Ryan Bastinac (born 22 June 1991) is a former

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 played for the

North Melbourne Football Club The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos, is a professional Australian rules football club. The men's team competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW). The Kangaroos also ...

and the

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in the

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(AFL). Bastinac could play as an inside and outside midfielder and was renowned for his endurance and aerobic capacity.

AFL career

Bastinac was drafted by with the 21st overall selection in the 2009 AFL draft from the

Dandenong Stingrays The Dandenong Southern Stingrays are an Australian rules football team in the NAB League, the Victorian statewide under-18s competition. 1992 saw the birth of the Southern Stingrays, developed under the leadership of Steve Kennedy (Regional Ma ...

. As a child he supported the

Richmond Football Club The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is an Australian rules football team playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). Between its inception in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond in 1885 and 1907, the club competed in the Victo ...

. Bastinac made his debut in round 1 of the 2010 season against . He gathered 23 disposals however, despite a late surge, North Melbourne would lose the game by 14 points. He collected 24 disposals against in round 3, his efforts saw him rewarded with the round nomination for the Rising Star, and finished fifth overall in the award. He played the remainder of the season averaging almost 19 disposals, 2.5 tackles and taking 54 marks over the 22 games. He kicked seven goals over the course of the season. In October 2015, Bastinac was traded to the

. After four years with the Lions, he was delisted at the conclusion of the

2019 AFL season The 2019 AFL season was the 123rd 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 feature ...

. Bastinac played for Aspley in the 2021 VFL Season.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bastinac, Ryan 1991 births Living people North Melbourne Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Dandenong Stingrays players Australian people of Croatian descent Brisbane Lions players North Ballarat Football Club players Aspley Football Club players