Ryan Schoenmakers (born 8 November 1990) is a former professional

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er who played for the

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in the

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(AFL). He was selected with the last pick of the first round selections, pick 16, in the 2008 AFL Draft.

Early career

Schoenmakers started his career with the Tea Tree Gully Football Club. He moved to Norwood as a junior. Schoenmakers played at centre half forward for the South Australian Under 18 side, as well as for Norwood in the

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(SANFL). He is 195 cm tall and weighs 94 kg. He was impressive at AFL Draft Camp, with the top ranking in the repeat sprints and in the top six in both the 20m sprint (2.90 sec) and standing vertical jump (69 cm). Schoenmakers attended St Paul's College, situated in the north eastern suburbs of Adelaide.

AFL career

He made his debut for Hawthorn in the opening round of the

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, in the rematch of the

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against

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. He was given the nickname "Drago" after his striking resemblance to

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's character ''

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'' in the movie

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. Schoenmakers ruptured the

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(ACL) and strained the medial ligament in his right knee, during the Round 4, 2013 game against in Launceston. He underwent a knee reconstruction and missed the 2013 premiership. Schoenmakers returned to the senior side in round 7 of 2014, with coach

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choosing to play him in the forward line. Schoenmakers kicked four goals in the first half, before returning to the back line after

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was subbed out. After that, Schoenmakers was used as a

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between forward and defence. In the 2015 AFL season he played both in the forward line and in defence, kicking 15 goals in 16 games. In the finals series of 2015 he was not selected in the first final against West coast, but was selected for the next two finals. He was selected for the 2015 Grand Final, playing in the Hawks 46 point victory over the

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. Schoenmakers missed most of the 2016 season with a groin injury that didn't respond well to treatment. On 28 August 2017, Schoenmakers signed a one-year contract extension to stay at Hawthorn until the end of 2018. A reoccurring Achilles issue plagued Schoenmakers over the later part of his career. On 18 October 2019, Schoenmakers announced his retirement from the AFL.

Statistics

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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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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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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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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 ...

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Honours and achievements

Team * AFL premiership player ():

* 2×

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():

* Minor premiership ():

Individual * life member

Notes

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schoenmakers, Ryan Australian people of Dutch descent Hawthorn Football Club players Hawthorn Football Club premiership players Norwood Football Club players Box Hill Football Club players 1990 births Living people Australian rules footballers from South Australia VFL/AFL premiership players 21st-century Australian sportsmen