Matthew Bode
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| Personal information | |
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| Birth | 29 June 1979 |
| Recruited from | Glenelg (SANFL) |
| Height and weight | 178cm / 77kg |
| Playing career¹ | |
| Debut | Round 1, 29 March 1998, Port Adelaide v. Sydney Swans, at Football Park |
| Team(s) |
Port Adelaide (1998-2000) 29 games, 25 goals Adelaide (2001-2007) 79 games, 47 goals |
| ¹ Statistics to end of 2007 season | |
Matthew Bode (born 29 June 1979) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.
Debuting in 1998 with the Port Adelaide Football Club, he played as a small forward before moving to the Adelaide Football Club in 2001. He played just one game that year due to injury before having what was easily his best season in 2002, which saw him kick 22 goals and play all 25 games. He followed this up with another solid year in 2003.
2004 saw him suffer with injury, while in 2005 he had shoulder surgery which sidelined him after Round 2. In 2006 he found a niche in the side as Adelaide's main small forward at the start of the premiership season, kicking 9 goals in the first 5 rounds. He ended up playing 23 games for the year, scoring a total of 32 goals.
In 2007, he managed just the one game against the Western Bulldogs in Round 2. In this match, he suffered a knee injury that forced him to miss the rest of the season. He was delisted at the end of the 2007 season. Bode returned to play for Glenelg in the 2008 season.
[edit] External links
- Matthew Bode's profile on the Official AFL Website of the Adelaide Football Club
- Matthew Bode's statistics from AFL Tables
