Troy Menzel

Troy Menzel
Personal information
Full nameTroy Menzel
Date of birthSeptember 22, 1994
Original teamCentral District
Draft11th overall 2012 AFL National Draft, Carlton
Height/Weight187 cm / 83 kg
Position(s)Medium forward/defender
Club information
Current clubCarlton
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2013–Carlton27 (36)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of Round 1, 2015 season.
Career highlights

Troy Menzel (born 22 September 1994)[1] is an Australian rules footballer for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Career

Primarily a medium-sized forward,[1] Menzel played his junior football for the Golden Grove Junior Football Club before joining Central District in the minor grades of the South Australian National Football League.[2] In 2012, at age 17, Menzel was playing senior football for Centrals; he also represented South Australia at the AFL National Under 18 Championships in 2012, kicking fifteen goals in two matches, but missing the rest of the games due to injury.[3]

Menzel was seen as one of the most talented players in the 2012 National Draft, but was also seen as a risky selection due to his injury-prone knees – he had suffered two knee ligament injuries during his junior years, and underwent a LARS reconstruction at age 16, in which the natural ligament is augmented with synthetic tissue.[2] He was ultimately drafted by Carlton with its first round draft pick (No. 11 overall),[1] and made his senior AFL debut for the club in Round 8, 2013, where he was prominent in the forward line. In Round 16, 2014, Menzel was given a AFL Rising Star nomination after playing well against St Kilda.

Menzel's older brother, Daniel, is a footballer for the Geelong Football Club. Like Troy, Daniel has also struggled with knee ligament injuries during his playing career, having undergone four knee reconstructions, including a LARS reconstruction, before the age of 22.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Meet our latest recruits". Carlton Football Club. 23 November 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Homfray, Reece (2 November 2012). "Troy Menzel aims to follow his brother to Geelong". Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  3. ↑ Phelan, Jason (28 October 2012). "Battle of Troy". Australian Football League. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  4. ↑ Wade, Nick; Timms, Daryl (22 April 2013). "Scans confirm Geelong forward Daniel Menzel will need a fourth knee reconstruction". Herald Sun. Retrieved 21 May 2013.

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