Peter Filandia (born 14 May 1970) is a former Australian rules footballer.
| Peter Filandia | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Date of birth | 14 May 1970 | ||
| Original team(s) | Doutta Stars (EDFL) | ||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1991–1993 | Essendon | 13 (14) | |
| 1994–2000 | Sydney | 70 (38) | |
| Total | 83 (52) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2000. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Filandia started his AFL career in 1991 at Essendon FC but left the club at the end of 1993, after playing in the club's 1992 reserves premiership.[1] Filandia won the Gardiner Medal (AFL Reserve grade best and fairest award) with 24 votes in the 1992 season but was deemed ineligible due to being suspended for 2 weeks during the home and away season.
After not playing a senior game the following year he was recruited to the Sydney Swans from Essendon at pick 6 in the 1994 pre-season draft.
Filandia was a regular senior player during his 7 seasons at Sydney and was a crowd favourite but was cut down by serious injuries during this period (2 Knee ACL injuries - 1995, 1997)
Following the completion of his AFL career in 2000, Filandia joined Port Melbourne Football Club as its captain and senior assistant coach.
He was also a runner for the Western Bulldogs for 3 seasons .
Filandia is currently working for AFL SportsReady Ltd managing AFL club traineeships.
References edit
- ^ Howard Leigh (22 September 2002). "King's message lift Cat spirits". Sunday Herald Sun. p. 59.
External links edit
- Peter Filandia's playing statistics from AFL Tables
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