Dion Prestia
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Prestia in March 2017
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| Personal information | |||
| Date of birth | 12 October 1992 | ||
| Original team(s) |
Calder Cannons (TAC Cup) Greenvale (EDFL) |
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| Draft | No. 9, 2010 AFL National draft: Gold Coast | ||
| Debut | Round 2, 2011, Gold Coast vs. Carlton, at The Gabba |
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| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
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| Current club | Richmond | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2011–2016 | Gold Coast | 95 (30) | |
| 2017– | Richmond | 7 (1) | |
| Total | 102 (31) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of Round 9, 2017.
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| Career highlights | |||
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AFL
Junior
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
AFL
Junior
Dion Prestia (born 12 October 1992) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Gold Coast Football Club from 2011 to 2016 and he was a member of the inaugural Gold Coast side, playing in the club's first AFL match in 2011.
Prestia grew up in Melbourne's inner-northern suburbs, playing for the West Lalor Junior Football Club in the Northern Football League before moving to the Greenvale Football Club in the EDFL.
In 2009 Prestia began playing with the Calder Cannons in the TAC Cup. He was a member of the club's premiership side that season and playing in 10 games total across the year. He held averages of 24 disposals, three marks and three tackles per game. Prestia returned to the club in 2010, again playing a key role on the way to premiership glory. He was a standout performer in the preliminary final and played a starring role in the club's Grand Final victory, kicking a goal and recording 36 disposals and eight clearances. Prestia finished the season having played nine matches with averages of 28 disposals, four marks, five tackles and a goal per game. Prestia was the runner-up in the club's best and fairest award, the Robert Hyde Medal. He placed 11th in the Morrish Medal, the award given to the league's best and fairest player. He was further recognised for his contribution to the club, when in 2015 he was selected in the Cannon's "Team of the First 20 Years".
Prestia was selected to represent the Victorian Metropolitan side at the national Under 18 championships in 2010. His tournament was short-lived however, as despite recording 21 disposals in the opening game of the tournament, a torn hamstring sustained in his second match would see him ruled out for the remainder of the series.
He attended high school at Assumption College in the Victorian town of Kilmore.
Prestia was drafted by the Gold Coast Suns with the club's fifth selection and the ninth selection overall in the 2010 AFL National Draft.
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