Kaiden Brand (born 8 April 1994) is an Australian rules football player who plays with the

West Adelaide Football Club West Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Commonly known as The Bloods and Westies, the club's home base is Richmond Oval (currently known as Hisense Stadium und ...

in the

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. He previously played with the

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and Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League.

AFL career

Hawthorn selected him with pick 66 in the

2012 AFL Draft The 2012 AFL draft consisted of five opportunities for player acquisitions during the 2012/13 Australian Football League off-season. These were: *2012 trade period; which was held between 1 October and 26 October, and for the first time incorpo ...

. He spent 2013 developing in the VFL playing for Hawthorn's reserve affiliate side, the , and was a member of their premiership winning side. In between seasons Brand bulked up considerably, played every game for 2014, mainly at full-back and performed well at Box Hill. Brand has elite pace, has the ability to play on talls and smalls and has solid foot skills. Brand dislocated his left shoulder in the opening minute of his NAB Cup debut in 2015. With advice from the club, he had both shoulders reconstructed and missed the entire season. He returned in good form in 2016 and with the retirement of Brian Lake a spot has opened for him in the Hawthorn backline. A concussion to

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meant he was promoted to play against Richmond. Following the 2019 season, Brand was delisted by Hawthorn. He was later signed by as a delisted free agent. After spending 2 years at the Sydney Swans he returned home to South Australia to play for West Adelaide and was named captain in 2023.

Statistics

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Honours and achievements

Team * VFL premiership player (): 2018 Individual * best first year player (debut season): 2016 * SANFL State Representative: 2022 * West Adelaide Football Club Captain: 2023

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brand, Kaiden 1994 births Living people West Adelaide Football Club players Hawthorn Football Club players Box Hill Football Club players Australian rules footballers from South Australia Sydney Swans players