Nick Dal Santo
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Dal Santo working for Fox Footy at a pre-season match in March 2017
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Nick Dal Santo | ||
| Date of birth | 22 February 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Bendigo, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Bendigo Pioneers (TAC Cup) | ||
| Draft | No. 13, 2001 National Draft, St Kilda | ||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2002–2013 | St Kilda | 260 (140) | |
| 2014–2016 | North Melbourne | 62 (16) | |
| Total | 322 (156) | ||
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| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2004 | Australia | 2 (0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of Round 23, 2016.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2004.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Nick Dal Santo (born 22 February 1984) is a retired Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda and North Melbourne in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Dal Santo was drafted by St Kilda with the thirteenth selection in the 2001 AFL Draft, which was obtained by St Kilda as part of the trade deal which sent Barry Hall to Sydney. He played his first game in St Kilda's win over Melbourne at Colonial Stadium in the 2002 Wizard Home Loans Cup. He made his AFL debut that season against the Geelong Football Club and managed 18 matches in 2002 in what was a poor season for the club.
Dal Santo could not break into an improving St Kilda side in early 2003, but when he did in Round 15 he did not look back, playing every match for the rest of the season and establishing himself as a skillful and creative young midfielder.
Dal Santo played in St Kilda’s 2004 Wizard Home Loans Cup winning side – St Kilda's second AFL Cup win.
Former Essendon Football Club coach Kevin Sheedy, during the 2005 season, likened Dal Santo to triple-Brownlow Medallist Ian Stewart for his exceptional skill and courage.
In that same year, former Hawthorn champion Gary Ayres said this of Dal Santo in an interview: "He's got a high skill level on both sides of his body. He's a good reader of the play, he's got football smarts which are very hard to teach and the thing he does very well is he's got that ability to be composed when he uses the ball. He doesn't seem to get too flustered or rushes it, and that's a pretty special quality to be able to have when you play elite football because a lot of players can get the ball but do they make the right decision?"
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