Ariel Steinberg

Ariel Steinberg
Personal information
Full name Ariel Steinberg
Date of birth (1992-08-26) 26 August 1992
Original team(s) Bendigo Pioneers
Draft 31st overall, 2010 national draft
Height/Weight 192 cm / 86 kg
Position(s) Forward
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2014–2015 Essendon 10 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 2015 season.

Ariel Steinberg (born 26 August 1992 in Mildura, Victoria, Australia) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He made his senior debut against West Coast in round 21 of the 2014 season.

AFL career

Steinberg was selected by Essendon with the thirty-first pick in the 2010 AFL Draft in November 2010. Ariel was drafted from the Bendigo Pioneers in the TAC Cup having joined the Pioneers squad half way through the 2010 season.[1]

He started playing for the Bendigo Bombers in their 2011 season. He kicked 3 goals against Frankston on 17 April 2011.[2] He kicked 5 goals against the Box Hill Hawks on 19 June 2011.[3] He kicked four goals against the Werribee Tigers on 7 August 2011.[4] He kicked three goals against the Northern Bullants on 4 September 2011.[5] He scored 25 goals in 2011.[6]

In 2012, in Bendigo Gold's opening win against the Frankston Dolphins he kicked 3 goals [7]

He was delisted in October 2015.[8]

On 12 January 2016 Steinberg was named as one of 34 past and present Essendon players found guilty over their use of illegal supplements during the 2012 AFL season. As a result, Steinberg was suspended from playing at all levels for twelve months, effective from November 2015.[9]

Personal life

Growing up in Mildura, he supported the Essendon Football Club, and his hero was Matthew Lloyd. In 2009, Steinberg played gridiron in Alberta, Canada whilst on student exchange.[1] In Canada, Steinberg was the punter for his high school, the McNally Tigers, and he also played regular Aussie Rules games for the Edmonton men's side and helped coach and umpire for the Emus women's team. Women's Australian rules Football in Edmonton now rapidly growing supplying half the women for the Canadian National team.He has two sisters, Hadassah and Yael, and brother Asher.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 Pech, Jono (19 Nov 2010). "AFL Dream Comes True for Ariel Steinberg". Sunraysia Daily. Retrieved 7 Aug 2011.
  2. ↑ Luke West . Bendigo Advertiser (18 April 2011) Inaccurate Bendigo Bombers Triumph (accessed 9 Aug 2011)
  3. ↑ Bendigo Bombers Overpower Hawks (accessed 9 Aug 2011)
  4. ↑ 8 August 2011 We missed opportunities (accessed 9 Aug 2011)
  5. ↑ VFL Sporting Pulse http://www.sportingpulse.com/round_info.cgi?a=MATCH&fixture=123407451&c=1-118-0-150677-0&pool=1001 (accessed 4 Sept 2011)
  6. ↑ VFL Sporting Pulse http://www.sportingpulse.com/team_info.cgi?player=Ariel%20Steinberg&action=PSTATS&pID=192156300&client=1-118-0-150677-14507916 (accessed 16 Sept 2011)
  7. ↑ Luke West. Bendigo Gold thrashes Frankston in superb start to VFL season. Bendigo Advertiser 2 April 2012 http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/news/local/sport/football-australian-rules/bendigo-gold-thrashes-frankston-in-superb-start-to-vfl-season/2507754.aspx accessed 2 April 2012
  8. ↑ King, Travis (30 October 2015). "Bombers dump rookie Ariel Steinberg ahead of draft". AFL.com.au (Bigpond). Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  9. ↑ Travis King (12 January 2016). "Guilty: court bans the Essendon 34 for 2016". Australian Football League. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  10. ↑ Quayle, Emma (13 Nov 2010). "Worth A Punt". The Age (Australia). Retrieved 7 Aug 2011.

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