| Stephen Coniglio | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Coniglio playing for the Greater Western Sydney Giants. | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Stephen James Coniglio | ||
| Date of birth | (1993-12-15)15 December 1993 (age 31) | ||
| Place of birth | Joondalup,Western Australia | ||
| Original team(s) | Swan Districts (WAFL) | ||
| Draft | No. 2,2011 national draft,Greater Western Sydney | ||
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Greater Western Sydney | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2012– | Greater Western Sydney | 218 (120) | |
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2020 | All-Stars | 1 (2) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2024. 2 Representative statistics correct as of 2020. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Stephen Coniglio (/kəˈniːlioʊ/kə-NEE-lee-oh;[1] born 15 December 1993) is a professionalAustralian rules footballer for theGreater Western Sydney Giants in theAustralian Football League (AFL). Drafted with the second pick in the2011 AFL national draft, Coniglio made his debut for Greater Western Sydney in the first round of the2012 season and was later nominated for the2012 AFL Rising Star award. He was the sole captain of the Giants for the2020 and2021 seasons, and a co-captain for the2022 season.
He previously played forSwan Districts in League and Development Squad in theWest Australian Football League (WAFL). In the2010 WAFL Grand Final, he gathered 17 possessions and kicked four goals to be considered one of the best on the ground.[2][3] OnlyGeoff Hendriks has won a WAFL premiership at a younger age. Coniglio won the 2011 WAFL Rising Star Award, with a prize of$2000.[4]
At the age of 16, Coniglio represented Western Australia at the 2010 National Under 18 Championships. Stephen representedWestern Australia at the 2010 and 2011National Under 18 Championships.
2011 saw Stephen captain WA and win theLarke Medal 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-18All-Australian team.
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.[5][6]
In January 2021, Coniglio was named asA-League clubPerth Glory'snumber one ticket holder.[7]
Born inJoondalup,Western Australia,[8] Coniglio's father has Italian heritage and his mother has English heritage. Coniglio attendedLa Salle College, a co-educational Catholic high school inMiddle Swan. In his final year, he served as the school'shead boy.[9]
Growing up, Coniglio excelled at bothcricket and football. He playedgrade cricket for Midland-Guildford in theWACA district cricket competition.[10] In five First Grade matches he made 111 runs at anaverage of 22.20 and took five wickets at anaverage of 42.00, including 3/35 on his debut.[11]
Coniglio played both under-15 and under-17 cricket for Western Australia.[8] He made 106not out in the final of the 2009 National Under-15 Championships, the highest score by a Western Australian ever recorded at the tournament.[12] In the 2010–11 Australian Under-17 Championships, he made 146 runs at an average 24.33,[13] with a best of 78 not out against Victoria.[14]
Coniglio also played junior football for Upper Swan Junior Football Club, falling intoSwan Districts' WAFLrecruitment zone.[15] He made his senior debut for Swan Districts againstPerth in round 22, 2010, atSteel Blue Oval, gathering 26 possessions and kicking two goals.
In September 2011, Coniglio confirmed he would nominate for the2011 national draft, ending speculation about which sport he would choose to play professionally.[16] Considered likely to be selected byGreater Western Sydney with one of the first five picks in the draft,[17][18][19][20] 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 the2012 season, recording 17 disposals in a 63-point loss toSydney.[21] In round seven, after a 31-possession game in Greater Western Sydney's inaugural win overGold Coast, Coniglio was nominated for the2012 AFL Rising Star.[22] Midway through the season, he injured his thumb, and missed four games after undergoing surgery.[23] 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'sreserves team in theNorth East Australian Football League (NEAFL).[24]
The end of the2019 season saw Coniglio qualifying as afree agent. Despite many rumours that he would leave and join a Victorian-based club, Coniglio had rejected massive offers fromCarlton andHawthorn and had re-signed with the Giants for a further seven years.[25] At the end of 2019, Coniglio was awarded theJim Stynes Community Leadership Award for his part in the development of the Coniglio–Farrugia Community Program in partnership with theNew South Wales Government, as well as ambassador roles with the Fairfield Falcons Football Club, All Nations Cup, Diversity Talent andBachar Houli programs and the Lighthouse Community Support program.[citation needed]
Coniglio features in the 2021fly-on-the-wall documentary TV seriesMaking Their Mark, which showed the impact of theCOVID-19 pandemic on several AFL clubs, players, and staff.[26][27]Nic Naitanui andEddie Betts were filmed almost continuously, with other players featured including Coniglio andRory Sloane, along with several coaches and other staff associated with the clubs.[28]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
| 2012 | Greater Western Sydney | 3 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 140 | 118 | 258 | 58 | 31 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 11.7 | 9.8 | 21.5 | 4.8 | 2.6 | 1 |
| 2013 | Greater Western Sydney | 3 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 192 | 156 | 348 | 65 | 67 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 10.7 | 8.7 | 19.3 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 0 |
| 2014 | Greater Western Sydney | 3 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 169 | 139 | 308 | 51 | 68 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 12.1 | 9.9 | 22.0 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 2 |
| 2015 | Greater Western Sydney | 3 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 185 | 236 | 421 | 64 | 98 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 10.3 | 13.1 | 23.4 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 4 |
| 2016 | Greater Western Sydney | 3 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 291 | 353 | 644 | 70 | 129 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 12.7 | 15.3 | 28.0 | 3.0 | 5.6 | 17 |
| 2017 | Greater Western Sydney | 3 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 130 | 127 | 257 | 35 | 64 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 13.0 | 12.7 | 25.7 | 3.5 | 6.4 | 3 |
| 2018 | Greater Western Sydney | 3 | 23 | 24 | 17 | 374 | 269 | 643 | 108 | 116 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 16.3 | 11.7 | 28.0 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 11 |
| 2019 | Greater Western Sydney | 3 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 249 | 150 | 399 | 63 | 59 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 16.6 | 10.0 | 26.6 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 17 |
| 2020[a] | Greater Western Sydney | 3 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 196 | 141 | 337 | 44 | 62 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 12.3 | 8.8 | 21.1 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 4 |
| 2021 | Greater Western Sydney | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 61 | 42 | 103 | 14 | 23 | 0.14 | 1.33 | 8.71 | 6 | 14.7 | 2.8 | 3.28 | 0 |
| 2022 | Greater Western Sydney | 3 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 283 | 240 | 523 | 78 | 110 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 13.4 | 11.7 | 25.2 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 4 |
| 2023 | Greater Western Sydney | 3 | 25 | 15 | 16 | 397 | 310 | 707 | 80 | 116 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 15.9 | 12.4 | 28.3 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 10 |
| 2024 | Greater Western Sydney | 3 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 169 | 147 | 316 | 28 | 50 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 11.3 | 9.8 | 21.1 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 1 |
| Career | 217 | 120 | 100 | 2836 | 2428 | 5264 | 758 | 997 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 13.1 | 11.2 | 24.3 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 74 | ||
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