Flynn Pérez (born 25 August 2001) is an

Australian rules footballer 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 ...

who plays for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by North Melbourne with the 35th draft pick in the

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Early life and football career

Pérez was born in

Bendigo, Victoria Bendigo ( ) is a city in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, located in the Bendigo Valley near the geographical centre of the state and approximately north-west of Melbourne, the state capital. As of 2019, Bendigo had an urban populat ...

. He was educated at

Catherine McAuley College Catherine McAuley College (formerly Catholic College Bendigo until 2018) is a coeducational Catholic secondary school in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. The school has two campuses in Coolock and St Mary's. The Coolock campus is located in th ...

. Pérez played football for the Sandhurst Football Netball Club. He was named to play in Team Bartel in the Under 17 Futures grand final curtain raiser. Pérez played for the Bendigo Pioneers in the

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. He played 15 games and averaged 16.5 disposals in his 2018 season, but suffered an ACL injury and missed the entire 2019 season.

AFL career

Perez debuted in 's 36 point loss to in the 16th round of the

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. On debut, Perez collected nine disposals, took four marks and made three tackles.

Statistics

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Perez, Flynn 2001 births Living people North Melbourne Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Sandhurst Football Club players