Adam Goodes

Adam Goodes
Goodes at Recognise Campaign Press Conference
Personal information
Full name	Adam Roy Goodes
Date of birth	(1980-01-08) 8 January 1980 (age 37)
Place of birth	Wallaroo, South Australia
Original team(s)	North Ballarat Rebels
Draft	No. 43, 1997 National Draft
Height / weight	1.91 m / 100 kg
Position(s)	Utility
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1999–2015	Sydney	372 (464)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
2008	Victoria	1 (0)
International team honours
2001–2010	Australia	3 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2015.
Career highlights
2× Brownlow Medal (2003, 2006) 2× AFL Premiership (2005, 2012) 3× Bob Skilton Medal (2003, 2006, 2011) 4× All Australian (2003, 2006, 2009, 2011) 3× Sydney leading goalkicker (2009-2011) AFL Rising Star 1999 Indigenous Team of the Century Australian of the Year 2014
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Adam Roy Goodes (born 8 January 1980) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans team in the Australian Football League (AFL). Goodes holds an elite place in VFL/AFL history as a dual Brownlow Medallist, dual premiership player, four-time All-Australian, member of the Indigenous Team of the Century and representing Australia in the International Rules Series. In addition, he holds the record for the most games played for an Indigenous player, surpassing Andrew McLeod's record of 340 games during the 2014 AFL season. Goodes was named Australian of the Year in 2014 for his community work through the Go Foundation and advocacy against racism.

Goodes was born in South Australia, to Lisa May and Graham Goodes, with siblings Jake and Brett. Goodes' father is of English, Irish and Scottish ancestry; his mother is an Indigenous Australian (Adnyamathanha and Narungga).

Goodes' parents were separated when he was four; his father moved to Queensland while Goodes moved between Wallaroo and Adelaide (in South Australia) and Merbein (in Victoria) with his mother.

While at Merbein, Goodes attended primary school at Merbein West Primary School in 1986 and it was there that he began to play Australian rules football. He moved with his family to Horsham, Victoria, where he played football at high school and represented at under-16 and under-18 levels. At age 16, he began playing with the North Ballarat Rebels in the TAC Cup. Goodes played in a winning premiership side with the Rebels where he was scouted by the Sydney Swans.