Martin Mattner

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Martin Mattner
Martin Mattner
Personal Info
Birth August 6, 1982, Ki Ki, South Australia
Recruited from Sturt, Imperial Football Club
Height/Weight 187 cm / 79 kg
Playing Career¹
Debut Round 14, July 7, 2002, Adelaide vs. Collingwood, at AAMI Stadium
Team(s) Adelaide (2002-)

79 games, 13 goals [1][2]
¹ Statistics to end of 2006 season
Career Highlights

9 Career Brownlow Medal votes (all in 2005)

Martin Mattner (born August 6, 1982) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He was elevated off the Adelaide Football Club's rookie list before the start of the 2002 season. He wears number 39 on his guernsey and has now played 79 career games.

Mattner grew up in a small town called Ki Ki, which is 150 kilometres south-east of Adelaide. In the year he was elevated off the club's rookie list (2002), Mattner was busily studying as he was in Year 12, as well as having to travel up to Adelaide twice a week to train and play football for Sturt. [3]

He was the Crow's leading tackler for the last two seasons (2005 and 2006) and has cemented his place in the Adelaide team. In the 2006 season, Mattner missed out on just two games due to a calf injury, and played in all of the Crow's games from Round 5 on.

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[edit] Early career

Mattner grew up in a small town called Ki Ki, which is in the south-east region of South Australia, a town with a population of just 12. [4]He attended Coomandook Area School and played some junior footy with Peake and Districts Football Club. He then sought to further develop his game and progressed to play with the Imperial Football Club in 1997, and later Sturt until he was recruited to the Adelaide Football Club for the 2002 season, off of the rookie list.

[edit] 2002-2003

Debuting with the Adelaide Crows as a 19-year-old, Mattner slowly began his career. After being elevated from Adelaide's rookie list at the start of the 2002 season, he played just seven games for the year. One of his best performances was a game against Geelong where he laid 13 tackles, a feature of his game that he has become noted for. He picked up 11 disposals in his first game, and then 13 disposals in a win over St Kilda. He averaged eight disposals a match over his seven games, and had an impressive average of just over three tackles a game.

Much was the same the next year, with coach Gary Ayres displaying a tendency to not play his younger players unless a senior player was injured. He was able to play ten games in the 2003 season, averaging nine disposals a match, including 21 in a game against the Kangaroos, in the same game as he kicked his first goal.

Mattner during these two years was still young, and was playing well for his local SANFL club Sturt, regularly gathering 20 or more disposals a match as well as laying many bone-crunching tackles. In the 2002 SANFL season, the Double Blues won the premiership over Central District and Mattner was listed among the best players in the Grand Final. Sturt's end of season trip was to Bali. Team members were caught up in the 2002 Bali bombing and fellow player Josh Deegan and club official Bob Marshall were killed.

[edit] 2002 AFL season

Round Opponent Kicks Handballs Disposals[5] Marks Goals[6] Behinds[7] Tackles
14 Collingwood 5 6 11 1 0 0 4
15 St Kilda 7 6 13 4 0 0 0
16 Western Bulldogs 6 1 7 2 0 1 2
17 Geelong 4 4 8 2 0 0 13
18 Sydney 5 2 7 1 0 0 1
20 Port Adelaide 4 2 6 0 0 0 2
21 Richmond 1 1 2 0 0 0 0

[edit] 2003 AFL season

Round Opponent Kicks Handballs Disposals [5] Marks Goals [6] Behinds [7] Tackles
1 Fremantle 4 3 7 1 0 0 3
2 St Kilda 4 0 4 1 0 0 3
5 Port Adelaide 6 2 8 1 0 0 1
6 Geelong 9 12 21 5 1 1 4
7 Sydney 5 6 11 2 0 0 5
8 Brisbane 4 5 9 1 0 0 1
9 Western Bulldogs 4 4 8 2 0 0 6
10 Geelong 7 3 10 2 0 0 0
11 Hawthorn 5 2 7 1 0 1 3
17 St Kilda 3 1 4 1 0 0 0

[edit] 2004-2005

During the 2004 season, Mattner was seen to improve in a number of areas - averaging eleven disposals and playing 16 matches for the year. Midway through a disappointing season for the team (where the Crows missed the finals), new coach Neil Craig gave Mattner more opportunity than previous coach Ayres, which helped Mattner grow as a player, another feature becoming noticeable was his run through the midfield. His new coach also played him more through the wing than Gary Ayres did, giving him more opportunity as a player. At that time, he had a career equaling 21 disposals in a game against Melbourne, and failed to miss a match after his inclusion in Round 7 which shows how well he was performing.

