Alipate Carlile | |||
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![]() Carlile with Port Adelaide in 2009 | |||
Personal information | |||
Nickname(s) | Bobby, Pate | ||
Date of birth | 30 April 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Lautoka, Fiji | ||
Original team(s) |
Wangaratta Rovers Murray Bushrangers | ||
Draft | 2005: Pick 44 (Port Adelaide) | ||
Height | 192 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Weight | 98 kg (216 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2006–2016 | Port Adelaide | 167 (5) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Alipate Carlile (born 30 April 1987) is a former professional Australian rules footballer for who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Carlile was born in Lautoka to mother Asenaca of Batiki.[1] He was brought to Australia at the age of one.[2] Carlile is a cousin of former Australian rules footballer David Rodan.[2]
Carlile often played basketball and soccer as a junior before beginning his Australian rules career in his home town with the Wangaratta Rovers. The big-bodied 192 cm and 98 kg Carlile was selected by Port Adelaide at pick 44 in the 2005 AFL Draft from the Murray Bushrangers.
Carlile is married to ex Adelaide Thunderbird netballer Joanna Sutton.