Steven Alessio

Steven Alessio (born 8 November 1971), is a former Australian rules footballer with the Essendon Football Club. He played 184 games for Essendon between 1992 and 2003. Of Italian descent and named in the VFL/AFL Italian Team of the Century in 2007. Alessio was named as the starting ruckman for Essendon's 'Best of the AFL era' (post-1990) team, named in 2015.[1]

Steven Alessio
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-11-08) 8 November 1971
Original team(s) St Olivers & St. Joseph's CBC North Melbourne
Debut 23 May 1992, Essendon
vs. Carlton, at Princes Park
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1992–2003 Essendon 184 (193)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2003.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

He was reportedly recruited after walking into the clubhouse and asking for a trial, instead of being selected through the player draft.[2] He was given the number 27 guernsey (which had been made famous by Essendon's champion ruckman Simon Madden and has been given to ruckmen ever since). He played in their 2000 premiership team. At the end of 2002, Alessio was delisted and then re-drafted by Essendon, and accepted only match fees during his final season in 2003. Alessio retired at the end of the 2003 season after 184 games.

After retiring from football he has worked for the Essendon Football Club in a variety of roles, including football operations manager, ruck coach and corporate relationships manager.

Alessio is the uncle of Carlton's 2010 first round draftee, Matthew Watson.[3]

Playing statistics
[4]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles  H/O  Hit-outs
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T H/O G B K H D M T H/O
1992 Essendon 44521272956178420.40.25.45.811.23.41.68.4
1993 Essendon 271288734912242121040.70.76.14.110.23.51.08.7
1994 Essendon 271816711610722366161610.90.46.45.912.43.70.98.9
1995 Essendon 27162812137732109114851.80.88.64.613.15.70.95.3
1996 Essendon 271822141088319171211211.20.86.04.610.63.91.26.7
1997 Essendon 2791156143104378751.20.66.84.811.64.10.98.3
1998 Essendon 27121510826314561141101.30.86.85.312.15.11.29.2
1999 Essendon 27223411168133301114252491.50.57.66.013.75.21.111.3
2000 Essendon 2724241312512124683372091.00.55.25.010.33.51.58.7
2001 Essendon 27171311928317559332070.80.65.44.910.33.51.912.2
2002 Essendon 2715116796314244301450.70.45.34.29.52.92.09.7
2003 Essendon 271696904813843121700.60.45.63.08.62.70.810.6
Career 184 193 104 1158 895 2053 728 230 1678 1.0 0.6 6.3 4.9 11.2 4.0 1.3 9.1

References
  1. Anderson, Jon (19 November 2015). "Essendon flag stars dominate Bombers' best 22 of AFL era". Herald Sun. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  2. Jim Main, Aussie Rules: For Dummies (2nd edition, 2008) p 15
  3. Carlton Football Club, Selection 18 - Matthew Watson Archived 8 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, 18 November 2010, Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  4. "Steven Alessio". AFL Tables.
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