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Sam Weideman
Weideman in 2019
Personal information
Full name Samuel Weideman
Date of birth (1997-06-26) 26 June 1997 (age 26)
Original team(s)
TAC Cup
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Draft No. 9, 2015 national draft
Debut Round 20, 2016, Melbourne vs. Hawthorn, at MCG
Height 197 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight 97 kg (214 lb)
Position(s) Key forward
Club information
Current club Essendon
Number 10
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2016–2022 Melbourne 59 (62)
2023– Essendon 16 (15)
Total 75 (77)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2023.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Samuel Weideman (born 26 June 1997) is a professional

bottom-aged player. His achievements as a junior included two best and fairest awards and national representation. Even though an ankle injury forced him to miss the majority of his final year of junior football, he was drafted by Melbourne with the ninth selection in the 2015 AFL draft. He made his AFL debut in 2016, making him a third-generation footballer, whereby he is the grandson of the Collingwood Football Club's 1958 premiership captain, Murray Weideman, and the son of former Collingwood player, Mark Weideman
.

Early life

Weideman in February 2017

Weideman was born into an

bottom-aged player in 2014,[6] and despite an iron deficiency and an ankle stress fracture hampering his second half of the season,[7] he played fifteen matches and kicked nineteen goals.[8] He received a scholarship within the prestigious AFL Academy for 2015,[9] which included playing in the curtain raiser for the 2014 AFL Grand Final with the under-17 Australian team.[10]

Returning to the Eastern Ranges in 2015, Weideman played five matches, kicking nine goals,

Tom Lynch,[18][19] he was predicted to still be drafted inside the top ten in the 2015 national draft.[5][22][23][24][25]

AFL career

After being linked to the

kicked a goal with his first kick and amassed six disposals in the first quarter, finishing with two goals and thirteen disposals.[41] During his debut match, he suffered a corked thigh which meant he missed the forty point win against Port Adelaide at the Adelaide Oval the next week.[42] He returned in round 22 for the twenty point loss against Carlton at the Melbourne Cricket Ground[43] and he played the remaining match of the season to finish with three matches and three goals for the season.[44] After the AFL season finished, he played in Casey's finals campaign, including the grand final loss to Footscray at Etihad Stadium.[45]

Following the conclusion of the 2022 AFL season, Weideman was traded to Essendon in search of more opportunities as a key forward.[46]

Statistics

Updated to the end of the 2023 season.[44]

Legend
  G  
Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
Behinds
 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2016 Melbourne 26 3 3 0 8 17 25 9 0 1.0 0.0 2.7 5.7 8.4 3.0 0.0
2017 Melbourne 26 7 3 4 24 32 56 18 12 0.3 0.6 3.4 4.6 8.0 2.6 1.7
2018 Melbourne 26 10 10 5 57 58 115 40 24 1.0 0.5 5.7 5.8 11.5 4.0 2.4
2019 Melbourne 26 11 11 8 60 53 113 46 16 1.0 0.7 5.5 4.8 10.3 4.2 1.5
2020[a] Melbourne 26 13 19 8 59 41 100 41 6 1.5 0.6 4.5 3.2 7.7 3.2 0.5
2021 Melbourne 26 5 3 4 19 21 40 16 9 0.6 0.8 3.8 4.2 8.0 3.2 1.8
2022 Melbourne 26 10 13 6 46 37 83 28 14 1.3 0.6 4.6 3.7 8.3 2.8 1.4
2023 Essendon 10 16 15 15 86 59 145 65 18 0.9 0.9 5.4 3.7 9.1 4.1 1.1
Career 75 77 50 359 318 677 263 99 1.0 0.7 4.8 4.2 9.0 3.5 1.3

Notes

  1. ^ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

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  2. ^ Quayle, Emma (24 January 2015). "Academy teens get a taste of life in the AFL". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
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  4. ^ a b c Waterworth, Ben (18 June 2015). "Sam Weideman reflects on draft expectation, famous surname, ankle injury". Fox Sports (Australia). News Corp Australia. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  5. ^ a b Landsberger, Sam (10 November 2015). "AFL draft 2015: Rewards with Sam Weideman should outweigh risk". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  6. ^ Hustwaite, Megan (17 June 2014). "Eastern Ranges pay the price for playing catch-up footy against Western Jets in TAC Cup". Lillydale & Yarra Valley Leader. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
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  46. ^ @AFL_House (12 October 2022). "Trade paperwork lodged" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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