Scott Camporeale
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| Personal Info | |
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| Birth | August 11, 1975, South Australia |
| Recruited from | Woodville-West Torrens Eagles (SANFL) |
| Height/Weight | 180cm / 80kg |
| Playing Career¹ | |
| Debut | Round 1, April 2, 1995, Carlton vs. Collingwood, at Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| Team(s) | Carlton (1995-2005)
233 games, 200 goals Essendon (2006-) 11 games, 2 goals |
| ¹ Statistics to end of Round 18, 2006 season | |
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Scott Camporeale (born August 11, 1975) is an Australian rules footballer.
Picked up by the Carlton Football Club at pick No. 15 in the 1994 AFL Draft, Camporeale quickly established himself as a quality running midfielder for the Blues. As an outside player his dash was an important part of Carlton's 1995 premiership winning side, and he was very impressive in his debut season.
In 2000 along with Carlton's great year he won the Robert Reynolds Trophy best and fairest award and All-Australian selection. He and Anthony Koutoufides (until his injury late in the year) were the stars for the Blues in 2000.
As the team slid down the ladder, so did Camporeale's performances, to an extent. Following the loss of quality inside players at Carlton such as Brett Ratten, Adrian Hickmott and Darren Hulme, Camporeale's run and effectiveness was not as damaging, but it was not only him, it was the entire team that was under-performing. He had an average year in 2005 when Carlton won the wooden spoon and was not good enough to demand the wage a player of his reputation wanted.
At the end of the 2005 season, Camporeale decided to quit the Carlton Football Club. Carlton tried to make it difficult for him to leave, not releasing him to train with Essendon, his desired club, until as late as they could. He nominated for the pre-season draft, where, in a case of mind games, Mick Malthouse said he would ruin Essendon's plans of snapping-up Camporeale. However this was not the case and Essendon picked up Camporeale as expected on December 13, 2005 with pick 4 in the pre-season draft. Camporeale then debuted with Essendon in Round 1, 2006.
