years clubs article_title debutstadium statsend name debutdate birth_date originalteam debutopponent debutteam heightweight
2004 -- 2006 carlton adrian deluca
 subiaco 2006 adrian deluca round 1 , 27 march 2004 15 may 1982 oakleigh chargers / port melbourne fremantle carlton 202 ; kg & nbsp ; cm / 99 & nbsp
adrian deluca

adrian deluca -lrb- born 15 may 1982 -rrb- is a former australian rules footballer who played in the australian football league -lrb- afl -rrb- .
deluca played tac cup football for the oakleigh chargers in 2000 .
he was not drafted by an afl club after the under 18s , so he went to play for port melbourne in the victorian football league .
deluca was generally played as a marking forward and back-up ruckman .
deluca played three full seasons for the borough between 2001 and 2003 .
he was then recruited to the afl as a 21-year-old by the carlton football club with its seventh round selection in the 2003 afl national draft -lrb- # 72 overall -rrb- .
he made his debut for carlton in round 1 , 2004 against fremantle .
he was best-performing recruit of the 2004 season , winning the club 's best first year player award .
his form dropped during the 2005 season due to injury .
during 2006 , he spent time in and out of the carlton side , lining up frequently for the northern bullants , carlton 's .
early in 2006 , deluca struggled with his marking , particularly overhead ; this improved once deluca began to wear gloves during games -lrb- commentators on sen 1116 gave him the nickname `` mittens '' -rrb- .
he was a good kick , and accurate set shot .
after three seasons and 46 games at afl level , deluca announced his retirement from afl at the end of the 2006 season , to give himself the time to concentrate on his career at big 4 accounting firm kpmg , an area in which he holds a degree .
he did continue to play vfl , returning to his former club port melbourne , where he played again from 2007 to 2009 before retiring from football altogether .
he made a return to suburban football in 2012 , playing for airport west in the essendon district football league , where he was part of the team 's 2012 division 1 premiership , before retiring again at the end of the season .
his younger brother , fabian , also played in the afl with port adelaide , and played alongside adrian at port melbourne for part of his career .
