Martin Mattner
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Martin Mattner | ||
| Date of birth | 6 August 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Ki Ki, South Australia | ||
| Original team(s) | Sturt (SANFL) | ||
| Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2002–2007 | Adelaide | 98 (14) | |
| 2008–2013 | Sydney | 124 (26) | |
| Total | 222 (40) | ||
| Coaching career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 2016– | Sturt (SANFL) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2013.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Martin Mattner (born 6 August 1982) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans and Adelaide Crows in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was traded to Sydney from the Crows in October 2007 in exchange for draft pick number 28.
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 Adelaide'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.
Prior to joining the Sydney Swans, he was the Adelaide Football Club's leading tackler for the 2005 and 2006 seasons. In the 2006 season, Mattner missed out on just two games due to a calf injury.
He retired midway through the 2013 AFL season, succumbing to his ongoing hip injury. He took up a coaching role with the Sydney Swans as a development coach until the end of the 2015 season. In October 2015, Mattner was announced as the head coach of Sturt.
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. 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.
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