Daniel Motlop

Daniel Motlop
Daniel Motlop at training in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Motlop
Date of birth	16 March 1982 (1982-03-16) (age 29)
Original team	North Adelaide SANFL
Height/Weight	185 cm / 90 kg
Position(s)	Forward
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2001–2005 2006–2011 Total	Kangaroos Port Adelaide	47 (53) 83 (155) 130 (208)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
2007–2009 2008	Indigenous All-Stars Dream Team	2 1 (2)
International team honours
2008	Australia	2
1 Playing statistics to end of 2011 season .
Career highlights
Port Adelaide leading goalkicker 2008

Daniel Motlop (born 16 March 1982) is an Indigenous Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club and Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.

AFL career

Kangaroos career (2001–2005)

Playing as a defender or forward, Motlop debuted in 2001 for the Kangaroos and was traded to Port Adelaide at the end of 2005 due to a desire to return to South Australia.

Port Adelaide career (2006–2011)

In late 2005 Motlop was traded to Port Adeaide. In the 2007 season, Motlop suffered from an ankle injury in Round 1 and a broken collarbone in Round 9. However, he came back in Round 13 against Brisbane and kicked a career best 6 goals to help set up Port's win, including a goal of the year nomination.

In the 2008 AFL season he ranked 10th on the list of most goals kicked in the AFL, including a career best 7 goal game against Essendon and a 5 goal game against Fremantle, including a candidate for goal of the year.

The 2009 season saw Motlop average 2 goals a game in the 11 games he played, but he missed most of the second half of the season with a fractured ankle. Surgery to his ankle prevented him from returning to the Power side until Round 7, 2010, where he kicked 3.1 goals. He was delisted by the Power at the end of the 2011 season, marking an end to his 83 games and 155 goals with the club.

Family

He is the younger brother of footballer Shannon, the older brother of Geelong footballer Steven Motlop and the cousin of Port Adelaide's Marlon Motlop.

External links

• Daniel Motlop's profile on the Official AFL Website of the Port Adelaide Football Club
• Daniel Motlop's statistics from AFL Tables

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Name	Motlop, Daniel
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Date of birth	16 March 1982
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