Sam Menegola


Sam Menegola is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League. He had previously been listed by Hawthorn and Fremantle, but didn't play a senior game for either club.

Early career

Originally from East Fremantle in the West Australian Football League, Menegola was first drafted in the 2011 rookie draft by Hawthorn with their first selection and nineteenth overall. He spent one season with Hawthorn before being delisted at the end of the 2011 season.
He was drafted again in the 2012 rookie draft by Fremantle, with their third selection and forty-fourth overall. He spent three injury interrupted seasons with Fremantle without playing an AFL match and was delisted at the end of the 2014 season. In 2013, he only played two games in the WAFL due to a knee injury and in 2014 was transferred to Peel Thunder due to Fremantle's alignment with Peel. After being delisted by Fremantle he moved to Subiaco for the 2015 WAFL season, rather than returning to East Fremantle. Despite being unable to play due to an ankle injury until Round 11, Menegola finished third in the Sandover Medal, only 4 votes behind the winner, Aidan Tropiano. He was then one of the best players in Subiaco's 2015 WAFL Grand Final winning team.

AFL career

then drafted Menegola with their second selection and sixty-sixth overall in the 2015 national draft. He made his AFL debut in the thirty-point win against in round 18, 2016 at Simonds Stadium.
In 2017 Menegola had cemented his place in the midfield along with Patrick Dangerfield and Joel Selwood.

Statistics

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2016
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2017
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2018
! colspan=3| Career
! 53
! 45
! 34
! 627
! 634
! 1261
! 268
! 262
! 0.8
! 0.6
! 11.8
! 12.0
! 23.8
! 5.1
! 4.9