Matthew Bode
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| Personal Info | |
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| Birth | June 29, 1979, |
| Recruited from | Glenelg Football Club (SANFL) |
| Height/Weight | 177cm / 74kg |
| Playing Career¹ | |
| Debut | Round 1, March 29, 1998, Port Adelaide vs. Sydney Swans, at Football Park |
| Team(s) | Port Adelaide (1998-2000)
29 games, 25 goals Adelaide (2001-) 60 games, 46 goals |
| ¹ Statistics to end of Round 5, 2006 season | |
| Career Highlights | |
Matthew Bode (born June 29, 1979) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.
Debuting in 1998 with the Port Adelaide Football Club, he played as a small forward before moving to the Adelaide Football Club in 2001. He played just one game that year due to injury before having what was easily his best season to date in 2002. 2002 saw Bode boot 22 goals and play all 25 games and he followed this up with another solid year in 2003.
2004 saw him suffer with injury, while in 2005 he had shoulder surgery which sidelined him after Round 2. In 2006 after an average pre-season, he found a niche in the side as Adelaide's main small forward at the start of the premiership season, booting 9 goals in the first 5 rounds.
