Career
Of Italian descent and named in the VFL/American Federation of Labor-Congress Italian Team of the Century in 2007, Alessio made his debut in 1992, and was renowned as one of Essendon"s great ruckmen. He was reportedly recruited after walking into the clubhouse and asking for a trial, instead of being selected through the player draft. He was given the northern He played in their 2000 premiership team
At the end of 2002, Alessio was delisted and then re-drafted by Essendon, and accepted only match fees during his final season in 2003.
At the end of the 2003 season, Alessio called it a day, having played 184 games. He is now employed by the Essendon Football Club in a football operations role
Alessio is the uncle of Carlton"s 2010 first round draftee, Matthew Watson.
