Alex Sexton (born 3 December 1993) is a professional

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er who plays for the Gold Coast Football Club in the

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(AFL)

Early life

Sexton was born in Melbourne attending St Monica's College, Epping. Sexton and his family moved to Logan, Queensland in his teens where he attended Chisholm Catholic College. He played junior football for the Keon Park Stars when he was in Melbourne then the Springwood Pumas before making his NEAFL debut for the

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' reserves team in 2011. A Queensland representative at both U16 and U18 levels, Sexton was awarded the Alan McLean Medal as the division two best and fairest as well as QLD's MVP award at the 2010 NAB Australian U16 Championships. He was drafted by the Gold Coast Suns as a zone selection with pick 88 in the 2011 AFL draft.

AFL career

Sexton joined the Suns for his first preseason training camp in

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as a 17-year-old. He made his AFL debut in Round 8,

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, against the at Marrara Oval. His breakout season came in 2018 when he played all 22 AFL games for the Suns and was the leading goalkicker for the club that season. Sexton played his 100th AFL game for the Gold Coast against the in Round 3 of the

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Statistics

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2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

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2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

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References

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* * 1993 births Living people Gold Coast Football Club players Sportspeople from Logan, Queensland Australian rules footballers from Queensland Redland Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1990s-stub