Matt Dea
Australian rules footballer
Matthew Dea (born 13 October 1991) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played 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 by Richmond. He made his debut against Melbourne in round 4 of 2010 season. In 2015, he won Richmond's VFL best and fairest award but was delisted in October.
In January 2016, Dea signed with the Essendon Football Club as one of their top-up players in the wake of the club's supplements saga. Under the player top-up rules, he was delisted at the conclusion of the 2016 season, however, in November he re-signed with Essendon during the delisted free agency period.
01Statistics
- Statistics are correct to the end of the 2016 season
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
| 2010 | Richmond | 43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 5 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 8.0 | 10.3 | 1.7 | 3.3 |
| 2011 | Richmond | 43 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 12 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 9.0 | 3.0 | 2.3 |
| 2012 | Richmond | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 87 | 165 | 53 | 23 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 11.8 | 3.8 | 1.6 |
| 2013 | Richmond | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 4.3 | 10.3 | 4.0 | 1.7 |
| 2014 | Richmond | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 44 | 89 | 22 | 10 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 12.7 | 3.1 | 1.4 |
| 2016 | Essendon | 49 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 218 | 139 | 357 | 132 | 48 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.4 | 6.6 | 17.0 | 6.3 | 2.3 |
| Career | 52 | 1 | 1 | 381 | 328 | 709 | 236 | 105 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 6.3 | 13.6 | 4.5 | 2.0 | ||
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