Simon Goodwin

Simon Goodwin
Simon Goodwin
	Goodwin as Melbourne coach in April 2018
Personal information
Full name	Simon Goodwin
Nickname(s)	Goody
Date of birth	26 December 1976 (age 47)
Place of birth	Adelaide, South Australia
Original team(s)	South Adelaide (SANFL)
Draft	No. 18, 1996 pre-season draft
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Playing career1
Years	Club
1997–2010	Adelaide
Coaching career3
Years	Club
2013	Essendon
2017–	Melbourne
Total
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2010. 3 Coaching statistics correct as of round 8, 2024.
Career highlights
	Playing Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee 2017; 2× AFL premiership player (1997, 1998); 5× All-Australian team (2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2009); Adelaide captain (2008–2010); Malcolm Blight Medal (2000, 2005, 2006); Michael Tuck Medal (2006); AFLCA Champion Player of the Year (2006); Australia international rules football team (2000, 2001); Dream Team (Australian rules football) (2008); Adelaide Team of the Decade - Interchange; Showdown Medal (2005, 2007); Coaching AFL premiership coach (2021); AFLCA Coach of the year (2021); All-Australian (2021);
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Simon Goodwin (born 26 December 1976) is an Australian rules football coach and former player. He has been the senior coach of the Melbourne Football Club of the Australian Football League (AFL) since 2017.

As a player, Goodwin tallied 275 AFL games, all as a midfielder for the Adelaide Football Club between 1996 and 2010. He won two premierships with the Crows in 1997 and 1998, was a five-time All-Australian, and captained Adelaide for his final three seasons. As coach of Melbourne, Goodwin led the Demons back into the finals in 2018, and in 2021 coached Melbourne to its first premiership victory in 57 years.^[1]

Goodwin was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame as a player in 2017.^[2]^[3]

^ Twomey, Callum (25 September 2021). "It's a grand NEW flag: Demons finally exorcise 57 years of pain". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
^ Cite error: The named reference SG was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Simon Goodwin at AustralianFootball.com

[afl_com_au-1] Twomey, Callum (25 September 2021). "It's a grand NEW flag: Demons finally exorcise 57 years of pain". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 25 September 2021.

[SG-2] Cite error: The named reference SG was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[bio-3] Simon Goodwin at AustralianFootball.com

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