing only 23 games since his knee reconstruction in 2003, and no games in his final year (2006). [1] Francou hopes to play with North Adelaide in the SANFL in 2007.
[edit] AFL Statistics
- Games - 156
- Disposals - 3020
- Av Disp per game - 19
- Goals - 72
- Behinds - 81
- Accuarcy - 47%