In 2005, Mattner came of age and so did a younger Crows outfit. He played all but one match for the season and failed only once to gather more than ten disposals in a disappointing effect against Melbourne. His average of 16 disposals per game seeing him as an important cog in Adelaide's midfield. He also had 98 tackles, which was the highest of any Crow's play in the season. His long left-foot kicking, often described as "raking" and "accurate" by television commentators, was vital in setting up many of Adelaide's forward thrusts. He missed just one game in the season, which was in Round 22, but failed to have a 15 disposal plus game in any of the Crow's three finals. Adelaide was knocked out of the finals race by West Coast in the preliminary final.

[edit] 2004 AFL season

Round Opponent Kicks Handballs Disposals [5] Marks Goals [6] Behinds [7] Tackles
7 Port Adelaide 5 4 9 1 0 0 9
8 Essendon 3 6 9 1 0 0 2
9 Collingwood 9 1 10 1 0 0 3
10 Hawthorn 7 7 14 4 1 0 3
11 Carlton 5 9 14 3 0 0 4
12 West Coast 5 6 11 5 0 0 3
13 Western Bulldogs 7 4 11 5 0 0 1
14 Melbourne 11 10 21 5 1 0 5
15 Sydney 3 6 9 3 0 0 2
16 Fremantle 10 4 14 2 0 1 3
17 Brisbane 4 7 11 2 0 1 2
18 Kangaroos 5 8 13 5 0 2 3
19 St Kilda 7 8 15 4 0 0 3
20 Richmond 2 2 4 1 0 0 1
21 Geelong 4 2 6 1 1 0 1
22 Port Adelaide 6 2 8 1 0 0 4

[edit] 2005 AFL season

Round Opponent Kicks Handballs Disposals [5] Marks Goals [6] Behinds [7] Tackles
1 West Coast 12 2 14 6 0 0 5
2 Collingwood 9 13 22 2 0 0 4
3 Port Adelaide 16 6 22 7 1 1 5
4 Sydney 12 6 18 4 1 1 1
5 Western Bulldogs 4 8 12 3 0 1 4
6 Kangaroos 9 8 17 2 0 0 8
7 Melbourne 5 0 5 3 0 0 2
8 Brisbane 14 9 23 4 0 1 7
9 St Kilda 8 17 25 7 0 0 4
10 Carlton 8 7 15 1 0 1 4
11 Essendon 9 6 15 2 0 0 1
12 Geelong 5 15 20 6 0 0 4
13 Richmond 8 7 15 2 1 0 4
14 Fremantle 8 8 16 3 0 0 5
15 Hawthorn 5 12 17 2 0 0 3
16 Western Bulldogs 10 13 23 2 0 0 6
17 Kangaroos 6 6 12 2 0 1 5
18 Sydney 8 4 12 4 0 0 10
19 Melbourne 7 4 11 2 0 1 3
20 Port Adelaide 6 9 15 3 1 0 3
21 Collingwood 9 9 18 1 0 2 1
QF St Kilda 6 6 12 0 0 0 4
SF Port Adelaide 4 7 11 6 0 0 1
PF West Coast 6 6 12 6 0 0 4

[edit] 2006

Mattner handballs off to Goodwin.
Mattner handballs off to Goodwin.

