Matt Cottrell (born 29 February 2000) is an
Australian rules footballer who plays for the
Carlton Football Club in the
Australian Football League
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(AFL). He was recruited by the
Carlton Football Club through the
2019 Pre-season supplemental selection period.
Early football
Cottrell played football for the
Pearcedale Football Club
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. He played for the
Dandenong Stingrays in the
NAB League for the 2017 and 2018 seasons. Although Cottrell only played 2 games in 2017, he cemented his spot in 2018 and played 19 games. He is the grandson of former player
Len Cottrell.
AFL career
Cottrell was not selected in either the national or rookie draft, but trained with and was then recruited to the
Carlton Football Club in February 2019 in the
pre-season supplemental selection period.
After playing his entire first season in Carlton's , the
Northern Blues
The Preston Football Club, which trades and plays as the Northern Bullants, is a long-established Australian rules football club based in Preston that plays in the Victorian Football League (VFL). It plays its home games at the Preston City O ...
, he made his senior AFL debut in
Round 11, 2020, against in one of three matches Carlton played in a Perth quarantine hub during the
pandemic-interrupted 2020 season. Later that season, in just his fifth career match, Cottrell kicked the winning goal two minutes from the final siren a come-from-behind victory against , in which Carlton conceded the first seven goals of the game before recovering to win 8.9 (57) to 8.4 (52).
Statistics
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2019
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2020
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2021
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2022
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References
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2000 births
Living people
Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Dandenong Stingrays players
Carlton Football Club players
Preston Football Club (VFA) players
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