Sam Menegola (born 7 March 1992) is a former

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er who played for the

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in the

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(AFL). He had previously been listed by Hawthorn and

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, but didn't play a senior game for either club. He is related to former

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premiership winner and

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player, Todd Menegola.

Early career

Originally from

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in the

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(WAFL), Menegola was first drafted in the 2011 rookie draft by Hawthorn with their first selection and nineteenth overall. He spent one season with Hawthorn before being delisted at the end of the 2011 season. He was drafted again in the 2012 rookie draft by Fremantle, with their third selection and forty-fourth overall. He spent three injury interrupted seasons with Fremantle without playing an AFL match and was delisted at the end of the 2014 season. In 2013, he only played two games in the WAFL due to a knee injury and in 2014 was transferred to

Peel Thunder The Peel Thunder Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and WAFL Women's (WAFLW). The team is based in Mandurah, Western Australia, with their home ground being Rushton Park. The ...

due to Fremantle's alignment with Peel. After being delisted by Fremantle he moved to Subiaco for the

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. Despite being unable to play due to an ankle injury until Round 11, Menegola finished third in the

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, only 4 votes behind the winner, Aidan Tropiano. He was then one of the best players in Subiaco's

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winning team.

AFL career

Menegola was on

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's rookie list in 2011 and also on

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's rookie list from 2012 to 2014.

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then drafted Menegola with their second selection and sixty-sixth overall in the 2015 national draft. He made his AFL debut in the thirty-point win against in round 18, 2016 at Simonds Stadium. In 2017 Menegola had cemented his place in the midfield along with

Patrick Dangerfield Patrick Dangerfield (born 5 April 1990) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Adelaide Football Club from 2008 to 2015. He has s ...

and

Joel Selwood Joel Anthony Selwood (born 26 May 1988) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is a four-time premiership player ( including one time as captain), a six-ti ...

. Menegola was selected in the 2020

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40 man squad but did not make the final team. In the same year he played for Geelong in the

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. He was delisted at the end of the 2023 afl season.

Statistics

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2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

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Honours and achievements

Team * 2×

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Menegola, Sam 1992 births Living people Geelong Football Club players Box Hill Football Club players East Fremantle Football Club players Peel Thunder Football Club players Subiaco Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Western Australia Australian people of Italian descent Sportspeople of Italian descent 21st-century Australian sportsmen