Brandan Parfitt (born 27 April 1998) is a professional

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er playing for the

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in the

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(AFL).

Early life

Parfitt was born and raised in Darwin, Northern Territory and is of indigenous Australian heritage. He is Larrakia and

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. He spent much of his junior football at the

Nightcliff Football Club The Nightcliff Football Club, nicknamed, Tigers, is a member club of the Northern Territory Football League, and is based in the Darwin suburb of Nightcliff. Club achievements * note: Nightcliff finished on top in the 1974/75 season after wh ...

in Darwin.

AFL career

He was drafted by the Geelong Football Club with their first selection and twenty-sixth overall in the 2016 national draft. He made his debut in the forty-two point win against in the opening round of the 2017 season at Domain Stadium. After his third match, he was named the round nominee for the rising star for his performance in the twenty-nine point win against at

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in round three, in which he recorded twenty-three disposals and five tackles.

Statistics

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Honours and achievements

Team * AFL premiership player ():

* 2×

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():

Individual * AFL Rising Star nominee: 2017 (round 3)

References

External links

* * 1998 births Living people Geelong Football Club players Geelong Football Club Premiership players Nightcliff Football Club players North Adelaide Football Club players Australian rules footballers from the Northern Territory Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players {{AFL-bio-1990s-stub