Oliver Florent (born 22 July 1998) 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 the

Sydney Swans The Sydney Swans are a professional Australian rules football club based in Sydney, New South Wales. The men's team competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW). The Swans also field a reser ...

in the

Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the gam ...

(AFL). He was drafted by the Sydney Swans with their first selection and eleventh overall in the 2016 national draft. He made his debut in the twenty-eight point loss against in the opening round of the 2017 season at the

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. Florent attended

Mentone Grammar School (by work and with honour) , city = Mentone , state = Victoria , zipcode = 3194 , country = Australia , coordinates = , type = Indepen ...

. His paternal grandparents were born in Mauritius. He is the son of Australian tennis player

Andrew Florent Andrew Florent (24 October 1970 – 16 August 2016) was an Australian professional tennis player. Florent was born in Melbourne to parents who had migrated from Mauritius. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During h ...

. Florent received the Rising Star nomination for round eleven, 2018 after recording 20 disposals for the fourth consecutive match in the Swans' 30-point win over at the

. Florent supported Hawthorn Hawks as a junior.

Statistics

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Honours and achievements

Individual * AFL Rising Star nominee: 2018 (round 11)

References

External links

* * 1998 births Living people Sydney Swans players Sandringham Dragons players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Australian people of Mauritian descent People educated at Mentone Grammar School {{AFL-bio-1990s-stub