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Adam Schneider (born 12 May 1984) is a former professional
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er who played for the
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and
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in the
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(AFL). He is currently the assistant coach of the GWS Giants in the
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(AFL).


Overview

Originally from the small town of
Osborne Osborne may refer to: * Osborne (name) Places Australia * Osborne, South Australia (disambiguation), places associated with the suburb in the Adelaide metropolitan area * Osborne, New South Wales, a rural community in the Riverina region Can ...
, Schneider spent most of his teenage years at
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in Leeton before attending Kooringal High School and Trinity Senior High School in
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where he decided to pursue Australian rules football after also excelling in
cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
.


AFL career


Sydney Swans

Schneider was recruited from Osborne and
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by Sydney in the
2001 AFL Draft The 2001 AFL draft consisted of a state draft, a body draft, a pre-season draft and a trade period. The AFL draft is the annual draft of players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Aust ...
. He was Sydney's 4th Round selection and number 60 overall. During his first season at the club, Schneider suffered minor injuries and illness which sidelined him for over three months. However, in 2003, Schneider hit the ground running. Through the pre-season and practice matches he was in great form and earned his senior AFL debut. He debuted in round 1 of the 2003 premiership season against
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. His form was good enough for him to hold his place in the seniors for all 24 matches as well as kicking 30 goals for the season. He was awarded the AFL Rising Star nomination in round 5 and finished fifth in the voting for that season's award. 2004, however, was a completely different story. Schneider suffered a hamstring injury which saw the young goal sneak sidelined for a month. He managed to be selected for just 12 matches, half as many as the previous season and managed to kick only nine goals. In the 2005 season, Schneider gradually improved and towards the second half of the season he was again a regular starter. He went on to play for the Swans in the
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and scored Sydney's second goal of the match, and was an important and variable player. He was traded to St Kilda in 2007.


St Kilda

Schneider was recruited by St Kilda from Sydney in a trade in exchange for the number 26 draft pick in the 2007 AFL Draft in a deal that also included
Sean Dempster Sean Dempster (born 20 January 1984) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans and St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Early life Born in 1984, Dempster grew up in the Victorian town of ...
moving to the Saints. As at Sydney, Schneider wore the No. 13 guernsey for the Saints. Schneider played in St Kilda’s
2008 NAB Cup The 2008 NAB Cup was the Australian Football League pre-season competition played in its entirety before the Australian Football League's 2008 season began. It culminated with the Grand Final played on 8 March 2008 at AAMI Stadium in which St ...
winning side, the club's third pre-season cup win. He then made his premiership debut for the Saints against his old side Sydney, kicking a goal in a two-point victory. Schneider played in 21 of 22 matches in the 2009 AFL season in which St Kilda qualified in first position for the finals, winning the club’s third minor premiership. St Kilda qualified for the
2009 AFL Grand Final The 2009 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the St Kilda Football Club and the Geelong Football Club at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 26 September 2009. It was the 113th annual grand final of the Aust ...
after qualifying and preliminary finals wins. Schneider played in the grand final in which St Kilda were defeated by 12 points, denying him a second premiership out of three grand final appearances as he had lost a grand final with Sydney in 2006 against when the Swans lost by one point. Schneider played in 25 games in 2010, including four finals matches, and kicked 39 goals. As of the end of the 2010 season, Schneider had played in 22 finals series matches including five grand finals. Following the Grand Final replay, Schneider was suspended for the first two matches of the 2011 season for an incident involving 's
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in the third quarter. Schneider was de-listed at the conclusion of the 2014 season, and then re-drafted by St Kilda as a mature age rookie for the 2015 AFL season. He played one further season, and retired at the end of 2015 after 228 games, following St Kilda's round 22 home game against his old club, the Sydney Swans.


