Nic Fosdike

Nic Fosdike

Nic Fosdike being carried off by trainers
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-02-26) 26 February 1980
Original team(s) Norwood Football Club (SANFL)
Debut Round 5, 25 April 1999, Sydney Swans
v. Adelaide Crows, at AAMI Stadium
Height/Weight 179cm / 82kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1999–2008 Sydney Swans 164 (66)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2008 season.
Career highlights
  • Sydney premiership player - 2005

Nicholas "Nic" Fosdike (born 26 February 1980) is a South Australian-born former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL) for the Sydney Swans.

Career

Originally from South Australian National Football League (SANFL) club Norwood, Fosdike was chosen at number three by the Swans in the 1998 AFL Draft and made his senior AFL debut in Round Five, 1999 against the Adelaide Crows.

Fosdike was one of the best players on field during Sydney's 2005 AFL Grand Final win with 26 disposals.[1]

He injured his knee during the 2008 pre-season[2] and after only playing one game towards the end of the 2008 season, he announced his retirement from the AFL in January 2009.[1]

In 2010 and 2011, Fosdike was playing coach of Balmain.[3]

Statistics

[4]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Season Team # Games G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
Totals Averages (per game)
1999 Sydney 12 13 8 5 86 36 122 27 12 0.6 0.4 6.6 2.8 9.4 2.1 0.9
2000 Sydney 12 17 9 9 143 49 192 35 24 0.5 0.5 8.4 2.9 11.3 2.1 1.4
2001 Sydney 12 17 4 9 121 53 174 35 31 0.2 0.5 7.1 3.1 10.2 2.1 1.8
2002 Sydney 12 21 14 7 251 110 361 66 54 0.7 0.3 12.0 5.2 17.2 3.1 2.6
2003 Sydney 12 24 9 9 267 113 380 57 74 0.4 0.4 11.1 4.7 15.8 2.4 3.1
2004 Sydney 12 13 3 4 126 85 211 33 39 0.2 0.3 9.7 6.5 16.2 2.5 3.0
2005 Sydney 12 11 6 1 107 62 169 36 31 0.5 0.1 9.7 5.6 15.4 3.3 2.8
2006 Sydney 12 24 7 2 266 103 369 91 82 0.3 0.1 11.1 4.3 15.4 3.8 3.4
2007 Sydney 12 23 6 3 277 128 405 89 89 0.3 0.1 12.0 5.6 17.6 3.9 3.9
2008 Sydney 12 1 0 1 11 4 15 1 3 0.0 1.0 11.0 4.0 15.0 1.0 3.0
Career 164 66 50 1655 743 2398 470 439 0.4 0.3 10.1 4.5 14.6 2.9 2.7

References

  1. 1 2 Sydney Swans midfielder Nic Fosdike retires due to knee injury
  2. ↑ Nic Fosdike injures knee
  3. ↑ "Honour Board". Balmain Tigers Australian Football Club. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  4. ↑ Nic Fosdike's player profile at AFL Tables

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