Orazio Fantasia

Orazio Fantasia
Personal information
Full name	Orazio Fantasia
Date of birth	(1995-09-14) 14 September 1995
Original team(s)	Norwood (SANFL)
Draft	No. 55, 2013 National Draft
Height/Weight	177 cm / 66 kg
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current club	Essendon
Number	13
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2014–	Essendon	8 (2)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2015 season.
Career highlights
2015 AFL Rising Star nominee 2013 SANFL premiership player (Norwood)

Orazio Fantasia (born 14 September 1995) is a professional Australian rules footballer, currently playing with the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Fantasia graduated from Norwood Morialta High School in 2013. ^[1]

In 2013, Fantasia 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.^[2] He was drafted by Essendon with the 55th pick in the 2013 national draft. He made his debut against Richmond in round 20, 2014.^[3] Fantasia 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.

References

↑ Morgan, Kym (20 November 2013). "Orazio Fantasia's fantasy season about to get even better with AFL draft". The Advertiser.
↑ 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

External links

Orazio Fantasia's profile on the official website of the Essendon Football Club
Orazio Fantasia's statistics from AFL Tables

Essendon Football Club – current squad

1 Hibberd**
2 Bellchambers**
3 Parish
4 Watson**
5 Stanton**
6 Daniher
7 Z. Merrett
8 Gleeson
9 Goddard (c)
10 Francis
11 Zaharakis
12 Baguley (vc)
13 Fantasia
14 Ashby
15 Dempsey
16 Pears**
17 Cooney
18 Hurley**
19 Edwards
20 J. Merrett
21 Heppell**
22 Leuenberger
23 Myers**
24 Bird
25 Morgan
26 Hooker**
27 Redman
28 Brown
29 Ambrose
30 Langford
32 Colyer**
33 Laverde
34 Long*
35 Eades
36 Hartley
37 Nyuon*
38 Kommer
39 Hocking**
40 Howlett**
41 Hams*
42 Gwilt
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti*
44 McKernan
45 McKenna*
46 Wallis*
47 Kelly+
48 Stokes+
49 Dea+
50 Polkinghorne+
51 Crowley+
52 Simpkin+
53 Jamar+
54 Grimley+
Grima+

Coach: Worsfold

* denotes rookie listed players

** denotes player(s) serving WADA suspension in 2016

+ denotes top-up players

2015 AFL Rising Star nominees

Rd 1: McIntosh Rd 2: Honeychurch Rd 3: Heeney Rd 4: Cripps Rd 5: Saad Rd 6: Gregson Rd 7: Hartung Rd 8: McCarthy Rd 9: Hogan Rd 10: Brayshaw Rd 11: Broomhead Rd 12: Boyd Rd 13: Cameron Rd 14: Lonie Rd 15: Sheed Rd 16: Miller Rd 17: Lever Rd 18: Andrews Rd 19: Thurlow Rd 20: De Goey Rd 21: Lang Rd 22: Lennon Rd 23: Fantasia

Italics denote winner

2013 AFL national draft

First round	1. Tom Boyd 2. Josh Kelly 3. Jack Billings 4. Marcus Bontempelli 5. Kade Kolodjashnij 6. Matthew Scharenberg 7. James Aish 8. Luke McDonald (F/S) 9. Christian Salem 10. Nathan Freeman 11. Dom Sheed 12. Ben Lennon 13. Patrick Cripps 14. Cameron McCarthy 15. Zak Jones 16. Darcy Lang 17. Michael Apeness 18. Luke Dunstan 19. Blake Acres 20. Jack Leslie

Second round	21. Jarman Impey 22. Darcy Gardiner 23. Matt Crouch 24. Billy Hartung 25. Daniel McStay 26. Zach Merrett 27. Sean Lemmens 28. Lewis Taylor 29. Rory Lobb 30. Trent Dumont 31. Malcolm Karpany 32. George Hewett 33. Tom Cutler 34. Nick Robertson 35. Toby Nankervis 36. Jarrad Jensen 37. Alex Pearce 38. Dayle Garlett

Third round	39. Cameron Giles 40. Jay Kennedy-Harris 41. Jake Kolodjashnij 42. Matt Fuller 43. Tom Barrass 44. Aliir Aliir 45. Mitchell Harvey 46. Riley Knight 47. Ben Brown 49. Dylan Main 50. Nathan Gordon 51. Nick Holman 52. Darcy Byrne-Jones 54. Josh Walker (RP) 55. Orazio Fantasia 56. James Sicily

Fourth round	57. Jayden Hunt 58. Brady Grey 59. Jonathon Ceglar (RP) 60. Mitch Honeychurch 61. Jamie Bennell (RP) 62. Jonathan Freeman (Academy selection) 63. George Burbury (RP) 64. Lauchlan Dalgleish (RP) 65. Tom Langdon 66. Sam Lloyd 68. Karl Amon 70. Matt Taberner (RP) 71. Will Langford (RP)

Fifth round	74. Jeremy McGovern (RP) 75. Justin Clarke (RP) 76. Kyle Hartigan (RP) 77. Jonathon Marsh 80. Brandon Jack (RP)

Sixth round	82. Mitch Clisby (RP) 83. Tom Curren (RP) 84. Brett Goodes (RP) 85. Simon Tunbridge (RP) 86. Rory Laird (RP) 87. Sam Dwyer (RP) 89. Ed Curnow (RP) 90. Dane Rampe (RP)

Seventh round	92. Adam Oxley (RP) 93. Ricky Petterd (RP) 94. Tom Bell (RP)

Eighth round	95. Zachary Williams (RP)

Ninth round	97. Jake Barrett (NSW Zone)

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