Alex Fasolo is an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er currently playing for the Collingwood Football Club

Collingwood Football Club

The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

 in the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

 (AFL). He attended Trinity College

Trinity College, Perth

Trinity College, is an independent day school for boys, located in East Perth, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. The school was established in 1962, Trinity is a school in the Edmund Rice Tradition. and is located on reclaimed land adjacent to the Swan River foreshore...

 in East Perth for his secondary schooling.

Fasolo played for East Fremantle

East Fremantle Football Club

The East Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Sharks, is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League . The team's home ground is East Fremantle Oval...

 in the WAFL

West Australian Football League

The West Australian Football League is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The WAFL is the second-most popular in the state, behind the nation-wide Australian Football League...

 before being drafted by Collingwood with pick 45 in the 2010 AFL Draft

2010 AFL Draft

The 2010 AFL Draft consists of four opportunities for player acquisitions during the 2010/11 Australian Football League off-season. These are the Trade Week; held between , the National Draft; held on the , the Pre-Season Draft and the Rookie Draft .This is the first national draft to feature the...

.

Fasolo was Collingwood's first draft pick in 2010, and was given Simon Prestigiacomo

Simon Prestigiacomo

Simon 'Presti' Prestigiacomo is a retired Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League.-Early career: forward line:...

's number 35 guernsey.

He made his debut in Round 12 of the 2011

2011 AFL season

The 2011 Australian Football League season was the 115th season of the Australian rules football competition. It was the debut year for , and was scheduled to be the only season to be played with 17 teams...

 season in the Queen's Birthday Clash

Queen's Birthday Clash

The Queen's Birthday Holiday clash is an annual Australian rules football match between Australian Football League teams Melbourne and Collingwood, held on the Queen's Birthday Holiday at the Melbourne Cricket Ground .-History:...

 against , scoring a goal with his first kick in League football.

Fasolo was nominated for the 2011 AFL Rising Star

2011 AFL Rising Star

The AFL Rising Star award is given annually to a stand out young player in the Australian Football League. The 2011 Ron Evans Medal will be awarded to one of the 24 nominees. The 2011 award was won by Dyson Heppell of the Essendon Football Club....

 award after his round 22 match against .

External links

• Alex Fasolo's WAFL statistics from WAFL Online