Mathew Capuano | |||
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Personal information | |||
Date of birth | 2 September 1975 | ||
Original team(s) | Creswick / Geelong U18 | ||
Debut | Round 13, 18 June 1994, North Melbourne vs. Richmond, at the MCG | ||
Height | 198 cm (6 ft 6 in) | ||
Weight | 99 kg (218 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1994–2000 | North Melbourne | 82 (24) | |
2001–2003 | St Kilda | 25 (13) | |
Total | 107 (37) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2003. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: M/Mathew_Capuano.html AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Mathew Capuano (born 2 September 1975) is a former Australian rules footballer who spent his AFL career with the North Melbourne Football Club and the St Kilda Football Club. Post playing career Capuano was a development coach at the Carlton Football Club. [1]
He was famously sacked by St. Kilda during the 2003 season.
Capuano made his AFL debut for North Melbourne in the 1994 season; He played a total of 82 games for the Kangaroos, and was a member of the club's 1996 and 1999 premiership side.
Capuano's career with the Saints was plagued by shoulder and knee injuries. He played 25 games in his three seasons for the Saints. Although making his 100th AFL appearance in Round 8, 2002, he underwent a knee surgery after Round 9 and missed all remaining AFL games that season.
After making six appearances in the first nine rounds of the 2003 season, Capuano was sacked by the Saints. [2] The coach, Grant Thomas, explained that Capuano's poor form lead to his sacking. While it is suggested that the young and rising Saints did not need Capuano's service anymore, [3] the Saints were also criticised for axing Capuano at the wrong time as Trent Knobel and Barry Brooks, their other two ruckmen, were both injured at the time. [4]
Although a number of VFL clubs sought Capuano's services after he was sacked, [5] he did not accept any offers and spent the latter half of 2003 travelling Europe. He also did not nominate for the 2003 AFL Draft [6] and spent 2004 playing for South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League. [7]
Capuano signed with the Carlton Football Club in 2009 to coach their ruckmen on a part-time basis. The following season, the Blues made Capuano a full-time development coach and a direct ruck coach. He remained with Carlton in the development role until the end of the 2017 AFL season.
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks | H/O | Hit-outs |
Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||||
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G | B | K | H | D | M | T | H/O | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | H/O | ||||
1994 | North Melbourne | 40 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
1995 | North Melbourne | 16 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 68 | 63 | 131 | 46 | 6 | 88 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 8.7 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 5.9 |
1996 | North Melbourne | 16 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 81 | 62 | 143 | 41 | 1 | 81 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 7.9 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 4.5 |
1997 | North Melbourne | 16 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1998 | North Melbourne | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 59 | 26 | 85 | 25 | 7 | 121 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 6.5 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 9.3 |
1999 | Kangaroos | 16 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 127 | 65 | 192 | 63 | 11 | 263 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 6.7 | 3.4 | 10.1 | 3.3 | 0.6 | 13.8 |
2000 | Kangaroos | 16 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 69 | 19 | 88 | 36 | 13 | 129 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 4.9 | 1.4 | 6.3 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 9.2 |
2001 | St Kilda | 16 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 70 | 26 | 96 | 51 | 4 | 119 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 2.2 | 8.0 | 4.3 | 0.3 | 9.9 |
2002 | St Kilda | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 44 | 37 | 81 | 37 | 3 | 37 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 5.3 | 11.6 | 5.3 | 0.4 | 5.3 |
2003 | St Kilda | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 24 | 51 | 21 | 7 | 43 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 8.5 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 7.2 |
Career | 107 | 37 | 13 | 548 | 326 | 874 | 326 | 55 | 884 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 5.1 | 3.0 | 8.2 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 8.3 |
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