Stephen Coniglio ( ; born 15 December 1993) is a professional

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footballer for the

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in the

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(AFL). Drafted with the second pick in the 2011 AFL national draft, Coniglio made his debut for Greater Western Sydney in the first round of the 2012 season and was later nominated for the

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award. He was the sole captain of the Giants for the

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and 2021 seasons, and a co-captain for the 2022 season. He previously played for in League and Development Squad in the

West Australian Football League The West Australian Football League (WAFL "waffle" or "W-A-F-L") is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The league currently consists of ten teams, which play each other in a 20-round season usually lasting f ...

(WAFL). In the 2010 WAFL Grand Final, he gathered 17 possessions and kicked four goals to be considered one of the best on the ground. Only Geoff Hendriks has won a WAFL premiership at a younger age. Coniglio won the 2011 WAFL Rising Star Award, with a prize of $2000. At the age of 16, Coniglio represented Western Australia at the 2010 National Under 18 Championships. Stephen represented

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at the 2010 and 2011 National Under 18 Championships. 2011 saw Stephen captain WA and win the

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as the best player in the competition. As well as being named Western Australia's most valuable player, and was selected on a wing in the Under-18

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. Stephen Coniglio grew up in Perth and as a teenager had to choose between pursuing a career in cricket or football. Choosing football has worked out well for him so far, with the popular teammate becoming one of the most highly rated midfielders in the AFL. In early December, 2019 Coniglio was appointed captain. Off-field, Coniglio is a part-owner of Macelleria restaurants in Sydney and Melbourne and has a keen interest in fashion. In January 2021, Coniglio was named as

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club

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's number one ticket holder.

Early life and junior career

Born in

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,SJ Coniglio
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 July 2011. Coniglio's father has Italian heritage and his mother has English heritage. Coniglio attended

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, a co-educational Catholic high school in Middle Swan. In his final year, he served as the school's

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. Growing up, Coniglio excelled at both

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and football. He played

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for Midland-Guildford in the WACA district cricket competition. In five First Grade matches he made 111 runs at an

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of 22.20 and took five wickets at an

of 42.00, including 3/35 on his debut. Coniglio played both under-15 and under-17 cricket for Western Australia. He made 106

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in the final of the 2009 National Under-15 Championships, the highest score by a Western Australian ever recorded at the tournament. In the 2010–11 Australian Under-17 Championships, he made 146 runs at an average 24.33, with a best of 78 not out against Victoria. Coniglio also played junior football for Upper Swan Junior Football Club, falling into

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' WAFL recruitment zone. He made his senior debut for Swan Districts against

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in round 22, 2010, at Steel Blue Oval, gathering 26 possessions and kicking two goals.

Senior career

In September 2011, Coniglio confirmed he would nominate for the 2011 national draft, ending speculation about which sport he would choose to play professionally. Considered likely to be selected by with one of the first five picks in the draft, Coniglio was selected by Greater Western Sydney with pick two in the draft. He made his senior debut for the club in round one of the 2012 season, recording 17 disposals in a 63-point loss to . In round seven, after a 31-possession game in Greater Western Sydney's inaugural win over , Coniglio was nominated for the

. Midway through the season, he injured his thumb, and missed four games after undergoing surgery. In total, he played 12 games for Greater Western Sydney in his debut season, spending parts of the latter half of the season with the club's

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in the

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(NEAFL).Stephen Coniglio: Statistics
– AFL Tables. Retrieved 26 September 2012. The end of the

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saw Coniglio qualifying as a

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. Despite many rumours that he would leave and join a Victorian-based club, Coniglio had rejected massive offers from Carlton and Hawthorn and had re-signed with the Giants for a further seven years. At the end of 2019, Coniglio was awarded the

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for his part in the development of the Coniglio–Farrugia Community Program in partnership with the

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, as well as ambassador roles with the Fairfield Falcons Football Club, All Nations Cup, Diversity Talent and Bachar Houli programs and the Lighthouse Community Support program.

In the media

Coniglio features in the 2021

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documentary TV series '' Making Their Mark'', which showed the impact of the

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on several AFL clubs, players, and staff.

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and

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were filmed almost continuously, with other players featured including Coniglio and

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, along with several coaches and other staff associated with the clubs.

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 ...

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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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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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2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

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2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

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2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

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2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

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2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Coniglio, Stephen 1993 births Australian people of Italian descent Sportspeople of Italian descent Australian people of English descent Greater Western Sydney Giants players Living people People educated at La Salle College, Perth Australian rules footballers from Perth, Western Australia Swan Districts Football Club players AFL Academy graduates