Brent Guerra
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| Personal Info | |
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| Birth | May 29, 1982, |
| Recruited from | Barham-Koondrook/Bendigo U18 |
| Height/Weight | 181cm / 91kg |
| Playing Career¹ | |
| Debut | Round 12, May 28, 2000, Port Adelaide vs. Kangaroos, at Sydney Cricket Ground |
| Team(s) | Port Adelaide (2000-2003)
65 games, 39 goals St Kilda (2004-2005) Hawthorn (2006-) |
| ¹ Statistics to end of R21, 2006 season | |
| Career Highlights | |
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Brent Guerra (born May 29, 1982) is an Australian rules footballer.
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[edit] Port Adelaide career
Beginning his career at Port Adelaide in 2000, he was seen as a potentially dangerous winger or forward. Brent Guerra also played in three SANFL Premiership sides with Central District in the SANFL during this period. However, at the end of 2003 he was traded from the club due to lack of consistency, and the Saints picked Guerra up for pick 39, who was the unsuccessful Robert Forster-Knight.
[edit] St Kilda career
The Saints looked like they might have picked up an extraordinary deal when Guerra was a key figure for a period during the Saints' early season run in 2004 when they won the first 10 games on the trot. He booted 20 goals in a period of 6 games, including one bag of seven. However, from there, his form tapered and he finished with only 9 more goals from the remaining 12 games. Not only was his performance as a damaging forward prominent early in the year, but his toughness was as well. Appropriate considering guerra is Italian for "War". He was noted for a number of incidents where he shirtfronted players, including once before the opening bounce of a game (for which he was suspended).
In 2005 he had another average year and people began to question his form as a "Front-runner" who doesn't perform when the pressure is really on. At the end of the season, while most acknowledged he had an average year, the Saints surprisingly delisted Guerra, who was only 23 years of age at the time.
[edit] Hawthorn career
Fortunately, the Hawthorn Football Club picked him up with pick 3 in the 2005 AFL Pre-season draft and he has added a bit of experience to a very young Hawks lineup in 2006. His hard shirtfronting style has again earnt him attention from the umpires at times but he remains a valuable asset to Hawthorn's list and his best football may be ahead of him. He has mainly been used across half-back.
[edit] Off field
Guerra, once a seriously balding young man, made headlines when he made public that he had an expensive hair transplant cosmetic surgery operation. [1] He has said that the operation gave him confidence both on and off the field.
