Full name Brandon Matera Name Brandon Matera Position(s) Midfielder / Forward Parents Wally Matera | Height/Weight 175cm / 65kg Career start 2011 Height 1.75 m Nominations AFL Rising Star | |
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Date of birth (1992-03-11) 11 March 1992 (age 23) Draft Underage recruit, Gold Coast Similar People Trent McKenzie, Harley Bennell, David Swallow, Charlie Dixon, Tom Lynch | ||
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Brandon Matera (born 11 March 1992) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Gold Coast Football Club 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.
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- Suns tv brandon matera nab rising star
- Junior career
- AFL career
- References
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.
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Junior career
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
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.