Round 1, 2017, Sydney vs. Port Adelaide, at Sydney Cricket Ground
Height
183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight
80 kg (176 lb)
Position(s)
Defender
Club information
Current club
Sydney
Number
13
Playing career1
Years
Club
Games (Goals)
2017–
Sydney
122 (39)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 4, 2023.
Career highlights
AFL Rising Star nominee (2018)
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com
Oliver Florent (born 22 July 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by the Sydney Swans with their first selection and eleventh overall in the 2016 national draft.[1] He made his debut in the twenty-eight point loss against Port Adelaide in the opening round of the 2017 season at the Sydney Cricket Ground.[2]
Florent attended Mentone Grammar School and Cheltenham East Primary School. His paternal grandparents were born in Mauritius. He is the son of Australian tennis player Andrew Florent.[3]
Florent received the Rising Star nomination for round eleven, 2018 after recording 20 disposals for the fourth consecutive match in the Swans' 30-point win over Carlton at the Sydney Cricket Ground.[4]
Florent supported Hawthorn Hawks as a junior.
^Browning, Jennifer (28 November 2016). "AFL Draft: Oliver Florent comes to terms with life as a Swan". ABC Online. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
^King, Travis (22 March 2017). "Swans to debut first-round draftee Florent against Power". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
^Quayle, Emma (7 October 2016). "Oliver Florent, doing it for Dad". The Age newspaper. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
^McGowan, Mark (4 June 2018). "Clutch Swan the latest Rising Star". AFL.com.au. Telstra Media. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
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