Nick Riewoldt
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Riewoldt training with St Kilda in 2009
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Nicholas Riewoldt | ||
| Nickname(s) | Roo, Rooey | ||
| Date of birth | 17 October 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Hobart, Tasmania | ||
| Original team(s) | Southport (QAFL) | ||
| Draft | No. 1, 2000 national draft | ||
| Height / weight | 193 cm / 96 kg | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
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| Current club | St Kilda | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2001– | St Kilda | 319 (689) | |
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| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2004 | Australia | 2 (0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2004.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Nicholas "Nick" Riewoldt (/ˈriːvoʊlt/ REE-volt; born 17 October 1982) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was the first draft selection in the 2000 AFL draft. He was the captain of St Kilda in 2005 and from 2008 to 2016.
Born in Hobart, Tasmania, Riewoldt and his family moved to the Gold Coast, Queensland, when he was 9 years old. He attended Robina State Primary School from Grade 5 and became the school's vice captain and UNICEF representative. He later switched to All Saints Anglican School during his high school years. Australian rules football was not offered in many Queensland schools at the time but he made a name for himself as an overall sportsman, participating in the school's athletics, cross country, cricket, soccer and touch football teams at a high level. Academically, he also excelled in the studies of physics and chemistry.
Riewoldt played his junior and early senior football for the Broadbeach Cats before moving to the Southport Sharks where he was identified as an outstanding junior talent. He played a big part in Southport's historic fourth consecutive QAFL premiership in 2000. After being kept virtually touchless for the first half, he was moved into the ruck and kicked two important goals in the 11-point grand final victory.
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