Nicholas Suban (born 9 May 1990) is a former professional
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
er who played for the
Fremantle Football Club in the
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the gam ...
.
Originally from
Bacchus Marsh, Victoria
Bacchus Marsh (Wathawurrung: ''Pullerbopulloke'') is an urban centre and suburban locality in Victoria, Australia located approximately north west of the state capital Melbourne and west of Melton at a near equidistance to the major cities o ...
and of
Slovenian origin, Suban captained both the
North Ballarat Rebels in the
TAC Cup and Victoria Country in the
2008 AFL Under 18 Championships
The 2008 AFL Under 18 Championships is the 2008 series of the AFL Under 18 Championships, a state and territory based Australian rules football competition which showcase the best junior footballers in Australia, primarily with the aim for them ...
. He was named in both the Under 18 All-Australian Team and the TAC Cup Team of the Year in both 2007 and 2008. Suban was drafted by Fremantle with the 24th selection in the
2008 AFL Draft.
Suban is only the second player to wear the number 8
guernsey
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It is the second largest of the Channel Islands ...
for Fremantle, following the retirement of inaugural squad member
Shaun McManus in 2008. Along with fellow new recruit
Stephen Hill, Suban made his debut in the opening round of the
2009 AFL season
The 2009 AFL season was the 113th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured six ...
, and both played all 22 games for the season.
[Suban extends stay with Dockers](_blank)
/ref> In Round 21, Suban was one of Fremantle's best players in their 54-point win over Essendon. His career-high 25 possession and two goal game earnt him an AFL Rising Star nomination.
In April 2010, Suban extended his contract until the end of the 2012 season.Ryan Crowley
Ryan Crowley (born 5 March 1984) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Football Club and the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played as a midfielder and specialise ...
. He missed over three months of football before returning to play in the Western Derby in Round 18.
Suban had a disappointing 2012 season, being tried in a variety of positions in his 14 games, often as the substitute player. In 2013, however, he moved to play more in the midfield, and played in 22 games, including the 2013 AFL Grand Final
The 2013 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between Hawthorn Football Club and Fremantle Football Club at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 28 September 2013. It was the 118th annual grand final of the Australian Footb ...
. He played his 100th game for Fremantle in a surprise loss to bottom placed St Kilda in round 18 of the 2014 season.
He was delisted by Fremantle at the conclusion of the 2017 season.
Statistics
: ''Statistics are correct to the end of the 2016 season''Nick Suban's player profile at AFL Tables
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Notes
External links
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Nic Suban WAFL statistics
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1990 births
Living people
Fremantle Football Club players
Claremont Football Club players
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
Greater Western Victoria Rebels players
Peel Thunder Football Club players
People educated at St Patrick's College, Ballarat
South Fremantle Football Club players
Australian people of Slovenian descent