Martin Mattner

Martin Mattner
Personal information
Full name	Martin Mattner
Date of birth	(1982-08-06) 6 August 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Ki Ki, South Australia
Original team(s)	Sturt (SANFL)
Height	189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Position(s)	Defender
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2002–2007	Adelaide	098 (14)
2008–2013	Sydney	124 (26)
Total		222 (40)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
2016–2018 2021-	Sturt (SANFL)	64 (43-19-2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2013.
Career highlights
Sturt premiership player (SANFL) 2002 Sydney premiership player (AFL) 2012 Sturt premiership coach (SANFL) 2016, 2017
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Martin Mattner (born 6 August 1982) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans and Adelaide Crows in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was traded to Sydney from the Crows in October 2007 in exchange for draft pick number 28.

Mattner grew up in a small town called Ki Ki, which is 150 kilometres south-east of Adelaide. In the year he was elevated off Adelaide's rookie list (2002), Mattner was having to travel up to Adelaide twice a week to train and play football for Sturt.^[1]

Prior to joining Sydney, he was Adelaide's leading tackler for the 2005 and 2006 seasons. In the 2006 season, Mattner missed out on two games due to a calf injury.

He retired midway through the 2013 AFL season, succumbing to his ongoing hip injury. He took up a coaching role with the Sydney Swans as a development coach until the end of the 2015 season.^[2] In October 2015, Mattner was announced as the head coach of Sturt. Martin Mattner is one of the few players to win a SANFL Premiership as a player, a SANFL Premiership as a coach and an AFL Premiership as a player.^[3]