Adam Schneider (born 12 May 1984) is a former professional

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er who played for the

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and

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in the

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(AFL). He is currently the senior coach of the Lavington Panthers in the Ovens and Murray Football Netball League

Overview

Originally from the small town of Osborne, Schneider spent most of his teenage years at St Francis de Sales Regional College in Leeton before attending Kooringal High School and Trinity Senior High School in

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where he decided to pursue Australian rules football after also excelling in

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AFL career

Sydney Swans

Schneider was recruited from Osborne and

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by Sydney in the

2001 AFL Draft The 2001 AFL draft consisted of a state draft, a body draft, a pre-season draft and a trade period. The AFL draft is the annual draft of players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Austr ...

. He was Sydney's 4th Round selection and number 60 overall. During his first season at the club, Schneider suffered minor injuries and illness which sidelined him for over three months. However, in 2003, Schneider hit the ground running. Through the pre-season and practice matches he was in great form and earned his senior AFL debut. He debuted in round 1 of the 2003 premiership season against Carlton. His form was good enough for him to hold his place in the seniors for all 24 matches as well as kicking 30 goals for the season. He was awarded the

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nomination in round 5 and finished fifth in the voting for that season's award. 2004, however, was a completely different story. Schneider suffered a hamstring injury which saw the young goal sneak sidelined for a month. He managed to be selected for just 12 matches, half as many as the previous season and managed to kick only nine goals. In the 2005 season, Schneider gradually improved and towards the second half of the season he was again a regular starter. He went on to play for the Swans in the

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and scored Sydney's second goal of the match, and was an important and variable player. He was traded to St Kilda in 2007.

St Kilda

Schneider was recruited by St Kilda from Sydney in a trade in exchange for the number 26 draft pick in the 2007 AFL Draft in a deal that also included Sean Dempster moving to the Saints. As at Sydney, Schneider wore the No. 13 guernsey for the Saints. Schneider played in St Kilda's 2008 NAB Cup winning side, the club's third pre-season cup win. He then made his premiership debut for the Saints against his old side Sydney, kicking a goal in a two-point victory. Schneider played in 21 of 22 matches in the 2009 AFL season in which St Kilda qualified in first position for the finals, winning the club's third minor premiership. St Kilda qualified for the

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after qualifying and preliminary finals wins. Schneider played in the grand final in which St Kilda were defeated by 12 points, denying him a second premiership out of three grand final appearances as he had lost a grand final with Sydney in 2006 against when the Swans lost by one point. Schneider played in 25 games in 2010, including four finals matches, and kicked 39 goals. As of the end of the 2010 season, Schneider had played in 22 finals series matches including five grand finals. Following the Grand Final replay, Schneider was suspended for the first two matches of the 2011 season for an incident involving 's Brent Macaffer in the third quarter. Schneider was de-listed at the conclusion of the 2014 season, and then re-drafted by St Kilda as a mature age rookie for the 2015 AFL season. He played one further season, and retired at the end of 2015 after 228 games, following St Kilda's round 22 home game against his old club, the Sydney Swans.

Post-AFL career

After leaving the AFL, Schneider won a VAFA Premier B premiership with Beaumaris in 2016. Adam represented Australia at the 2016 Kabbadi World Cup. Head Coach of GWS Giants in the NEAFL (2019). Assistant Coach of GWS Giants in the AFL (2020-2021). Head Coach of The Lavington Panthers Football Club (2022-

Statistics

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

, , 13 , , 12 , , 9 , , 10 , , 71 , , 30 , , 101 , , 28 , , 24 , , 0.8 , , 0.8 , , 5.9 , , 2.5 , , 8.4 , , 2.3 , , 2.0 , , 0 , - style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

, , 13 , , 16 , , 11 , , 10 , , 118 , , 56 , , 174 , , 42 , , 32 , , 0.7 , , 0.6 , , 7.4 , , 3.5 , , 10.9 , , 2.6 , , 2.0 , , 0 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

, , 13 , , 25 , , 22 , , 19 , , 244 , , 116 , , 360 , , 78 , , 74 , , 0.9 , , 0.8 , , 9.8 , , 4.6 , , 14.4 , , 3.1 , , 3.0 , , 5 , - style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

, , 13 , , 21 , , 27 , , 18 , , 211 , , 114 , , 325 , , 98 , , 63 , , 1.3 , , 0.9 , , 10.0 , , 5.4 , , 15.5 , , 4.7 , , 3.0 , , 0 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

, , 13 , , 19 , , 28 , , 17 , , 181 , , 101 , , 282 , , 104 , , 44 , , 1.5 , , 0.9 , , 9.5 , , 5.3 , , 14.8 , , 5.5 , , 2.3 , , 1 , - style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

, , 13 , , 24 , , 34 , , 19 , , 211 , , 130 , , 341 , , 108 , , 114 , , 1.4 , , 0.8 , , 8.8 , , 5.4 , , 14.2 , , 4.5 , , 4.8 , , 0 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

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2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

, , 13 , , 21 , , 30 , , 11 , , 206 , , 151 , , 357 , , 98 , , 79 , , 1.4 , , 0.5 , , 9.8 , , 7.2 , , 17.0 , , 4.7 , , 3.8 , , 0 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

, , 13 , , 8 , , 8 , , 6 , , 66 , , 41 , , 107 , , 35 , , 28 , , 1.0 , , 0.8 , , 8.3 , , 5.1 , , 13.4 , , 4.4 , , 3.5 , , 0 , - style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

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2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

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2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schneider, Adam Australian rules footballers from New South Wales Sydney Swans players Sydney Swans premiership players St Kilda Football Club players 1984 births Living people Australian people of German descent NSW/ACT Rams players Sandringham Football Club players Australia international rules football team players VFL/AFL premiership players 21st-century Australian sportsmen