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Matthew Pavlich
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| Birth | December 31, 1981 , Adelaide, South Australia |
| Recruited from | Woodville-West Torrens FC |
| Height and weight | 192cm / 100kg |
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| Debut | Round 5, April 8, 2000, Fremantle vs. Melbourne, at The WACA |
| Team(s) | Fremantle (2000-)
175 Games, 312 Goals |
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Matthew Pavlich (b. December 31, 1981) is a South Australian-born Australian rules footballer. He plays for the Fremantle Football Club, wears guernsey number 29 and made his AFL debut in 2000.
Pavlich was recruited by Fremantle (the Dockers), from Woodville-West Torrens with the fourth selection in the 1999 AFL national draft.
Since his first game for the Dockers, Pavlich has consistently shown all the attributes of a key forward: physical size (a height of 192 cm and a weight of around 100 kg), strength, speed and agility. However, it was not until 2005 that he played primarily at centre half forward. The move paid off, as Pavlich topped Fremantle's list of goalkickers, with 61 goals for the season. He also took more marks than any other Docker and won his second Doig Medal as Fremantle's best and fairest player. In the 2005 Brownlow Medal count, Pavlich finished equal ninth and received more votes than any other Fremantle player.
He has been selected in All-Australian Teams five times: in 2002 (fullback), 2003 (half forward flank), 2005 (centre half forward), 2006 (interchange) and 2007 (full forward). He was a member of the Australian International rules team in 2002 and 2003, and was a Rising Star nominee in 2000. On the 13th of December 2006 Pavlich was named the captain of the Fremantle Football Club after Peter Bell retired from the role at the conclusion of the 2006 season.
Despite the additional burden of captaincy, Pavlich performed well throughout the 2007 season, leading an otherwise disappointing Fremantle side. He kicked a club record 72 goals, came second in the Coleman Medal and was named full-forward in the All-Australian team for 2007.
On August 14, 2007 Pavlich signed a new, 3-year contract with the Fremantle Football club, which ended speculation that he may join the Adelaide Crows or the Port Adelaide Power. The contract is rumoured to be worth $2.5 million. [1]
- ^ O'Donoghue, Craig. Freo's $2.5 million man reveals: Why im staying, The West Australian p.124, 2007-08-14.
- Biography and player profile
- Footywire.com player profile
- Matthew Pavlich statistics
- Matthew Pavlich's statistics from AFL Tables
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| Preceded by Peter Bell |
Fremantle Football Club captain 2007- |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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| Preceded by Peter Bell |
Fremantle Best and Fairest winner 2002 |
Succeeded by Peter Bell |
| Preceded by Peter Bell |
Fremantle Best and Fairest winner 2005-2006 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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1 Webster • 2 J. Carr • 3 Schammer • 4 Hasleby • 5 Dunn* • 6 Solomon • 7 Peake • 8 McManus • 9 M. Carr • 10 Palmer • 11 Headland • 12 O'Brien • 13 Pratt* • 14 Grover • 15 Crowley • 16 Mundy • 17 Mark Johnson • 18 McPharlin • 19 Hinkley • 20 Tarrant • 21 Black • 22 Thornton • 23 Mayne • 24 Campbell • 25 Dodd • 26 Bradley • 27 Gilmore • 28 Murphy • 29 Pavlich • 30 Drum • 31 Sandilands • 32 Bell • 33 Farmer • 34 Warnock • 35 Ibbotson • 36 Browne • 37 Michael Johnson • 38 Smith* • 39 Mourish* • 40 Foster • 41 Duffield • 43 Hayden • 42 Head • 44 Connelly* Coach: Harvey * denotes Rookie Listed players
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| First Round Josh Fraser • Paul Hasleby • Aaron Fiora • Matthew Pavlich • Leigh Brown • Damian Cupido • Danny Roach • Joel Corey • Caydn Beetham • Luke McPharlin • Darren Glass • Robert Murphy • Travis Gaspar • David Spriggs • David Haynes • Ezra Bray |
| Second Round Rhyce Shaw • Brad Green • Paul Wheatley • Scott Stevens • Ezra Poyas • Daniel Foster • Jason Blake • Brett Johnson • Stephen Doyle • Cain Ackland • Brent Guerra • Adam Hunter • Jonathan Brown (F/S) • Paul Chapman • Daniel Giansiracusa • Tim Clarke • Leon Davis |
| Third Round Patrick Wiggins • Rhett Biglands • Mitch Hahn • Cameron Ling • Scott Homewood • David Hille • Kane Munro • Michael Clarke • Lindsay Gilbee • Shane Morrison (F/S) • Marcus Pickett • Adam Butler • Corey Enright • Chance Bateman • Ben Cunningham • Matthew Whelan |
| Later Rounds Ricky O'Loughlin • Andrew Mills • Clayton Lassock • Murray Pitts • Tim Hazell • Ryan O'Keefe • Steven Brosnan • Patrick Bowden • John Barnes • Richard Kelly • Mark Ainley • Ben Johnson • Shannon O'Brien • Cameron Bruce • Justin Cicolella • Ryan Hargrave • Robert Shirley • Tony Delaney • Bill Nicholls • Brett Allison • Robert Forster-Knight • Ryan Houlihan • Matthew Burton • Dale Baynes • Lindsay Smith • Ty Zantuck • Balraj Singh • Jeremy Dukes • Troy Makepeace • Nick Stone • Matthew Shir • Trent Hotton • Christian Woodley • Michael W. Clark • Andrew Merrington • Adam Mathews • Joe Allen |