Orazio Maurice Fantasia ( or ; born 14 September 1995) is a professional

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 playing for Port Adelaide Football Club in the

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(AFL). He was recruited by the Essendon Football Club with the 55th overall selection in the 2013 national draft.

AFL career

Fantasia graduated from

Norwood Morialta High School Norwood International High School (NIHS) is a single-campus, co-educational, public high school located in the eastern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. Founded as Norwood District High School in 1910 on Osmond Terrace, Norwood, the schoo ...

in 2013. Fantasia played his junior football for the Payneham Norwood Union Football Club where his talent was identified by South Australian Hall of Famer

Garry McIntosh Garry McIntosh (born 16 March 1964) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Norwood Football Club in the South Australian Football League (SANFL). A dual Magarey Medallist, McIntosh is considered one of the greatest footba ...

who selected him in the club's senior side as a 15 year old. He made his senior debut for Norwood in the

South Australian National Football League The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL ( or ''S-A-N-F-L''), is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the state's governing body for the sport. Originally formed as the ...

(SANFL) in 2013. In only his fourth game he was a member of their 2013 SANFL premiership side. He made his debut against in round 20,

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and was dropped for the following round but regained his spot in round 22 against the , replacing Dyson Heppell who missed the game due to a broken hand. In the final round of the 2015 season, he was rewarded with a nomination for the

AFL Rising Star The AFL Rising Star is an Australian rules football award presented annually to the player adjudged the best young player in the Australian Football League (AFL) for the year. It was first presented in the 1993 season, and was won by Nathan Buc ...

where he recorded 27 disposals and five marks in the Bombers' three-point victory over . Fantasia received a second nomination for the Rising Star after his three goals, eleven disposals, seven contested possessions, and seven tackles in round 17, 2016. In August 2018, Fantasia signed a three-year deal, keeping him at Essendon until the end of the 2021 season. In August 2020, Fantasia again showed an interest in returning to South Australia, with a possible move to the Port Adelaide Football Club. He eventually got his wish, and was traded to

Port Adelaide Port Adelaide is a port-side region of Adelaide, approximately northwest of the Adelaide CBD. It is also the namesake of the City of Port Adelaide Enfield council, a suburb, a federal and state electoral division and is the main port for the ...

on the final day of the trade period.

Statistics

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fantasia, Orazio 1995 births Living people Essendon Football Club players Norwood Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Adelaide Australian people of Italian descent Port Adelaide Football Club players