Andrew Leoncelli is a former 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 who played for Melbourne Football Club

Melbourne Football Club

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 in the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (AFL).

Leoncelli was recruited by Carlton

Carlton Football Club

The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...

 in the 1993 Pre-Season Draft

1993 AFL Draft

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 but when he finally made his league debut it was in 1996 and with Melbourne. He was a midfielder and made the shortlist for the VFL/AFL Italian Team of the Century.

Since retiring from the AFL, he is working with the Hamton Property Group as a development manager, and is a director of the Melbourne Football Club. He studied commerce at the University of Melbourne

University of Melbourne

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