Charlie Mark Cameron (born 5 July 1994) is a professional

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er playing for the

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in the

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(AFL). He previously played for the

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from 2014 to 2017. Cameron was taken with pick 7 in the 2013 rookie draft by Adelaide.

Early life

Cameron was born in

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into an

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family ( Lardil and

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). He attended primary school in

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, Queensland before moving to

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to board at

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. As a schoolboy he played

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and

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at high levels. He also played several games of

while attending Marist College and spent six months in the Brisbane Lions Talent Academy before quitting football to focus on rugby. Following graduation in late 2011, at the age of 17, Cameron moved with his family to Newman,

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. His brother, Jarrod, is also a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the

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Pre-AFL career

While in Newman, Cameron was talked into playing for the local football team, the Newman Saints. He began playing club football for the first time for the Saints in 2012 and impressed so much that, towards the end of the season, he was invited to play for the Swan Districts Football Club and played three colts games. Entering his first pre-season ever with Swan Districts in 2013, he impressed the coaches so much that he earned a spot in the senior team for the first round of the 2013 WAFL season, and represented Western Australia at the 2013 AFL Under 18 Championships, which led to him being picked up by Adelaide in the rookie draft despite only having played a total of 30-40 games of Australian rules football.

AFL career

Cameron showed excellent form in the

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early in his first season, and was rewarded with a promotion to the senior list, replacing the injured

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. He made his debut in round 9 against , kicking a goal and evading a tackle to set up another. Cameron went on to play seven AFL games in 2014 despite battling a groin injury, kicking nine goals including a bag of three against in round 12. At the end of the season he won the Crows' Mark Bickley Emerging Talent Award. Cameron cemented his place in Adelaide's best 22 in 2015, playing 22 games for 29 goals and 17 goal assists. Highlights included a career-best four goals against the in round 17, and kicking the winning goal in Adelaide's elimination final victory over the . Cameron was nominated for the 2015

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award for his performance against the in round 13, in which he kicked a goal and had three goal assists, five tackles and seven inside 50s. In Round 9, 2017 Cameron starred against the , kicking four goals in the third quarter, including a run which involved two bounces, and a high pack mark. He had another impressive performance the next week in Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round, kicking three goals against Fremantle in a 100-point win. In October 2017, Cameron requested a trade home to Queensland with Brisbane being his preferred destination despite being contracted to Adelaide until the end of the 2018 season. He was officially traded to Brisbane during the trade period. After helping the Brisbane Lions to reach the finals from 2019 to 2022, he had gained a reputation for his ferocious efforts in front of goal. His finest hour came in the semi final of the 2022 AFL season against the Melbourne Demons, when he marked the ball in the dying minutes of the game just inside the boundary line and converted the set shot to set up the Brisbane Lions for a miracle win against the reigning premiers.

Statistics

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Honours and achievements

Individual *

All-Australian team The All-Australian team is an all-star team of Australian rules football in Australia, Australian rules footballers, selected by a panel at the end of each season. It represents a complete team, including an interchange bench, of the best-perf ...

* 4× Brisbane Lions leading goalkicker: 2019 (57), 2020 (32), 2021 (55), 2022 (54) * All Stars Representative Honours in Bushfire Relief Match: 2020 *

Marcus Ashcroft Medal The Marcus Ashcroft Medal is awarded to the player judged best on ground in the QClash football match played between Brisbane and Gold Coast. It is named after former footballer Marcus Ashcroft, who played junior football on the Gold Coast for ...

: 2019 (round 21) * AFL Rising Star nominee: 2015 (round 13)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cameron, Charlie 1994 births Living people People from Mount Isa Swan Districts Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Queensland Adelaide Football Club players Brisbane Lions players Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football Adelaide Football Club (SANFL) players All-Australians (AFL)