Adrian Deluca (born 15 May 1982) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the

Carlton Football Club The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's top professional competition. Founded in 1864 in Carlton, an inner suburb of ...

in the Australian Football League (AFL). Deluca played

TAC Cup The NAB League Boys (also referred to as simply the NAB League and formerly known as the TAC Cup) is an under-19 Australian rules football representative competition held in Australia. It is based on geographic regions throughout country Vic ...

football for the

Oakleigh Chargers The Oakleigh Chargers is an Australian rules football club playing in the NAB League, the top statewide under-18 competition in Victoria, Australia. They are based at Warrawee Park in Oakleigh, Victoria, representing the southeastern suburb ...

, and also played for

Port Melbourne Port Melbourne is an inner-city List of Melbourne suburbs, suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, south-west of Melbourne's Melbourne central business district, Central Business District, located within the Cities of ...

in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). I ...

. He was generally played as a marking forward and back-up ruckman. He was then recruited to the AFL as a 21-year-old by Carlton with its seventh round selection in the 2003 AFL National Draft (#72 overall). He made his debut for Carlton in round 1, 2004 against

Fremantle Fremantle () () is a port city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australian vernacular diminutive for ...

. After three seasons and 46 games at AFL level, Deluca announced his retirement from AFL at the end of the 2006 season. His younger brother, Fabian, played with

Port Adelaide Port Adelaide is a port-side region of Adelaide, approximately northwest of the Adelaide CBD. It is also the namesake of the City of Port Adelaide Enfield council, a suburb, a federal and state electoral division and is the main port for the ...

from 2006 to 2008, and played alongside Adrian at Port Melbourne for part of his career.

References

External links

Adrian Deluca at the Carlton Football Club website
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Adrian Deluca profile in Blueseum
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