Oliver Florent (born 22 July 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early football

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.[1]

AFL Playing career

Sydney Swans

He was drafted by the Sydney Swans with their first selection and eleventh overall in the 2016 national draft.[2] 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.[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]

During the Swans clash with Port Adelaide in round 4, 2023, Florent had the shot to win after the siren, however, his kick was touched by Port Adelaide defender Aliir Aliir before the goal line, and failed to register a score.[5]

Carlton

Florent was traded to Carlton following the 2025 AFL season.[6]

Personal life

Florent supported Hawthorn as a junior.

Statistics

Updated to the end of round 17, 2026.[7]

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2017Sydney13 94150388815190.40.15.64.29.81.72.10
2018Sydney13 239721616838466560.40.39.47.316.72.92.43
2019Sydney13 216624815640478430.30.311.87.419.23.72.05
2020[a]Sydney13 17441809827840420.20.210.65.816.42.42.52
2021Sydney13 239627316343693500.40.311.97.119.04.02.23
2022Sydney13 2556268145413124540.20.210.75.816.55.02.20
2023Sydney13 245127220547795450.20.011.38.519.94.01.90
2024Sydney13 2678334190524129520.30.312.87.320.25.02.00
2025Sydney13 162713910424366340.10.48.76.515.24.12.10
2026Carlton14 161223211234475320.10.114.57.021.54.72.0
Career 20052482212137935917814270.30.211.16.918.03.92.113

Notes

  1. ↑ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Honours and achievements

Team

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Quayle, Emma (7 October 2016). "Oliver Florent, doing it for Dad". The Age newspaper. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ King, Travis (22 March 2017). "Swans to debut first-round draftee Florent against Power". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  4. ↑ McGowan, Mark (4 June 2018). "Clutch Swan the latest Rising Star". AFL.com.au. Telstra Media. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  5. ↑ Gabelich, Josh (8 April 2023). "Match Report, Round 4 2023, Sydney Swans vs Port Adelaide". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  6. ↑ @AFL_House (15 October 2025). "Trade approved" (Tweet) – via X (formerly Twitter).
  7. ↑ "Oliver Florent". AFL Tables. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Florent