Trent Bianco

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Trent Bianco
Personal information
Full name Trent Bianco
Date of birth (2001-01-20) 20 January 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Melbourne, Victoria
Original team(s) Oakleigh Chargers (NAB League)
Draft No. 45, 2019 national draft
Debut Round 11, 2021, Collingwood  vs. Geelong, at MCG
Height 181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2020–2023 Collingwood 23 (8)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Trent Bianco (born 20 January 2001) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

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Early life and state football

Bianco grew up in the Melbourne suburb Doncaster and attended Marcellin College. He played football at the school and was part of the 2017 Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria (AGSV) premiership team, when they beat Ivanhoe Grammar School by 26 points in the grand final. [1] In 2009 Bianco started playing junior football for Doncaster in the Yarra Junior Football League (YJFL). He made 150 appearances with them, winning the best and fairest awards with the under-11s and under-12s, as well as a premiership in 2016. [2]

Bianco played for and co-captained the Oakleigh Chargers in the NAB League, being one of the first to arrive at training to set an example. He helped lead the club to a premiership in the 2019 season, averaging 27 disposals a game. [3] In April 2019, Bianco represented a team of Australian Under 18s who beat Casey Demons with Bianco standing out as a rebounding defender, collecting 15 disposals. [4] A couple of months later, he represented Vic Metro at the 2019 AFL Under 18 Championships, scoring one goal in the opening defeat to West Australia [5] and being named one of the best on the ground in the one point victory over South Australia. [6] Playing in the half-back position, he was ranked equal third general defender, [7] having averaged 18.5 disposals and 3.5 tackles. [8] During the summer of 2019, as part of the AFL Academy Program, Bianco trained with Australian Football League (AFL) club Collingwood, who would later manage to draft him despite their lack of draft picks. [9]

AFL career

Bianco was drafted by Collingwood with their second pick of the 2019 national draft, which was the 45th pick overall. [8] Proceeding the 2021 season Bianco received the number 8 Guernsey from the retiring Tom Langdon. [10] He had a knee injury at the beginning of the 2021 season, but then in two appearances for Collingwood's Victorian Football League (VFL) side he averaged 26 disposals and led the tackle count for the team. [11] He made his senior debut for Collingwood in the eleventh round of the season against Geelong at the MCG. [12]

At the end of the 2023 AFL season, Bianco was delisted by Collingwood, having made only one appearance during the season. [13]

Personal life

Bianco is a life-long Collingwood supporter. [11] Before being drafted, he worked as a waiter at his family-owned Lazy Moe’s restaurant in Oakleigh. [14]

Statistics

Updated to the end of the 2023 season. [15]

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game)
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2020 Collingwood 340––––––––––––––
2021 Collingwood 812751004714753210.60.48.33.912.34.41.8
2022 Collingwood 81011623810030270.10.16.23.810.03.02.7
2023 Collingwood 8100729300.00.07.02.09.03.00.0
Career23861698725686480.30.37.33.811.13.72.1

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  2. ↑ "Congratulations to former @doncasterjuniorfootball player Trent Bianco as he makes his @afl debut in todays match with @collingwood_fc". Yarra Junior Football League. 29 May 2021. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021 – via Instagram.
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  8. 1 2 "Pick 45: Trent Bianco". Collingwood . Telstra. 28 November 2019.
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  10. ↑ "2021 guernsey numbers revealed".
  11. 1 2 Mullan, Alanna (27 May 2021). "Bianco earns long-awaited debut". Collingwood . Telstra.
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