Alex Fasolo

Alex Fasolo (born 8 June 1992) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club and the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He attended Trinity College in East Perth for his secondary schooling.

Alex Fasolo
Fasolo playing for Collingwood in March 2017
Personal information
Full name	Alex Fasolo
Nickname(s)	Faz, Felix
Date of birth	(1992-06-08) 8 June 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Western Australia
Original team(s)	East Fremantle (WAFL)
Draft	No. 45, 2010 National Draft, Collingwood
Height	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Position(s)	Forward
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2011–2018	Collingwood	101 (133)
2019	Carlton	003 00(2)
Total		104 (135)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2019.
Career highlights
Collingwood leading goalkicker: 2016 Harry Collier Trophy: 2011 AFL Rising Star nominee: 2011
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Career

Fasolo played for East Fremantle in the WAFL before being drafted by Collingwood with pick 45 in the 2010 AFL Draft.^[1]

Fasolo was Collingwood's first draft pick in 2010, and was given Simon Prestigiacomo's number 35 guernsey.^[2]

He made his debut in Round 12 of the 2011 season in the Queen's Birthday Clash against Melbourne,^[3] scoring a goal with his first kick in League football.^[4]

Fasolo was nominated for the 2011 AFL Rising Star award after his round 22 match against Brisbane Lions.^[5]

At the conclusion of the 2018 season, Fasolo moved to Carlton as an unrestricted free agent.^[6] He played three senior matches for the club in 2019 before retiring at the end of the season.^[7]

Personal

In 2017, it was revealed that Fasolo was battling with depression.^[8]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2019 season^[9]

Legend

G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks

Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)
				G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
2011	Collingwood	35	13	16	8	82	65	147	43	29	1.2	0.6	6.3	5.0	11.3	3.3	2.2
2012	Collingwood	1	24	28	20	236	135	371	113	64	1.2	0.8	9.8	5.6	15.5	4.7	2.7
2013	Collingwood	1	3	1	2	24	9	33	12	5	0.3	0.7	8.0	3.0	11.0	4.0	1.7
2014	Collingwood	1	12	7	9	103	77	180	51	31	0.6	0.8	8.6	6.4	15.0	4.3	2.6
2015	Collingwood	1	17	27	15	150	86	236	81	49	1.6	0.9	8.8	5.1	13.9	4.8	2.9
2016	Collingwood	1	12	25	6	99	73	172	44	36	2.1	0.5	8.3	6.1	14.3	3.7	3.0
2017	Collingwood	1	19	29	29	169	87	256	105	38	1.5	1.5	8.9	4.6	13.5	5.5	2.0
2018	Collingwood	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	1.0
2019	Carlton	32	3	2	0	11	9	20	6	8	0.6	0.0	3.6	3.0	6.6	2.0	2.6
			104	135	89	875	542	1417	456	261	1.3	0.9	8.4	5.2	13.6	4.4	2.5

References

1. WA's lucky 13
2. Pies demolish Dees Archived 14 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
3. Trav's Territory makes its mark for Pies
4. "Sharrod Wellingham best afield in Collingwood's 88-point win over Melbourne", The Herald Sun, 14 June 2011.
5. Holmesby, Luke (23 August 2011). "New cult hero". AFL BigPond Network. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
6. "Blues swoop on Fasolo". Carlton FC. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
7. "Faz says farewell". carltonfc.com.au. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
8. Schmook, Nathan. "Magpie Alex Fasolo battling depression, will miss Freo clash". AFL. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
9. "Alex Fasolo statistics". AFL Tables.

External links

• Alex Fasolo's profile on the official website of the Carlton Football Club
• Alex Fasolo's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Alex Fasolo's WAFL statistics from WAFL Online