Aaron vandenBerg

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Aaron vandenBerg
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vandenBerg at training in November 2015
Personal information
Full name Aaron vandenBerg
Date of birth (1992-03-03) 3 March 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Perth, Western Australia[1]
Original team(s) Ainslie (NEAFL)
Draft No. 2, 2015 rookie draft
Debut Round 1, 2015, Melbourne
v. Gold Coast, at MCG
Height/Weight 188 cm / 90 kg
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Melbourne
Number 37
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2015– Melbourne 17 (8)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 3, 2016 season.

Aaron vandenBerg (born 3 March 1992) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early life

Originally from Western Australia, vandenBerg moved to Tathra, New South Wales with his family at ten-years of age.[2] He was first noticed as a potential AFL player in 2007 by then-Collingwood recruiter, Jason Taylor,[3] however he was not drafted due to lacking "the drive to be an AFL footballer."[1] He moved to Canberra in 2011 to join Ainslie in the NEAFL, where he won the eastern conference premiership in his first year, and back-to-back best-and-fairests in 2013–2014.[3] During 2014, he amassed 56 disposals in a match against Eastlake,[1] which contributed to him being recognised as a high-disposal winner and put him back on the AFL radar.[4] Then at Melbourne, Jason Taylor and the club decided to recruit him in December 2014.[1] Whilst living in Canberra, he was completing a four-year apprenticeship at the Royal Australian Mint, but ended it after two and a half years to move to Melbourne.[5]

AFL career

vandenBerg was drafted to Melbourne with pick 2 in the 2015 rookie draft.[6] After a shoulder reconstruction at the end of 2014, Melbourne football operations manager, Josh Mahoney, stated vandenBerg was "exceeding expectations"[7] and he made his debut in the round 1 win against Gold Coast in 2015.[8] Lauded for his tenacity and ability to win the contested ball,[9] he played the first ten matches of the year before suffering a hamstring strain in the annual Queen's Birthday clash against Collingwood.[10] He returned to the side in round 15 against Essendon,[11] and played the next four matches before injuring his ankle in August,[12] he was then ruled out for the rest of the season after playing 14 matches in his debut season.[13]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of round 7, 2016 [14]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Season Team # Games G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
Totals Averages (per game)
2015 Melbourne 37 14 5 12 143 92 235 44 70 0.4 0.9 10.2 6.6 16.8 3.1 5.0
2016 Melbourne 37 3 3 1 17 23 40 7 6 1.0 0.3 5.7 7.7 13.3 2.3 2.0
Career 17 8 13 160 115 275 51 76 0.5 0.8 9.4 6.8 16.2 3.0 4.5

References

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