Patrick Lipinski

Patrick Jonathan Lipinski (born 17 July 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Western Bulldogs from 2017 to 2021.

Junior football and playing career Lipinski grew up in Melbourne’s north east playing junior football for Montmorency and Eltham in the Northern Football League. He later played representative football for Northern Knights in the TAC Cup, which led to him being drafted.

He was drafted by the Western Bulldogs with their second selection and twenty-eighth overall in the 2016 national draft. He made his debut in the nine point loss against Hawthorn in round twenty-three of the 2017 season.

At the end of the 2021 AFL season, Lipinski requested a trade to . He was officially traded on 11 October.

During a practice match in the 2023 pre season against Hawthorn, Lipinski injured his shoulder ruling him out for the first half of the 2023 AFL season. Lipinksi returned from injury in Round 13 and played 14 games for the season including 's Grand Final win against .

Statistics Updated to the end of round 22, 2026.

160 !! 82 !! 54 !! 1361 !! 1560 !! 2921 !! 554 !! 459 !! 0.5 !! 0.3 !! 8.5 !! 9.8 !! 18.3 !! 3.5 !! 2.9 !! 9