Orazio Fantasia

Orazio Maurice Fantasia (born 14 September 1995) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by the Essendon Football Club with the 55th overall selection in the 2013 national draft.

Orazio Fantasia
Fantasia playing for Essendon in June 2017
Personal information
Full name Orazio Maurice Fantasia
Nickname(s) "Raz", "Razzle Dazzle"[1]
Date of birth (1995-09-14) 14 September 1995
Place of birth Adelaide, South Australia
Original team(s) Norwood (SANFL)
Draft No. 55, 2013 national draft
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 77 kg (170 lb)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current club Port Adelaide
Number 13
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2014–2020 Essendon 80 (111)
2021– Port Adelaide 00 00(0)
Total 80 (111)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2020.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

AFL career

Fantasia graduated from Norwood Morialta High School in 2013.[3] Fantasia played his junior football for the Payneham Norwood Union Football Club where his talent was identified by South Australian Hall of Famer Garry McIntosh who selected him in the Club's senior side as a 15 year old. He made his senior debut for Norwood in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) in 2013. In only his fourth game he was a member of their 2013 SANFL premiership side.[3]

He made his debut against Richmond in round 20, 2014[4] and was dropped for the following round but regained his spot in round 22 against the Gold Coast, replacing Dyson Heppell who missed the game due to a broken hand. In the final round of the 2015 season, he was rewarded with a nomination for the AFL Rising Star where he recorded 27 disposals and five marks in the Bombers' three-point victory over Collingwood.[5]

Fantasia received a second nomination for the Rising Star after his three goals, eleven disposals, seven contested possessions, and seven tackles in round 17, 2016.[6]

In August 2018, Fantasia signed a three year deal, keeping him at Essendon until the end of the 2021 season.[7]

On August 2020, Fantasia again showed an interest in returning to South Australia, with a possible move to the Port Adelaide Football Club. He eventually got his wish, and was traded to Port Adelaide on the final day of the trade period.[8]

Statistics
Statistics are correct to the end of the 2020 season [9]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2014Essendon4630291726810.00.73.05.78.72.70.3
2015Essendon4652041408116180.40.08.28.016.23.23.6
2016Essendon1319292514613628275721.51.37.77.214.84.03.8
2017Essendon1320392216111427574532.01.18.15.713.83.72.7
2018Essendon131320161099220154641.51.28.47.115.54.24.9
2019Essendon131520121017217346321.30.86.74.811.53.12.1
2020Essendon135102722491560.20.05.44.49.83.01.2
Career 80 111 77 594 493 1087 288 246 1.4 1.0 7.4 6.2 13.6 3.6 3.1

References
  1. McFarlane, Glenn (30 July 2017). "Essendon small forward Orazio Fantasia opens up on nicknames, confidence, goals and more". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  2. "Orazio Fantasia - essendonfc.com.au". essendonfc.com.au. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  3. Morgan, Kym (20 November 2013). "Orazio Fantasia's fantasy season about to get even better with AFL draft". The Advertiser.
  4. Potter, Shane (7 August 2014). "Fantasia named to debut". Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  5. Twomey, Callum (7 September 2015). "Bomber Fantasia wins Rising Star nod". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  6. Landsberger, Sam (18 July 2016). "Orazio Fantasia wins rare second Rising Star nomination as he looks forward to Essendon's bright future". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  7. "Orazio Fantasia re-signs with Essendon". 1116 SEN. 14 August 2018.
  8. Valencich, Glenn (12 November 2020). "Essendon's Orazio Fantasia makes AFL trade move to Port Adelaide". Seven News.
  9. "Orazio Fantasia". afltables.com. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
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