1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 8, 2024.
Career highlights
22 Under 22 team: 2023
2022 AFL Rising Star nominee
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com
Joshua Rachele (/rəˈʃɛli/rə-SHELL-ee;[1] born 11 April 2003) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Adelaide Crows in the Australian Football League (AFL).
He was selected by the Adelaide Crows with their first pick, the sixth overall, in the 2021 AFL draft. He previously played for the Murray Bushrangers in the NAB League and the Shepparton Swans Football Club in the Goulburn Valley League.[2] He was educated at Notre Dame College, Shepparton and Caulfield Grammar School.
Rachele had had an opportunity to play soccer professionally but chose Australian rules football instead.[3] He was part of the academy for Melbourne City FC and the under-17s Australian team.[4]
He has Italian and Greek heritage.[5]
^"Listen: 🔊 Get to know Josh Rachele and his goals for 2021". Talent League. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2023 – via Facebook.
^Standish, Zac (24 November 2021). "Josh Rachele officially a Crow: Young gun taken at pick six". Shepparton News. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
^Leonard, Owen (21 November 2021). "AFL draft prospect Josh Rachele learnt from Australian soccer star Tim Cahill". The Age. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
^Twomey, Callum (14 May 2021). "'I always felt I was better at soccer': Why top draft prospect chose footy". afl.com.au. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
^Harvey, Daniela (25 November 2021). "Sauce days, soccer and family: What led Rachele to call Crows home". afc.com.au. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
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