Liam Shiels

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Liam Shiels
Personal information
Full name Liam Shiels
Date of birth (1991-04-29) 29 April 1991 (age 33)
Original team(s) The Basin / Eastern Ranges
Draft 34th, 2008 AFL Draft
Debut Round 10, 2009, Hawthorn
v. Adelaide, at AAMI Stadium
Height/Weight 183cm / 81 kg
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Hawthorn
Number 26
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2009– Hawthorn 126 (43)
International team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2011 Australia 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of Round 4, 2016 season.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2011.
Career highlights

Liam Shiels (born 29 April 1991) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Shiels is a midfielder and has developed into a key member of the Hawthorn midfield alongside Luke Hodge and Sam Mitchell.

After Hawthorn won the 2008 premiership the Hawthorn recruitment officer concentrated on the younger players in the 2008 AFL Draft. Shiels was a 2nd round selection (Hawthorn) No. 34 overall. He was the youngest player chosen that year.

Not expected to play in his first year, Shiel was training part-time and competing his schooling at Aquinas College Melbourne but after performances playing for Box Hill, Shiels was promoted to play against Adelaide. [1] He played eleven games in his debut season.

Shiels and Josh Gibson were the only Hawthorn players to play every game in 2011.

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2014 season [2]
Legend
  G  
Goals
  K  
Kicks
  D  
Disposals 
  T  
Tackles
  B  
Behinds 
  H  
Handballs 
  M  
Marks
Season Team # Games G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
Totals Averages (per game)
2009 Hawthorn 26 11 1 3 65 85 150 25 49 0.1 0.3 5.9 7.7 13.6 2.3 4.5
2010 Hawthorn 26 6 0 0 37 27 64 25 26 0.0 0.0 6.2 4.5 10.7 4.2 4.3
2011 Hawthorn 26 25 11 14 344 221 565 138 150 0.4 0.6 13.8 8.8 22.6 5.5 6.0
2012 Hawthorn 26 22 7 7 243 177 420 74 106 0.3 0.3 11.0 8.0 19.1 3.4 4.8
2013 Hawthorn 26 17 3 8 164 96 260 61 54 0.2 0.5 9.6 5.6 15.3 3.6 3.2
2014 Hawthorn 26 21 8 11 292 184 476 79 129 0.4 0.5 13.9 8.8 22.7 3.8 6.1
Career 102 30 43 1145 790 1935 402 514 0.3 0.4 11.2 7.7 19.0 3.9 5.0

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