Ariel Steinberg
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Ariel Steinberg 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 for the Essendon Football Club
Essendon Football Club
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, 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).

National draft selection

Steinberg was selected by Essendon with the thirty-first pick 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...

 in November 2010. Ariel was drafted from the Bendigo Pioneers
Bendigo Pioneers
The Bendigo Pioneers are an Australian rules football team in a Victorian under 18s league the TAC Cup.Bendigo Pioneers is an Australian rules football team playing in TAC Cup since 1993 based in Bendigo. The team trains at Wade St Oval, Golden Square. The team is coached by Mark Ellis...

 in the TAC Cup
TAC Cup
The TAC Cup is an under 18 Australian rules football representative competition held in Victoria, Australia. It is based on geographic regions throughout country Victoria and metropolitan Melbourne with each team representing 12 Victorian regions....

 having joined the Pioneers squad half way through the 2010 season.

Player for Bendigo Bombers

Ariel started playing for the Bendigo Bombers in their 2011 season. He kicked 3 goals against Frankston on 17 April 2011. He kicked 5 goals against the Box Hill Hawks on 19 June 2011. He kicked four goals against the Werribee Tigers on 7 August 2011. He kicked three goals against the Northern Bullants on 4 September 2011. He scored 25 goals in 2011.

Personal details

Growing up in Mildura he supported the Essendon Football Club
Essendon Football Club
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

 and his hero was Matthew Lloyd. In 2009, Steinberg played Gridiron in Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

, Canada whilst on student exchange. In Canada Steinberg was the punter for his high school, the McNally Tigers. In Canada Steinberg also played occasional Aussie Rules games for the Edmonton men's side and helped coach and umpire for the Emus women's team. He has two sisters Hadassah and Yael and brother Asher.

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