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Stephen Silvagni (born 31 May 1967) is a former Australian rules footballer for the Carlton Football Club.During his long VFL/AFL career from his debut in 1985 until his retirement in 2001 he gained the reputation as one of the greatest ever full-backs to play the game and was named as full-back in the AFL Team of the Century and is an inductee in the Australian Football Hall of Fame.He is widely known by his nickname SOS (pronounced Soss) standing for Son of Serge referring to his father Sergio Silvagni another great Carlton player.After retiring from football Silvagni worked as an assistant coach at four AFL clubs until the end of 2010.