Charlie Jordan Lazzaro (born 25 March 2002) is an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who plays for in the

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(AFL). He was recruited by with the 36th draft pick in the

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Early football

Lazzaro started his junior football at the St Mary's Sporting Club in Geelong, where he played with long time friend and future AFL player Oliver Henry. Lazzaro attended school at

Geelong College , motto_translation = Thus one goes to the stars , established = , type = Independent, co-educational, day and boarding, Christian school , denomination = in association with the Uniting ...

in Newtown, where he played his Football in the APS school system. Lazzaro captained the Under 16 Victorian Country Team that played in Gold Coast in 2018. Lazzaro won Geelong College's Best and Fairest in year 10 and 11 before Covid-19 affected his draft year in year 12. He also played for the

Geelong Falcons The Geelong Falcons is a youth Australian rules football representative club in the NAB League, the Victorian statewide under-18s competition, Victoria, Australia. The club takes in talented junior players from the Geelong, Colac and Warrnamboo ...

in the

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, where he totalled 8 games and an average of 20 disposals. It was stated Lazzaro could have gone as low as pick 70 or even below that, bolting to be selected with pick 36 at the

AFL career

Lazzaro debuted for in the opening round of the

2021 AFL season The 2021 AFL season was the 125th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featu ...

as the medical substitution, where he replaced

Aidan Corr Aidan Corr (born 17 May 1994) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having previously played for the Greater Western Sydney Giants . The Giants d ...

. On debut, he collected a singular disposal after only spending 20% of the game on the ground. However, the next week saw him spend 78% of the game on the ground, returning 17 disposals, 3 marks and 4 tackles. It was revealed Lazzaro signed a two-year contract-extension with the team on 10 June 2021.

Statistics

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lazzaro, Charlie 2002 births Living people North Melbourne Football Club players Geelong Falcons players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)