Alex Silvagni was born on 29 September 1987 and is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Football Club and the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League.
14 Facts About Alex Silvagni
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Alex Silvagni joined the Casey Scorpions in the Victorian Football League in 2006, winning selection in the VFL's under-23 team.
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Alex Silvagni had two successful seasons in 2008 and 2009, playing mainly at full back, but pinch-hitting in the ruck or forwardline, finishing 5th in 2008 and then third in 2009 in Casey's best and fairest award, being awarded the most consistent award in 2008 and winning selection in the 2009 VFL Team of the year.
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Alex Silvagni attended the Victorian state screening session prior to the 2006 AFL Draft, but was not selected by any teams.
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In 2009, Alex Silvagni moved to Western Australia to train with the Fremantle Football Club, who selected him with their second selection in the 2010 Rookie Draft, the 24th overall.
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Alex Silvagni was one of eight players from the VFL selected in the rookie draft, including Michael Barlow, who was drafted to Fremantle from the Werribee Football Club.
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Alex Silvagni made his debut for Fremantle in the round one of the 2010 AFL season and performed well, taking 7 marks and gathering 14 possessions, including an impressive 55-metre goal as Fremantle recorded a 56-point victory over the Adelaide Football Club.
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Alex Silvagni's drafting as a "mature-aged rookie" and subsequent composed performances in his first few games are seen as an indication of a change to the recruiting philosophy to not only draft the best 18-year-old players, but to consider older players.
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Alex Silvagni was then drafted by Carlton in the 2017 rookie draft.
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Alex Silvagni had a widely-remembered best on ground performance on his Carlton debut in Round 6,2017 against the Sydney Swans, where he lined up as the direct opponent to eventual Coleman medallist Lance Franklin, and kept him to one goal, and bested Franklin one-on-one in several spectacular open-field chases and contests.
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Alex Silvagni played a string of six games, before injury forced him out for the rest of the 2017 season.
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Alex Silvagni retired at the end of the season, ending his brief but eventful career with the Blues.
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In 2023, Alex Silvagni was a contestant on the Australian reality television series The Summit.
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Alex Silvagni is the second cousin of Carlton legend and AFL full-back of the century, Stephen Alex Silvagni.