Overview
Alex Sexton (born 3 December 1993) is a professional Australian rules footballer who currently plays for the Gold Coast Suns in the Victorian Football League (VFL), having previously played for the Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Early life
Sexton was born in Melbourne attending St Monica's College, Epping. Sexton and his family moved to Logan, Queensland in his teens where he attended Chisholm Catholic College. He played junior football for the Keon Park Stars when he was in Melbourne then the Springwood Pumas before making his NEAFL debut for the Gold Coast Suns' reserves team in 2011. A Queensland representative at both U16 and U18 levels, Sexton was awarded the Alan McLean Medal as the division two best and fairest as well as QLD's MVP award at the 2010 NAB Australian U16 Championships. He was drafted by the Gold Coast Suns as a zone selection with pick 88 in the 2011 AFL draft.
AFL career
Sexton joined the Suns for his first preseason training camp in Arizona as a 17-year-old in 2011. He made his AFL debut in Round 8, 2012, against the at Marrara Oval. His breakout season came in 2018 when he played all 22 AFL games for the Suns and was the leading goalkicker for the club that season. Sexton played his 100th AFL game for the Gold Coast against the in Round 3 of the 2019 AFL season. Following the 2025 season, Sexton was not be offered a contract by the Suns for 2026. He left the club after 186 games and 164 goals over 14 seasons.
Statistics
Updated to the end of the 2025 season. - 2012 37 6 1 1 38 12 50 18 10 0.2 0.2 6.3 2.0 8.3 3.0 1.7 0 - 2013 6 4 3 4 20 8 28 7 8 0.8 1.0 5.0 2.0 7.0 1.8 2.0 0 - 2014 6 14 6 7 73 48 121 25 26 0.4 0.5 5.2 3.4 8.6 1.8 1.9 0 - 2015 6 13 8 3 102 44 146 32 29 0.6 0.2 7.8 3.4 11.2 2.5 2.2 0 - 2016 6 18 13 8 179 105 284 58 47 0.7 0.4 9.9 5.8 15.8 3.2 2.6 0 - 2017 6 20 12 7 198 116 314 93 28 0.6 0.4 9.9 5.8 15.7 4.7 1.4 0 - 2018 6 22 28 19 202 98 300 72 51 1.3 0.9 9.2 4.5 13.6 3.3 2.3 1 - 2019 6 22 39 29 187 65 252 72 42 1.8 1.3 8.5 3.0 11.5 3.3 1.9 0 - 2020 6 14 19 12 103 28 131 44 22 1.4 0.9 7.4 2.0 9.4 3.1 1.6 1 - 2021 6 21 21 14 167 50 217 87 23 1.0 0.7 8.0 2.4 10.3 4.1 1.1 0 - 2022 6 4 7 4 19 4 23 8 1 1.8 1.0 4.8 1.0 5.8 2.0 0.3 1 - 2023 6 8 5 4 29 14 43 14 5 0.6 0.5 3.6 1.8 5.4 1.8 0.6 0 - 2024 6 15 2 3 193 97 290 87 29 0.1 0.2 12.9 6.5 19.3 5.8 1.9 0 - 2025 6 5 0 3 13 7 20 8 3 0.0 0.6 2.6 1.4 4.0 1.6 0.6 0 - class=sortbottom ! colspan=3 Career !
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