| Sam Flanders | |
| Nickname: | Ned[1] |
| Fullname: | Sam Flanders |
| Birth Date: | 24 July 2001 |
| Birth Place: | Fish Creek, Victoria |
| Originalteam: | Gippsland Power (NAB League) |
| Draftpick: | No. 11, 2019 AFL draft, |
| Height: | 183 cm |
| Weight: | 82 kg |
| Position: | Midfield / Forward |
| Guernsey: | 3 |
| Statsend: | Round 12, 2024 |
| Years1: | 2020– |
| Games Goals1: | 55 (15) |
Sam Flanders (born 24 July 2001) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Flanders was born in Fish Creek, Victoria.[2] He grew up playing basketball and Australian rules football at high junior levels. He attended Foster Secondary College, before moving to Lowanna College to be part of their selective football academy.[3]
Flanders was drafted by the Gold Coast Suns with the eleventh pick in the 2019 AFL draft. He made his AFL debut in round 11 of the 2020 AFL season against Essendon at Metricon Stadium. In 2023, he signed a four-year contract extension that ties him to the Suns until at least the end of 2027.[4]
Statistics are correct to the end of Round 15 2024[5] |-|- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2020|style="text-align:center;"|| 26 || 5 || 2 || 1 || 17 || 14 || 31 || 4 || 14 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 3.4 || 2.8 || 6.2 || 0.8 || 2.8|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2021|style="text-align:center;"|| 26 || 16 || 4 || 5 || 96 || 93 || 189 || 46 ||62 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 6.0 || 5.8 || 11.8 || 2.9 || 3.9|- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2022|style="text-align:center;"|| 26 || 9 || 3 || 1 || 51 || 46 || 97 || 22 || 19 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 5.6 || 5.1 || 10.8 || 2.4 || 2.1|-! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2023|style="text-align:center;"|| 3 || 14 || 5 || 3 || 179 || 160 || 339 || 75 || 35 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 12.8 || 11.4 || 24.2 || 5.4 || 2.5|-! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2024|style="text-align:center;"|| 3 || 13 || 1 || 1 || 263 || 147 || 410 || 89 || 30 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 20.2 || 11.3 || 31.5 || 6.9 || 2.3|-|- class="sortbottom"! colspan=3| Career! 57! 15! 11! 606! 460! 1066! 236! 160! 0.3! 0.2! 10.6! 8.1! 18.7! 4.1! 2.8|}
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