Brandon Matera
| Brandon Matera | |||
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 Matera playing for Gold Coast in June 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Brandon Matera | ||
| Date of birth | 11 March 1992 | ||
| Original team(s) | South Fremantle (WAFL) | ||
| Draft | Underage recruit, Gold Coast | ||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder / Forward | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2011–2017 | Gold Coast | 101 (124) | |
| 2018–2020 | Fremantle | 43 (46) | |
| Total | 144 (170) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2020. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Brandon Matera (born 11 March 1992) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Gold Coast Football Club (2011–2017) and the Fremantle Football Club (2018–2020) in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited as one of twelve 17-year-olds made available to Gold Coast under the AFL's draft concessions.[1]
Matera is the son of former Fitzroy and West Coast player Wally Matera and the nephew of former West Coast footballers Phil and Peter Matera. He is of Italian and Indigenous Australian (Noongar) heritage.[2]
Junior career
[edit]Matera came up through the junior system of the South Fremantle Football Club and represented Western Australia at under-16 and under-18 levels.
Matera was named in the 2009 Under-18 All Australian team following the 2009 AFL National Under-18 Championships.
AFL career
[edit]Gold Coast: 2011–2017
[edit]Matera made his debut in Round 2, 2011, in the Gold Coast Suns inaugural AFL match against Carlton at the Gabba.
In Round 5, Matera was part of the first Gold Coast Suns victory. He kicked 4 goals, and for his efforts was the round 5 nomination for the 2011 AFL Rising Star.[3]
Fremantle: 2018–2020
[edit]During the 2017 AFL Trade period, Matera was traded to Fremantle;[4] he was delisted after the 2020 season.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Gold Coast SUNS | AFL - Brandon Matera Profile". Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
- ^ "The Noongar Warriors". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022.
- ^ afl.com.au
- ^ "Weller a Sun as Dockers claim prize draft pick - AFL.com.au". afl.com.au. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
- ^ "Dockers goalsneak among four more axed - AFL.com.au". afl.com.au. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
External links
[edit]
- Brandon Matera's profile on the official website of the Fremantle Football Club
- Brandon Matera's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- 1992 births
- Living people
- South Fremantle Football Club players
- Gold Coast Football Club players
- Australian rules footballers from Western Australia
- Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football
- Australian people of Italian descent
- Sportspeople of Italian descent
- Fremantle Football Club players
- Peel Thunder Football Club players
- Subiaco Football Club players