Brandon Matera


Brandon Matera is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League. He previously played for the Gold Coast Football Club from 2011 to 2017. He was recruited as one of twelve 17-year-olds made available to Gold Coast under the AFL's draft concessions.
Matera is the son of former Fitzroy and West Coast player Wally Matera and the nephew of former West Coast footballers Phil and Peter Matera. He is of Italian and Indigenous Australian heritage.

Junior career

Matera came up through the junior system of the South Fremantle Football Club and represented Western Australia at under 16 and under 18 levels.
Matera was named in the 2009 Under-18 All Australian team following the 2009 AFL National Under 18 Championships.

AFL career

Gold Coast :2011–2017

Matera made his debut in round 2, 2011 in the Gold Coast Suns inaugural AFL match against Carlton at the Gabba.
In round 5, Matera was part of the first Gold Coast Suns victory. He kicked 4 goals and for his efforts was the round 5 nomination for the 2011 AFL Rising Star.

Fremantle :2018–Present

During the 2017 AFL Trade period, Matera was traded to.