Scott Thompson
Personal information
Full name	Scott Thompson
Date of birth	14 March 1983 (1983-03-14) (age 26)
Place of birth	Adelaide, Australia
Recruited from	Port Adelaide (SANFL)
Draft	16th overall, 2000 Melbourne
Height/Weight	185cm / 85kg
Position(s)	Midfield
Club information
Current club	Adelaide
Number	5
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2001-2004 2005- Totals	Melbourne Adelaide	39 (17) 110 (84) 149 (101)
International team honours
2008	Australia	1 (2)
1 Playing statistics to end of Round 5, 2009 season .

Scott Thompson (born 14 March 1983) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.

[edit] Melbourne career

He was drafted by Melbourne with the 16th selection in the 2000 AFL Draft from Port Adelaide in the SANFL. Debuting with the Melbourne in 2001 as a 19-year-old, he struggled to break through into the side. He only played 27 games in his first three seasons, until 2004 when he only missed one game in the first half of the season before breaking his foot in round 13 and missing the remainder of the year.^[1]

[edit] Adelaide career

At the end of the 2004 season Thompson asked to return to South Australia and Adelaide was able to complete a trade, exchanging their first round draft selection, (number 12 overall).^[2] He missed the first game of the 2005 season but played every game from then on for Adelaide, kicking 27 goals for the year. Thompson continued to improve and by 2007 was arguably one of the elite players in the AFL, averaging almost 25 disposals and 6 marks per game and polling 18 votes in the 2007 Brownlow Medal to finish equal 7th.^[3]

Thompson played every game in 2008 and really stepped up to becoming an elite midfielder, ^[3] finishing third in the Malcolm Blight Medal^[4] (Adelaide best and fairest) and for the second year in a row polling the most votes for his club in the Brownlow Medal. Thompson was chosen to play for Australia in the 2008 International Rules Series against Ireland in October 2008 along with teammate Nathan Bock, but was only able to play in the first match due to a leg injury.^[5]

[edit] Personal life

He and partner Ashe Holbing welcomed daughter Ava Lily on March 9th 2007 and together run an online fashion boutique.^[6]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Scott Thompson (footballer) profile on the Official AFL Website of the Adelaide Football Club
• Scott Thompson (footballer)'s statistics from AFL Tables

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