Matt Campbell

Personal information
Birth	21 January 1987 (1987-01-21) (age 22)
Recruited from	North Adelaide
Height and weight	174cm / 69kg
Playing career¹
Debut	Round 1, 31 March 2007, Kangaroos vs. Collingwood, at MCG
Team(s)	Kangaroos (2007-) 39 games, 47 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 2008 season
Career highlights
International Rules 2008

Matt Campbell (born 21 January 1987) is a professional Australian rules footballer currently playing with the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League.

He is described as being small and lightly framed, but is a very fast player with excellent evasive skills. Kicks a lot of goals and wins a lot of the ball^[1].

[edit] Early Life

Campbell, of Indigenous Australian heritage with tribal ancestry that can be traced to the Arrente.^[2] grew up in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, where he attended school and dated actress Liana Werner-Gray.

He began his senior football in 2005 with North Adelaide in the SANFL and played every game with the club in 2006.

Campbell was drafted by the Kangaroos and moved to Melbourne in 2006.^[3]

[edit] Kangaroos career

Campbell made his AFL debut for the Kangaroos in Round 1, 2007 against Collingwood. He had a poor game, with only 3 possessions and was dropped for the following game against Port Adelaide, which would have seen him playing back in his home town. Round 3 saw him re-selected and gather 12 possessions as well as kicking his first AFL goal. He continued his good form with 13 possessions against the Brisbane Lions, and he kicked 2 goals in Round 5 against Geelong. Despite having only 4 kicks in Round 6 against Sydney, he kicked 3 goals; his third coming late in the final quarter when the Swans had got within four points.

[edit] References

v • d • e Australia squad – 2008 International Rules Series Captain: Harvey | Bock | Boyd | Brennan | Brown | Burgoyne | Campbell | Crowley | Firrito | Foley | Hayden | Montagna | Motlop | Murphy | Osborne | Pendlebury | Petrie | Rodan | Rooke | Sewell | Simpson | Selwood | Thomas | Thompson | Wells | Coach: Malthouse