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Sam De Koning
De Koning in 2022
Personal information
Full name Sam De Koning
Born (2001-02-26) 26 February 2001 (age 25)
Original team Dandenong Stingrays
Draft 2019 / Round: 1 / Pick: 19
Height 204 cm (6 ft 8 in)
Weight 87 kg (192 lb)
Position Defender
Club information
Current club Geelong
Number 16
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2020– Geelong 102 (8)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 20, 2026.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Sam De Koning (/ˈkoʊnɪŋ/ KOH-ning;[1] born 26 February 2001) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League.[2] He made his debut in the round 5 of the 2021 AFL season between Geelong and North Melbourne at GMHBA Stadium.[3]

De Koning - often referred to as Bontempelli 2.0 - became a premiership player in the 2022 AFL Grand Final, which was just his 24th game, polling one vote to come fourth in Norm Smith Medal voting for his strong work as a loose defender,[4] and kicking his first career goal late in the match.[5]

Family life

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De Koning is the son of Terry De Koning, who played for Footscray in the 1980s. He is the ninth eldest in a blended family of ten children, and his immediate elder brother is St Kilda footballer Tom De Koning.[6]

Statistics

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Updated to the end of round 20, 2026.[7]

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
  #  
 Played in that season's 
premiership team
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2020[a]Geelong16[citation needed] 0——————————————0
2021Geelong16 102718300.02.07.01.08.03.00.00
2022#Geelong16 231014313828112060.00.06.26.012.25.20.30
2023Geelong16 190012910523486110.00.06.85.512.34.50.60
2024Geelong16 193012315427764260.20.06.58.114.63.41.40
2025Geelong16 2331169140309115230.10.07.36.113.45.01.02
2026Geelong16 171110014324363260.10.15.98.414.33.71.5
Career 102846716811352451920.10.06.66.713.34.40.92

Notes

  1. ↑ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Honours and achievements

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Team

Individual

References

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  1. ↑ "How to say the AFL's trickiest names". Australian Football League. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Sam De Koning | AFL". geelongcats.com.au. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  3. ↑ "Team Selection: AFL Round 5". geelongcats.com.au. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  4. ↑ "08:36, Norm Smith Medal Voting". The Guardian. 24 September 2022. Archived from the original on 24 September 2022.
  5. ↑ Forrest, Matthew (26 September 2022). "AFL Grand Final: Star defender Sam De Koning kicks first senior goal in premiership win". Code Sports. Nationwide News. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  6. ↑ "Class of 2019: The top-20 prospect in a family of 10 brothers and sisters". afl.com.au. Retrieved 4 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. ↑ "Sam De Koning". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
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