Brendon Goddard
| Brendon Goddard | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Brendon James Goddard | ||
| Date of birth | 20 May 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Traralgon, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Gippsland Power (TAC Cup) | ||
| Draft | No. 1, 2002 national draft | ||
| Height / weight | 192 cm / 93 kg | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder / Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Essendon | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2003–2012 | St Kilda | 205 (104) | |
| 2013– | Essendon | 85 (48) | |
| Total | 290 (152) | ||
| International team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2006– |
 Australia
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2 (0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of Round 1, 2017.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2006.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Brendon James Goddard (born 20 May 1985) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played with the St Kilda Football Club. He was the captain of Essendon during the 2016 season. He is the second cousin of Hugh Goddard who was drafted by St Kilda in the 2014 national draft.
Goddard was raised in Traralgon, Victoria, and later attended Caulfield Grammar School as a boarder. He was an accomplished sportsman, co-captaining the school's First XVIII football team and co-captaining the First XI cricket team as a batsman and pace bowler.
Goddard was selected by St Kilda with the first pick in the 2002 National Draft. He debuted in the following season while completing his Victorian Certificate of Education as a Year 12 student at Caulfield Grammar School. He played in the 2004 Wizard Home Loans Cup winning side – the club's second AFL pre-season competition win. After being selected with the number 1 pick, he received a lot of criticism in his early years.
During a round 7 clash against the Sydney Swans in 2007, Goddard ruptured his ACL after falling heavily onto it, which resulted in Goddard missing the remainder of the season.
He would return to play in round 3, 2008 and produced solid form for the rest of the year. Despite interest from other clubs trying to recruit him, he signed a contract to stay with the Saints until 2010.
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