Samo Petrevski-Seton (born 19 February 1998) is a former professional

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er who played for the

Carlton Football Club The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's top professional competition. Founded in 1864 in Carlton, an inner suburb of Mel ...

and

West Coast Eagles The West Coast Eagles are a professional Australian rules football club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 as one of two expansion teams in the Australian Football League (AFL), then known as the Victorian Football ...

in the

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(AFL). He was drafted by with the sixth pick in the 2016 national draft, and made his debut for the club in round one of the 2017 season.

Early life and career

Petrevski-Seton spent his first years on a

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near

Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia Fitzroy Crossing is a small town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, east of Broome and west of Halls Creek. It is approximately from the state capital of Perth. It is above sea level and is situated on a low rise surrounded by th ...

, where his father was working as a stockman. The family moved to

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when he was three. Petrevski-Seton is

Indigenous Australian Indigenous Australians or Australian First Nations are people with familial heritage from, and membership in, the ethnic groups that lived in Australia before British colonisation. They consist of two distinct groups: the Aboriginal peoples ...

, and also has Macedonian ancestry on his mother's side – his maternal grandfather immigrated from Macedonia. He grew up speaking Kriol as his first language, and did not learn standard English until moving to

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

to board at

Clontarf Aboriginal College Clontarf Aboriginal College is a co-educational Aboriginal college for indigenous youth aged between 15 and 18 years, located in the Perth suburb of Waterford in Western Australia. Since 2000 the college has also been the centre for the Clontarf ...

, which he attended from 2013 to 2015. Outside of playing football, Petrevski-Seton enjoyed competitive

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, which he took up at the age of 12.

Football career

Junior career

Petrevski-Seton grew up playing for Halls Creek teams in the junior divisions of the

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. After moving to

for school, he began training with the

Claremont Football Club The Claremont Football Club, nicknamed Tigers, is an Australian rules football club based in Claremont, Western Australia, that currently plays in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and WAFL Women's (WAFLW). Its official colours are na ...

, whose recruiting zone takes in the Kimberley region. Petrevski-Seton spent four seasons of WAFL colts (under-18) competition, making his debut at the age of 15. He made his senior debut for Claremont at the age of 17, playing three games early in the 2015 season. Petrevski-Seton also represented

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at under-16 and under-18 level. He was named in the

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at the

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AFL career

Petrevski-Seton was drafted by

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with their first pick (sixth overall) in the 2016 national draft. He made his debut in the opening round of the 2017 season, playing in Carlton's 43-point loss to at the

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. After his team's 23-point win against at the MCG in round seven, in which he recorded 21 disposals, four marks, three tackles and two goals, he was nominated for the

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. In his second season, Petreveski-Seton played all 22 games in 2018. He averaged 16.1 disposals, and kicked 5 goals for the year. He also averaged 4.3 tackles per match. In 2019, Petreveski-Seton had a break out game against the

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in round 5. Amassing 35 disposals, 9 more than his previous best, as well as kicking an important steadying goal in the 3rd quarter, he was considered by many experts to be best on ground in Carlton's first win of the 2019 season. At the conclusion of the

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, Petrevski-Seton sought to return to his home state of Western Australia, and requested a trade to . He was traded on 7 October. Following the end of the 2023 season Petrovski-Seton was delisted by the West Coast Eagles.

Statistics

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Petrevski-Seton, Sam 1998 births Living people Australian people of Macedonian descent Australian rules footballers from Western Australia Carlton Football Club players Claremont Football Club players Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football People from Halls Creek, Western Australia West Coast Eagles players