Scott Camporeale

Infobox afl player


firstname = Scott
lastname = Camporeale


| birthdate = Birth date and age|1975|8|11|df=y
birthplace = South Australia
originalteam = Woodville-West Torrens Eagles (SANFL)
heightweight = 180cm / 80kg
dead = alive
deathdate =
deathplace =
debutdate = Round 1, 2 April 1995
debutteam = Carlton
debutopponent = Collingwood
debutstadium = Melbourne Cricket Ground
playingteams = Carlton (1995-2005)

233 games, 200 goals

Essendon (2006-07)

19 games, 5 goals
coach = notcoach
coachingteams =
statsend = 2007
careerhighlights =

*Carlton premiership side 1995
*International rules series 1998, 1999
*Carlton Best and Fairest 2000
*All-Australian 2000
*Carlton Pre-season Priemership sides 1997,2005
* VFL-AFL Italian Team of the Century 2007

Scott Camporeale (born 11 August 1975) is a former Australian rules footballer who spent the majority of his AFL career with the Carlton Football Club.

Picked up by Carlton at pick No. 15 in the 1994 AFL Draft, Camporeale quickly established himself as a quality running midfielder for the Blues. As an outside player his dash was an important part of Carlton's 1995 premiership winning side, and he was very impressive in his debut season.

In 2000 along with Carlton's great year he won the Robert Reynolds Trophy best and fairest award and All-Australian selection. He and Anthony Koutoufides (until his injury late in the year) were the stars for the Blues in 2000.

As the team slid down the ladder, so did Camporeale's performances, to an extent. Following the loss of quality inside players at Carlton such as Brett Ratten, Adrian Hickmott and Darren Hulme, Camporeale's run and effectiveness was not as damaging, but it was not only him, it was the entire team that was under-performing. He had an average year in 2005 when Carlton won the wooden spoon and was not good enough to demand the wage a player of his reputation wanted.

At the end of the 2005 season, Camporeale decided to quit Carlton. Carlton tried to make it difficult for him to leave, not releasing him to train with Essendon, his desired club, until as late as they could. He nominated for the pre-season draft, where, in a case of mind games, Mick Malthouse said he would ruin Essendon's plans of snapping-up Camporeale. However this was not the case and Essendon picked up Camporeale as expected on December 13, 2005 with pick 4 in the pre-season draft. Camporeale then debuted with Essendon in Round 1, 2006.

His career came to an end one game too early when he suffered a right knee injury in Round 21 2007. It occurred when he changed direction to tackle an opponment resulting with his knee bending and twisting the wrong way. He had successful ACL surgery on the knee. He played just 19 games for the Bombers in 2 years before retiring as an Essenden player. He will be an Assistant Coach at Essendon in 2008.

Camporeale is an old scholar of St Michael's College, Adelaide , the finest footballing product the school has produced.

External links

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