Michael Talia (born 11 February 1993) 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 the brother of

Daniel Talia Daniel Talia (born 2 October 1991) is a former professional Australian rules football player who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted with selection 13 in the 2009 National Draft from th ...

. Michael is the grandson of Harvey Stevens, a former Footscray player leading the club to their first premiership in 1954. His great-grandfather, Arthur Stevens, also played for Footscray. Talia was recruited by the Western Bulldogs in the 2011 national draft with pick 39 and made his debut in round 19,

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, against at

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. He earned the round 15 nomination for the

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after a 32-possession game against . In October 2015, he was traded to amidst allegations of passing information before the elimination final against the

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a month earlier, in which his brother was playing for the opposition, the AFL would later clear both brothers of wrong doing. In round 1, his first game for the Swans, he suffered a Lisfranc ligament injury in the last quarter against Collingwood, ruling him out for the next eight to twelve weeks. Dane Swan also suffered the same injury, as well as multiple fractures in his foot and lower leg. Complications with the injury saw him placed on the long-term injury list. In July 2016, Talia was arrested and charged with possession of

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and he later pleaded guilty to the charges and was placed on a twelve-month good behaviour bond. Talia was delisted at the conclusion of the 2017 season.

Statistics

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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 ...

, , 32 , , 9 , , 0 , , 0 , , 92 , , 82 , , 174 , , 40 , , 11 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 10.2 , , 9.1 , , 19.3 , , 4.4 , , 1.2 , - style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

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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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

, , 32 , , 1 , , 0 , , 0 , , 7 , , 3 , , 10 , , 3 , , 1 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 7.0 , , 3.0 , , 10.0 , , 3.0 , , 1.0 , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3, Career ! 31 ! 3 ! 1 ! 273 ! 236 ! 509 ! 153 ! 36 ! 0.1 ! 0.0 ! 8.8 ! 7.6 ! 16.4 ! 4.9 ! 1.2

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Talia, Michael 1993 births Living people Western Bulldogs players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Calder Cannons players Australian people of Italian descent Sportspeople of Italian descent Sydney Swans players Norwood Football Club players Williamstown Football Club players 21st-century Australian sportsmen