Dean Rioli
Australian rules footballer, born 1978 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dean Rioli (born 20 May 1978) is a former Australian rules football player who spent his whole professional career with the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League.
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Personal information | |||
Date of birth | (1978-05-20) 20 May 1978 (age 45) | ||
Place of birth | Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia | ||
Original team(s) | South Fremantle (WAFL) | ||
Debut | Round 3, 1999, Essendon vs. Sydney Swans, at the MCG | ||
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Weight | 99 kg (218 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1999–2006 | Essendon | 100 (91) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2006. | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
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The nephew of Maurice Rioli, the Richmond Football Club champion of the 1980s, Rioli grew up on the Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory, but was recruited from the South Fremantle Football Club in the 1998 Rookie Draft.[1] He was a member of South Fremantle's 1997 Premiership winning team. His father, Sebastian Rioli, played for South in the 1970s, and his younger brother Shannon Rioli joined South in 2010.[2]