| 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) | |
| 2016–2018 2021- | Sturt (SANFL) | 64 (43-19-2) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2013. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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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 the small town of Ki Ki, 150 kilometres south-east of Adelaide. In the year he was elevated off Adelaide's rookie list (2002), he was having to travel up to Adelaide twice a week to train and play football for Sturt.[1]
Mattner was Adelaide's leading tackler in the 2005 and 2006 seasons. In the 2006 season, he missed out on two games due to a calf injury.
Mattner retired midway through the 2013 AFL season, succumbing to an ongoing hip injury. He took up a coaching role with the Sydney Swans as a development coach until the end of the 2015 season.[2] In October 2015, Mattner was announced as the head coach of Sturt. He is one of only a few to win a SANFL Premiership as a player, a SANFL Premiership as a coach and an AFL Premiership as a player.[3]
- ^ Real Footy Story
- ^ "Sydney Swans Coaching Staff". sydneyswans.com.au. Sydney Swans. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ Morgan, Kym (8 October 2015). "SANFL: Martin Mattner announced as new Sturt coach". News Corporation. The Advertiser (Adelaide). Retrieved 23 October 2015.