Anthony Minichiello
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Minichiello in 2013
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Personal information
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| Nickname | Mini,The Count | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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24 May 1980 Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia |
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Playing information
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| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 91 kg (14 st 5 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Fullback, Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Rugby League Project | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Anthony Minichiello (born 24 May 1980) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who captained the Sydney Roosters of the National Rugby League, and retired having set records for most games and most tries in the club's history. An Australian and Italian international as well as a New South Wales State of Origin representative winger turned fullback, he played his entire career with the Roosters, with whom he won the 2002 and 2013 NRL Premierships, before retiring at the conclusion of the club's 2014 campaign. Minichiello also won the Golden Boot Award for international player of the year in 2005, and is the brother of fellow Italian international, Mark Minichiello.
Born in Liverpool in South-western Sydney, Minichiello began playing rugby league for East Valley United. Minichiello attended All Saints Catholic Senior College. At a young age, he was spotted by then Roosters recruitment officer, rugby league Immortal Arthur Beetson, who signed him up to the foundation club. In 1999 he played for Italy in the inaugural Mediterranean Cup., On 4 August 2014 he announced his retirement at the end of the season
After a stint in the lower grades, Minichiello made his NRL debut at the age of 19 in the Roosters' Round 4 clash on 25 February 2000 at the Aussie Stadium against the Canterbury Bulldogs. This made him the 994th first grader to play for the Roosters. He tasted the bitterness of defeat at the end of his debut year in the Roosters' loss to the Brisbane Broncos in the 2000 NRL Grand Final. By midway through his second season, he had proven himself worthy of representative football when he was selected to play for City Origin in the 2001 City vs Country Origin match against Country Origin.
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