Brendan Fevola
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Brisbane Lions' pre-season training, January 2010
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Brendan Fevola | ||
| Nickname(s) | Fev, The Shag, Fevalenko, The Fevolution | ||
| Date of birth | 20 January 1981 | ||
| Original team(s) | Dandenong Stingrays (TAC Cup) | ||
| Draft | No. 38, 1998 National Draft, Carlton | ||
| Height / weight | 191cm / 100 kg | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
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| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1999–2009 | Carlton | 187 (575) | |
| 2010–2011 | Brisbane Lions | 17 (48) | |
| Total | 204 (623) | ||
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| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2008 | Victoria | 1 (6) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2011.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Brendan Fevola (born 20 January 1981) is a former professional Australian rules footballer. He played with the Carlton and Brisbane Lions football clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Fevola is regarded as one of the most effective full-forwards to have played AFL in the 2000s, having won the Coleman Medal for league leading goalkicker in 2006 and 2009 (kicking 84 and 86 goals respectively) as well as All-Australian selection as a forward three times since 2006. His representative honours include playing for Victoria where he was awarded the Allen Aylett Medal for being the state team's best player and leading goalkicker. During his career at Carlton, he was the club's leading goalkicker and key forward from 2003 until 2009. However, throughout his career he has been a controversial figure off the field, which ultimately led to his parting company with both of his AFL clubs.
Brendan was born to Italian Australian Angelo Fevola, a Victorian state representative in lacrosse, and Karen Ralph in 1981. His parents split when he was eight years old. For a short time he attended a Catholic school.
Fevola began playing football with the Beaconsfield Junior Football Club in the Dandenong & District Junior Football League before playing senior football in the Victorian Country Football League. His ability to kick goals for the Dandenong Stingrays earned him selection in the TAC Cup Team of the Year in 1998 and attracted the eye of recruiters and was one of three talented AFL prospects featured in the television documentary "The Draft".
Fevola was recruited to Carlton Football Club with selection No. 38 overall in the 1998 AFL Draft. Early in his career he showed signs of being a brilliant kick of the ball and a prospective key position player at full forward. During a pre-season game on 31 December 1999 against Collingwood (promoted as the "Millennium Match"), he kicked 12 goals.
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