Trent Cotchin

Trent Cotchin
Cotchin in March 2017
Personal information
Full name	Trent William Cotchin
Date of birth	(1990-04-07) 7 April 1990 (age 27)
Place of birth	Melbourne, Victoria
Original team(s)	Northern Knights (TAC Cup) West Preston-Lakeside (NFL)
Draft	No. 2, 2007 national draft
Debut	Round 8, 2008, Richmond vs. Geelong, at MCG
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Richmond
Number	9
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2008–	Richmond	177 (105)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 4, 2017.
Career highlights
AFL Brownlow Medal: 2012 AFLCA Champion Player of the Year: 2012 All-Australian team: 2012 22under22 team: 2012 AFL Rising Star nominee: 2008 Richmond 3× Jack Dyer Medallist: 2011, 2012, 2014 Richmond captain: 2013– Yiooken Award: 2011 Ian Stewart Medal: 2014 Junior U/18 Vic Metro representative: 2007 U/16 Vic Metro captain: 2006
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

AFL

Richmond

Junior

Trent Cotchin (born 7 April 1990) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is a Brownlow Medallist and a three-time Jack Dyer Medal winner. Cotchin represented the Victorian Metropolitan side at the 2007 AFL Under 18 Championships and captained the Vic Metro side at 2006 under 16 championships. He played for the Northern Knights in the TAC Cup as a junior, before being drafted to Richmond with the second overall pick in the 2007 national draft. Cotchin has served as Richmond's captain since 2013 and has led the club to finals appearances on three occasions.

Cotchin spent his teenage years in the Victorian town of Wollert, Victoria, 27 kilometers north of Melbourne. He played his junior football with West Preston Lakeside in the Northern Football League before moving on to play with the Northern Knights in the TAC Cup at the age of 16.

In 2006, Cotchin captained the Victorian Metro side in the under-16 national championships.

In January 2007, Cotchin spent time training with the Richmond Football Club senior list as a member of the AIS/AFL Academy. Cotchin later spoke of being taken under the wing of Richmond player, Brett Deledio. At the time Deledio was his favourite AFL player, with a poster of him hanging on Cotchin's bedroom wall in his family home. At the 2007 AFL Under 18 Championships, Cotchin was a member of the runner-up Victorian Metro side. Cotchin suffered a broken foot while playing with the Northern Knights in the TAC Cup finals in September 2007, which saw him face more than six weeks away from football.