Brandon Matera
Brandon Matera is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Gold Coast Football Club and the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League. He was recruited as one of twelve 17-year-olds made available to Gold Coast under the AFL's draft concessions.
Matera is the son of former Fitzroy and West Coast player Wally Matera and the nephew of former West Coast footballers Phil and Peter Matera. He is of Italian and Indigenous Australian heritage.
Junior career
Matera came up through the junior system of the South Fremantle Football Club and represented Western Australia at under-16 and under-18 levels.Matera was named in the 2009 Under-18 All Australian team following the 2009 AFL National Under-18 Championships.
AFL career
Gold Coast: 2011–2017
Matera made his debut in Round 2, 2011, in the Gold Coast Suns inaugural AFL match against Carlton at the Gabba.In Round 5, Matera was part of the first Gold Coast Suns victory. He kicked 4 goals, and for his efforts was the round 5 nomination for the 2011 AFL Rising Star.