Daniel Motlop
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 Daniel Motlop at training in 2007 |
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Daniel Motlop | ||
| Date of birth | 16 March 1982 | ||
| Original team | North Adelaide SANFL | ||
| Height/Weight | 185 cm / 90 kg | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2001–2005 2006–2011 Total |
Kangaroos Port Adelaide |
47 (53) 83 (155) 130 (208) |
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| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2007–2009 2008 |
Indigenous All-Stars Dream Team |
2 1 (2) |
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| International team honours | |||
| 2008 | Australia | 2 | |
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1 Playing statistics to end of 2011 season .
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| Career highlights | |||
Daniel Motlop (born 16 March 1982) is an Indigenous Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club and Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.
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[edit] AFL career
[edit] Kangaroos career (2001–2005)
Playing as a defender or forward, Motlop debuted in 2001 for the Kangaroos and was traded to Port Adelaide at the end of 2005 due to a desire to return to South Australia.
[edit] Port Adelaide career (2006–2011)
In late 2005 Motlop was traded to Port Adeaide. In the 2007 season, Motlop suffered from an ankle injury in Round 1 and a broken collarbone in Round 9. However, he came back in Round 13 against Brisbane and kicked a career best 6 goals to help set up Port's win, including a goal of the year nomination.
In the 2008 AFL season he ranked 10th on the list of most goals kicked in the AFL, including a career best 7 goal game against Essendon and a 5 goal game against Fremantle, including a candidate for goal of the year.
The 2009 season saw Motlop average 2 goals a game in the 11 games he played, but he missed most of the second half of the season with a fractured ankle. Surgery to his ankle prevented him from returning to the Power side until Round 7, 2010, where he kicked 3.1 goals. He was delisted by the Power at the end of the 2011 season, marking an end to his 83 games and 155 goals with the club.
[edit] Family
He is the younger brother of footballer Shannon, the older brother of Geelong footballer Steven Motlop and the cousin of Marlon Motlop.
[edit] External links
- Daniel Motlop's profile on the Official AFL Website of the Port Adelaide Football Club
- Daniel Motlop's statistics from AFL Tables
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