Nicholas Suban (born 9 May 1990) is a former professional

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er who played for the

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in the

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. Originally from

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and of

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n origin, Suban captained both the

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in the

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and Victoria Country in the

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. 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

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for Fremantle, following the retirement of inaugural squad member

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in 2008. Along with fellow new recruit Stephen Hill, Suban made his debut in the opening round of the

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, and both played all 22 games for the season.Suban extends stay with Dockers
/ref> In Round 21, Suban was one of Fremantle's best players in their 54-point win over

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. His career-high 25 possession and two goal game earnt him an

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nomination. In April 2010, Suban extended his contract until the end of the 2012 season. After playing 25 consecutive games from his debut in 2009, Suban missed his first game in Round 4 of the 2010 season due to an ankle injury suffered in the final minutes of Fremantle's win over Geelong at Subiaco Oval. He returned in round 9 and played 13 more games for the year. In round 4 of the 2011 season against at

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, Suban fractured his right

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when his leg was trapped under teammate Ryan Crowley. He missed over three months of football before returning to play in the

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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

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. 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.

Honours and achievements

Team *

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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 ...

* 4x WAFL Premiership Player (

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)

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 ...

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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 ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

( South Fremantle)

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

Individual *2009

nominee * Fremantle Life Member: 2017

Statistics

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Suban, Nick 1990 births Living people Fremantle Football Club players Claremont Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) 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 21st-century Australian sportsmen