Post-AFL career

After leaving the AFL, Schneider won a VAFA Premier B premiership with Beaumaris in 2016. Adam represented Australia at the 2016 Kabbadi World Cup. Head Coach of GWS Giants in the NEAFL (2019). Assistant Coach of GWS Giants in the AFL (2020-2021). Head Coach of The Lavington Panthers Football Club (2022-


Statistics

: , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , 2003 AFL season, 2003 , , 36 , , 24 , , 30 , , 23 , , 187 , , 75 , , 262 , , 94 , , 38 , , 1.3 , , 1.0 , , 7.8 , , 3.1 , , 10.9 , , 3.9 , , 1.6 , , 1 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,
2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
, , 13 , , 12 , , 9 , , 10 , , 71 , , 30 , , 101 , , 28 , , 24 , , 0.8 , , 0.8 , , 5.9 , , 2.5 , , 8.4 , , 2.3 , , 2.0 , , 0 , - style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,
2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...
, , 13 , , 16 , , 11 , , 10 , , 118 , , 56 , , 174 , , 42 , , 32 , , 0.7 , , 0.6 , , 7.4 , , 3.5 , , 10.9 , , 2.6 , , 2.0 , , 0 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,
2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...
, , 13 , , 25 , , 22 , , 19 , , 244 , , 116 , , 360 , , 78 , , 74 , , 0.9 , , 0.8 , , 9.8 , , 4.6 , , 14.4 , , 3.1 , , 3.0 , , 5 , - style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,
2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...
, , 13 , , 21 , , 27 , , 18 , , 211 , , 114 , , 325 , , 98 , , 63 , , 1.3 , , 0.9 , , 10.0 , , 5.4 , , 15.5 , , 4.7 , , 3.0 , , 0 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,
2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...
, , 13 , , 19 , , 28 , , 17 , , 181 , , 101 , , 282 , , 104 , , 44 , , 1.5 , , 0.9 , , 9.5 , , 5.3 , , 14.8 , , 5.5 , , 2.3 , , 1 , - style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,
2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...
, , 13 , , 24 , , 34 , , 19 , , 211 , , 130 , , 341 , , 108 , , 114 , , 1.4 , , 0.8 , , 8.8 , , 5.4 , , 14.2 , , 4.5 , , 4.8 , , 0 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,
2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...
, , 13 , , 25 , , 39 , , 19 , , 268 , , 179 , , 447 , , 120 , , 86 , , 1.6 , , 0.8 , , 10.7 , , 7.2 , , 17.9 , , 4.8 , , 3.4 , , 3 , - style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,
2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...
, , 13 , , 21 , , 30 , , 11 , , 206 , , 151 , , 357 , , 98 , , 79 , , 1.4 , , 0.5 , , 9.8 , , 7.2 , , 17.0 , , 4.7 , , 3.8 , , 0 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,
2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...
, , 13 , , 8 , , 8 , , 6 , , 66 , , 41 , , 107 , , 35 , , 28 , , 1.0 , , 0.8 , , 8.3 , , 5.1 , , 13.4 , , 4.4 , , 3.5 , , 0 , - style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,
2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...
, , 13 , , 5 , , 4 , , 4 , , 52 , , 35 , , 87 , , 22 , , 9 , , 0.8 , , 0.8 , , 10.4 , , 7.0 , , 17.4 , , 4.4 , , 1.8 , , 0 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,
2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...
, , 13 , , 13 , , 8 , , 10 , , 141 , , 64 , , 205 , , 56 , , 49 , , 0.6 , , 0.8 , , 10.8 , , 4.9 , , 15.8 , , 4.3 , , 3.8 , , 0 , - style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,
2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...
, , 13 , , 15 , , 9 , , 12 , , 156 , , 128 , , 284 , , 70 , , 62 , , 0.6 , , 0.8 , , 10.4 , , 8.5 , , 18.9 , , 4.7 , , 4.1 , , 0 , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3, Career ! 228 ! 259 ! 178 ! 2112 ! 1220 ! 3332 ! 953 ! 702 ! 1.1 ! 0.8 ! 9.3 ! 5.4 ! 14.6 ! 4.2 ! 3.1 ! 10


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schneider, Adam Australian rules footballers from New South Wales Sydney Swans players Sydney Swans Premiership players St Kilda Football Club players 1984 births Living people Australian people of German descent NSW/ACT Rams players Sandringham Football Club players Australia international rules football team players One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players