Matt Dea

Matt Dea
Personal information
Full name	Matt Dea
Date of birth	(1991-10-13) 13 October 1991
Original team(s)	Ballarat Clarendon College (BAS) North Ballarat Rebels (TAC Cup)
Draft	44th overall, 2009 AFL Draft Richmond
Height/Weight	186cm / 84kg
Position(s)	Defender / Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Essendon
Number	49
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2010–2015 2016– Total	Richmond Essendon	31 (1) 02 (0) 33 (1)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of Round 2, 2016 season.

Matt Dea (born 13 October 1991) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted in the third round of the 2009 AFL Draft with the 44th overall pick. He made his debut against Melbourne in round 4 of 2010 season.^[1] In 2015, he won Richmond's VFL best and fairest award but was delisted in October.^[2]

In January 2016, Dea signed with the Essendon Football Club as one of their top-up players following the clubs' supplements controversy.^[3]

References

↑ Ralph, John (19 April 2010), "Hardwick calls for smaller bench", Herald Sun
↑ "Three more Tiger list changes". RichmondFC.com.au (Bigpond). 28 October 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
↑ Schmook, Nathan (28 January 2016). "Former Tiger Dea to don the red and black as Bombers confirm another top-up signing". AFL.com.au (Bigpond). Retrieved 28 January 2016.

External links

Matt Dea's statistics from AFL Tables
Matt Dea's statistics from Footy Wire

Essendon Football Club – current squad

1 Hibberd**
2 Bellchambers**
3 Parish
4 Watson**
5 Stanton**
6 Daniher
7 Z. Merrett
8 Gleeson
9 Goddard (c)
10 Francis
11 Zaharakis
12 Baguley (vc)
13 Fantasia
14 Ashby
15 Dempsey
16 Pears**
17 Cooney
18 Hurley**
19 Edwards
20 J. Merrett
21 Heppell**
22 Leuenberger
23 Myers**
24 Bird
25 Morgan
26 Hooker**
27 Redman
28 Brown
29 Ambrose
30 Langford
32 Colyer**
33 Laverde
34 Long*
35 Eades
36 Hartley
37 Nyuon*
38 Kommer
39 Hocking**
40 Howlett**
41 Hams*
42 Gwilt
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti*
44 McKernan
45 McKenna*
46 Wallis*
47 Kelly+
48 Stokes+
49 Dea+
50 Polkinghorne+
51 Crowley+
52 Simpkin+
53 Jamar+
54 Grimley+
55 Grima+
56 Michael+

Coach: Worsfold

* denotes rookie listed players

** denotes player(s) serving WADA suspension in 2016

+ denotes top-up players

2009 AFL national draft

First round	1. Tom Scully (PP) 2. Jack Trengove 3. Dustin Martin 4. Anthony Morabito 5. Ben Cunnington 6. Gary Rohan 7. Brad Sheppard 8. John Butcher 9. Andrew Moore 10. Jake Melksham 11. Jordan Gysberts 12. Kane Lucas 13. Daniel Talia 14. Lewis Jetta 15. Christian Howard 16. Jasper Pittard 17. Daniel Menzel

Second round	18. Luke Tapscott 19. Ben Griffiths 20. Nathan Fyfe 21. Ryan Bastinac 22. Gerrick Weedon 23. Koby Stevens 24. Jake Carlisle 25. Aaron Black 26. Travis Colyer 27. Callum Bartlett 28. Mitch Duncan 29. Jack Gunston 30. Luke Ball 31. Jason Tutt 32. Nicholas Winmar 33. Anthony Long

Third round	34. Max Gawn 35. David Astbury 36. Joel Houghton 37. Jamie Macmillan 38. Sam Reid 39. Sam Grimley 40. Allen Christensen 41. Ayden Kennedy 42. Nathan Vardy 43. Marcus Davies 44. Matt Dea 45. Sam Shaw 46. Ben Stratton 47. Ryan Harwood 48. Jesse Crichton 49. Dylan Roberton

Fourth round	50. Jack Fitzpatrick 51. Troy Taylor 52. Justin Bollenhagen 53. Brayden Norris 54. Byron Sumner 55. Trent Dennis-Lane 56. Josh Cowan 57. Jordan Williams 58. Rhan Hooper 59. Rohan Kerr 60. Jesse W. Smith 61. James Craig 62. Ben Sinclair 63. Lukas Markovic 64. Adam Pattison 65. Jeremy Laidler (RP)

Fifth round	67. Jeromey Webberley 69. Taylor Duryea 70. Matt Suckling (RP) 71. Ben Nason 72. Sam Jacobs (RP) 73. Jesse O'Brien 74. Brodie Martin (RP) 75. Josh Thomas 76. Shane Thorne 77. Will Johnson

Sixth round	79. Greg Broughton (RP) 80. Cruize Garlett (RP) 82. Daniel Stewart (RP) 83. Aaron Joseph (RP) 84. Bryce Retzlaff (RP) 85. Simon Buckley 86. Liam Picken (RP) 87. Zac Dawson (RP) 88. Wade Thompson (RP)

Seventh round	89. Robin Nahas (RP) 90. Kristin Thornton (RP) 91. Matt Maguire 92. James Mulligan (RP) 93. Luke Miles (RP)

Eighth round	94. Andrew Browne (RP) 95. Pearce Hanley (RP)

RP = Rookie Promotion

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