In 2006, Mattner started to play on a half-back flank, keeping a smaller player relatively quiet and gaining many possessions of his own. This was suggested by former Crows coach Malcolm Blight, as he did with Andrew McLeod and Simon Goodwin in 1997 and 1998[8]. At the end of the season, he had only missed out on two games due to a calf injury. He had a career high 27 disposals against St Kilda, and followed that performance with 25 disposals against Geelong playing on the likes of Gary Ablett and Jimmy Bartel. Also in the game against St Kilda, Mattner had a career high number of kicks and marks playing further in the midfield. He continued to play well during the season, picking up 21 dispoals against Fremantle in Round 19 and again against Melbourne three weeks later in Round 22. He picked up 12 Brownlow Medal votes, beating the likes of veterans Simon Goodwin, Andrew McLeod and Mark Ricciuto. In the season, he only failed to pick up 10 disposals or more in a game three times (twice against eventual premiers West Coast), and failed to lay a tackle twice. He kicked five goals for the season, including a career high two goals in a game against the Bulldogs in Round 5.

He has been praised by coach Neil Craig after he wanted him to take some parts of his game to a higher level.[9]. He is now considered an "automatic selection" player - that is, he will always get into the starting squad unless he is injured.[10]

[edit] 2006 AFL season

Round Opponent Kicks Handballs Disposals [5] Marks Goals [6] Behinds [7] Tackles
1 Collingwood 16 8 24 11 0 0 2
2 West Coast 3 6 9 0 0 1 4
5 Western Bulldogs 9 12 21 4 2 1 0
6 Port Adelaide 10 7 17 3 1 1 3
7 Kangaroos 6 14 20 3 0 0 7
8 Richmond 4 7 11 3 1 1 2
9 Carlton 4 7 11 2 0 0 1
10 Essendon 2 4 6 0 0 0 2
11 Brisbane 6 6 12 2 0 0 2
12 St Kilda 18 9 27 12 0 0 8
13 Geelong 13 12 25 9 0 0 3
14 Sydney 8 3 11 4 0 0 5
15 Hawthorn 6 8 14 4 0 0 1
16 Kangaroos 12 4 16 3 0 0 0
17 West Coast 4 2 6 2 1 0 2
18 Collingwood 12 5 17 7 0 0 4
19 Fremantle 9 12 21 6 0 0 4
20 Western Bulldogs 6 7 13 2 0 0 2
21 Port Adelaide 6 7 13 6 0 0 3
22 Melbourne 9 12 21 2 0 1 3
QF Fremantle 8 7 15 4 0 0 5
PF West Coast 9 5 14 7 0 0 3

[edit] Career AFL Stats

Year Games Kicks Handballs Disposals Marks Goals Behinds Tackles
2002 7 32 (av 4.6) 22 (av 3.1) 54 (av 7.7) 10 (av 1.4) 0 1 22 (av 3.1)
2003 10 51 (av 5.1) 38 (av 3.8) 89 (av 8.9) 17 (av 1.7) 1 2 26 (av 2.6)
2004 16 93 (av 5.8) 86 (av 5.4) 179 (av 11.2) 34 (av 2.1) 3 4 39 (av 2.4)
2005 24 194 (av 8.1) 188 (av 7.8) 382 (av 15.9) 80 (av 3.3) 4 9 98 (av 4.1)
2006 22 180 (av 8.2) 164 (av 7.5) 344 (av 15.6) 96 (av 4.4) 5 5 66 (av 3.0
TOTAL 79 550 (av 7.0) 498 (av 6.3) 1048 (av 13.3) 247 (av 3.1) 13 21 261 (av 3.3)

[edit] References

Publications
  • Gleeson, Michael. AFL 2002 - The Official Yearbook. Sydney:Harper Collins Publishers, 2002. ISBN 0-7322-7620-9
Notes & Web references
  1. ^ RLeague stats
  2. ^ Pro stats
  3. ^ Real Footy Story
  4. ^ ABC story
  5. ^ a b c d e The number of kicks and handballs a player has picked up.
  6. ^ a b c d e The number of times a player has kicked the ball through the two tallest posts (goal posts).
  7. ^ a b c d e The number of times that a player has kicked between a the point posts and the goal posts.
  8. ^ The Advertiser story
  9. ^ AFC story
  10. ^ ABC story

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Persondata
NAME Mattner, Martin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Australian rules footballer
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Ki Ki, South Australia
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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