Peter Riccardi

Peter Riccardi
Personal information
Full name	Peter Riccardi
Date of birth	(1972-12-17) 17 December 1972 (age 48)
Original team(s)	West St. Peters / Geelong U19
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	92 kg (203 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1992–2006	Geelong	288 (286)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2006.
Career highlights
AFL VFL/AFL Italian Team of the Century 2007 Geelong Football Club Best and Fairest 1998
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Peter Riccardi (born 17 December 1972) is a former Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Career

Early career

Of Italian and Argentine descent, ^[1] Riccardi made his debut for Geelong in Round 4, 1992 against West Coast, a real foe of Riccardi's, who he faced in the losing Grand Finals of 1992 and 1994.

Riccardi's raking left foot helped him win the 1998 Carji Greeves Medal. He famously won a game against Carlton with a 50m goal after the siren.

Riccardi had played 282 games at the end of the 2005 season and struggled to return to the side in 2006, playing just 3 games in the first part of the year. He returned in Round 17 and performed well in Round 18 against Brisbane with 3 goals, but in Round 19 against St Kilda, Riccardi's career was effectively ended when he suffered a hamstring injury. His career finished with the disappointment of being close to the coveted 300 game mark and playing in three Grand Finals, he never won a premiership. ^[2]

In 2007, he was named on a half forward flank in the VFL/AFL Italian Team of the Century.

Honours

Brownlow Medal votes
Season	Votes
1992	4
1993	—
1994	—
1995	10
1996	10
1997	7
1998	2
1999	5
2000	5
2001	—
2002	10
2003	—
2004	7
2005	—
2006	—
Total	56
Key:
Green / Bold = Won
Red / Italics = Ineligible

• Individual:
  • Carji Greeves Medal: 1998
  • VFL/AFL Italian Team of the Century: 2007 ^[3]
  • Member of the Geelong F.C. Hall of Fame ^[4]
• Other achievements:
  • 907th player to play a match for Geelong ^[5]
  • Seventh-most games played for Geelong (288 games) ^[5]
  • 17th-most goals scored for Geelong (286 goals) ^[5]
  • 10,310th player to play a match in the VFL/AFL ^[5]

References

1. Daffy, Paul (8 June 2012). "Cats whisker". Australian Football League. Archived from the original on 11 June 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
2. Connolly, Rohan (20 August 2006). "A great career that came to an end". Sun Herald.
3. "Italian Team of the Century named". AFL BigPond Network. 1 June 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
4. "Hall of Fame". gfc.com.au. Archived from the original on 2 January 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
5. "Peter Riccardi statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 19 February 2009.

External links

• Peter Riccardi's playing statistics from AFL Tables