Troy Menzel

Troy Menzel
Personal information
Full name Troy Menzel
Date of birth (1994-09-22) 22 September 1994
Original team(s) Central District
Draft 11th overall 2012 AFL National Draft, Carlton
Height/Weight 187 cm / 83 kg
Position(s) Medium forward/defender
Club information
Current club Adelaide
Number 32
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2013–2015
2016–		 Carlton
Adelaide		 40 (47)
00 0(0)
40 (47)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2015 season.
Career highlights

Troy Menzel (born 22 September 1994)[1] is an Australian rules footballer for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Career

Primarily a medium-sized forward,[1] Menzel attended King's Baptist Grammar School and played his junior football for the Golden Grove Junior Football Club before joining Central District in the minor grades of the South Australian National Football League.[2] In 2012, at age 17, Menzel was playing senior football for Centrals; he also represented South Australia at the AFL Under 18 Championships in 2012, kicking fifteen goals in two matches, but missing the rest of the games due to injury.[3]

Menzel was seen as one of the most talented players in the 2012 National Draft, but was also seen as a risky selection due to his injury-prone knees – he had suffered two knee ligament injuries during his junior years, and underwent a LARS reconstruction at age 16, in which the natural ligament is augmented with synthetic tissue.[2] He was ultimately drafted by Carlton with its first round draft pick (No. 11 overall),[1] and made his senior AFL debut for the club in Round 8, 2013, where he was prominent in the forward line. In Round 16, 2014, Menzel was given a AFL Rising Star nomination after playing well against St Kilda.

In October 2015, Menzel was traded to the Adelaide Football Club in exchange for pick 28 and Sam Kerridge.

Personal life

Menzel's older brother, Daniel, is a footballer for the Geelong Football Club. Like Troy, Daniel has also struggled with knee ligament injuries during his playing career, having undergone four knee reconstructions, including a LARS reconstruction, before the age of 22.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Meet our latest recruits". Carlton Football Club. 23 November 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  2. 1 2 Homfray, Reece (2 November 2012). "Troy Menzel aims to follow his brother to Geelong". Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  3. ↑ Phelan, Jason (28 October 2012). "Battle of Troy". Australian Football League. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  4. ↑ Wade, Nick; Timms, Daryl (22 April 2013). "Scans confirm Geelong forward Daniel Menzel will need a fourth knee reconstruction". Herald Sun. Retrieved 21 May 2013.

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