Steven Alessio

Steven Alessio
Personal information
Date of birth	8 November 1971
Original team(s)	St Olivers
Debut	23 May 1992, Essendon v. Carlton, at Princes Park
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1992–2003	Essendon	184 (193)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2003 season.
Career highlights
Essendon Premiership Side 2000

Steven Alessio (born 8 November 1971), is a former Australian rules footballer with the Essendon Football Club.

Of Italian descent and named in the VFL/AFL Italian Team of the Century in 2007, Alessio made his debut in 1992, and was renowned as one of Essendon's great ruckmen. He was reportedly recruited after walking into the clubhouse and asking for a trial, instead of being selected through the player draft.^[1] He was given the no. 27 (which had been made famous by Essendon's champion ruckman Simon Madden and has been given to ruckmen ever since). He played in their 2000 premiership team. At the end of 2002, Alessio was delisted and then re-drafted by Essendon, and accepted only match fees during his final season in 2003. At the end of the 2003 season, Alessio called it a day, having played 184 games.

He is now employed by the Essendon FC in a football operations role

Alessio is the uncle of Carlton's 2010 first round draftee, Matthew Watson.^[2]

Playing Statistics

^[3]

Legend
D	Disposals	K	Kicks	H	Handballs	M	Marks	T	Tackles	H/O	Hit-outs	G	Goals	B	Behinds

Season	Team	#	Games	D	K	H	M	T	H/O	G	B	D	K	H	M	T	H/O	G	B
			Totals									Averages (per game)
1992	Essendon	44	5	56	27	29	17	8	42	2	1	11.2	5.4	5.8	3.4	1.6	8.4	0.4	0.2
1993	Essendon	27	12	122	73	49	42	12	104	8	8	10.2	6.1	4.1	3.5	1.0	8.7	0.7	0.7
1994	Essendon	27	18	223	116	107	66	16	161	16	7	12.4	6.4	5.9	3.7	0.9	8.9	0.9	0.4
1995	Essendon	27	16	210	137	73	91	14	85	28	12	13.1	8.6	4.6	5.7	0.9	5.3	1.8	0.8
1996	Essendon	27	18	191	108	83	71	21	121	22	14	10.6	6.0	4.6	3.9	1.2	6.7	1.2	0.8
1997	Essendon	27	9	104	61	43	37	8	75	11	5	11.6	6.8	4.8	4.1	0.9	8.3	1.2	0.6
1998	Essendon	27	12	145	82	63	61	14	110	15	10	12.1	6.8	5.3	5.1	1.2	9.2	1.3	0.8
1999	Essendon	27	22	301	168	133	114	25	249	34	11	13.7	7.6	6.0	5.2	1.1	11.3	1.5	0.5
2000	Essendon	27	24	246	125	121	83	37	209	24	13	10.3	5.2	5.0	3.5	1.5	8.7	1.0	0.5
2001	Essendon	27	17	175	92	83	59	33	207	13	11	10.3	5.4	4.9	3.5	1.9	12.2	0.8	0.6
2002	Essendon	27	15	142	79	63	44	30	145	11	6	9.5	5.3	4.2	2.9	2.0	9.7	0.7	0.4
2003	Essendon	27	16	138	90	48	43	12	170	9	6	8.6	5.6	3.0	2.7	0.8	10.6	0.6	0.4
Career			184	2053	1158	895	728	230	1678	193	104	11.2	6.3	4.9	4.0	1.3	9.1	1.0	0.6

References

1. Jim Main, Aussie Rules: For Dummies (2nd edition, 2008) p 15
2. Carlton Football Club, Selection 18 - Matthew Watson, 18 November 2010, Retrieved 23 March 2011.
3. Steven Alessio's player profile at AFL Tables