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{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Infobox AFL player
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
| name = Matthew Capuano
{{Infobox AFL biography
| | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1975|9|2}}
| name = Mathew Capuano
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1975|9|2}}
| birth_place =
| birth_place =
| originalteam = [[Creswick, Victoria|Creswick]]/[[Geelong Falcons|Geelong U18]]
| heightweight = 198cm / 99kg
| death_date =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| death_place =
| originalteam = [[Creswick, Victoria|Creswick]] / [[Geelong Falcons|Geelong U18]]
| debutdate = Round 13, 18 June 1994
| debutdate = Round 13, 18 June 1994
| debutteam = [[Kangaroos Football Club|North Melbourne]]
| debutteam = [[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]]
| debutopponent = [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]]
| debutopponent = [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]]
| debutstadium = [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]]
| debutstadium = the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]]
| height = 198 cm
| playingteams = [[Kangaroos Football Club|Kangaroos]] (1994-2000)
| weight = 99 kg
| position =
| statsend = 2003
| years1 = 1994–2000
| club1 = [[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]]
| games_goals1 = {{0}}82 (24)
| years2 = 2001–2003
| club2 = [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]]
| games_goals2 = {{0}}25 (13)
| games_goalstotal = 107 (37)
| careerhighlights = *[[AFL Rising Star]] nominee 1995
*[[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]] premiership side 1996, 1999
}}


'''Mathew Capuano''' (born 2 September 1975) is a former [[Australian rules football]]er who spent his [[Australian Football League|AFL]] career with the [[North Melbourne Football Club]] and the [[St Kilda Football Club]]. Post playing career Capuano was a development coach at the [[Carlton Football Club]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2015 Coaching Panel|url=http://www.carltonfc.com.au/footy/coaching-panel|website=carltonfc.com.au|publisher=Carlton Football Club|access-date=16 August 2015}}</ref>
82 games, 24 goals


He was famously [[Dismissal (employment)|sacked]] by St. Kilda during the [[2003 AFL season|2003 season]].
[[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]] (2001-2003)

25 games, 13 goals
| statsend = 2003
| careerhighlights = <BR>
*[[AFL Rising Star]] nominee 1995
*[[Kangaroos Football Club|Kangaroos]] premiership side 1996, 1999
}}
'''Matthew Capuano''' (born 2 September 1975) is a former [[Australian rules football]]er who spent his [[Australian Football League|AFL]] career with the [[North Melbourne Football Club]] and the [[St Kilda Football Club]]. Capuano is currently a development coach at the [[Carlton Football Club]]. He was most remembered for being [[sack]]ed by the Saints at the middle of the [[2003 AFL season|2003 season]].


==Kangaroos career==
==Kangaroos career==


Capuano made his AFL debut for North Melbourne in the [[1994 AFL season|1994 season]]. He played a total of 82 games for the Kangaroos, and was a member of the club's [[1996 AFL season|1996]] and [[1999 AFL season|1999]] premiership side.
Capuano made his AFL debut for North Melbourne in the [[1994 AFL season|1994 season]]; He played a total of 82 games for the Kangaroos, and was a member of the club's [[1996 AFL season|1996]] and [[1999 AFL season|1999]] premiership side.


==St Kilda career==
==St Kilda career==
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===Mid-season sacking===
===Mid-season sacking===


After making six appearances in the first nine rounds of the 2003 season, Capuano was sacked by the Saints.<ref>[http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/articles/2003/05/27/1053801375253.html Saints sack Capuano], ''The Age'', 26 May 2003. Retrieved 9 June 2006.</ref> The coach, [[Grant Thomas (footballer)|Grant Thomas]], explained that Capuano's poor form lead to his sacking. While it is suggested that the young and rising Saints did not need Capuano's service anymore,<ref>Walls, R., "[http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/articles/2003/05/29/1054177672141.html Thomas does the hard thing but the right thing]", ''The Age'', 30 May 2003. Retrieved 9 June 2006.</ref> the Saints were also criticised for axing Capuano at the wrong time as [[Trent Knobel]] and [[Barry Brooks]], their other two ruckmen, were both injured at the time.<ref>Connolly, R., "[http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/09/29/1064819874042.html Thrills and spills in 2003]", ''The Age'', 30 September 2003. Retrieved 9 June 2006</ref>
After making six appearances in the first nine rounds of the 2003 season, Capuano was sacked by the Saints.<ref>[http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/articles/2003/05/27/1053801375253.html Saints sack Capuano], ''The Age'', 26 May 2003. Retrieved 9 June 2006.</ref> The coach, [[Grant Thomas (footballer)|Grant Thomas]], explained that Capuano's poor form led to his sacking. While it is suggested that the young and rising Saints did not need Capuano's service anymore,<ref>Walls, R., "[http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/articles/2003/05/29/1054177672141.html Thomas does the hard thing but the right thing]", ''The Age'', 30 May 2003. Retrieved 9 June 2006.</ref> the Saints were also criticised for axing Capuano at the wrong time as [[Trent Knobel]] and [[Barry Brooks]], their other two ruckmen, were both injured at the time.<ref>Connolly, R., "[http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/09/29/1064819874042.html Thrills and spills in 2003]", ''The Age'', 30 September 2003. Retrieved 9 June 2006</ref>


Although a number of [[Victoria Football League|VFL]] clubs sought Capuano’s servicea after he was sacked,<ref>Lyon, K. & Niall, J., "[http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/05/29/1054177672174.html Capuano now a wanted man]", ''The Age'', 30 May 2003. Retrieved 9 June 2006.</ref> he did not accept any offers and spent the latter half of 2003 travelling Europe. He also did not nominate for the [[2003 AFL Draft]]<ref>Quayle, E., "[http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/10/21/1066631423736.html No draft for Capuano]", ''The Age'', 22 October 2003. Retrieved 9 June 2006.</ref> and spent 2004 playing for {{WAFL SF}} in the [[West Australian Football League]].<ref>[http://www.wafl.com.au/players/view/1047 WAFL Online playing statistics]</ref>
Although a number of [[Victoria Football League|VFL]] clubs sought Capuano's services after he was sacked,<ref>Lyon, K. & Niall, J., "[http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/05/29/1054177672174.html Capuano now a wanted man]", ''The Age'', 30 May 2003. Retrieved 9 June 2006.</ref> he did not accept any offers and spent the latter half of 2003 travelling Europe. He also did not nominate for the [[2003 AFL Draft]]<ref>Quayle, E., "[http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/10/21/1066631423736.html No draft for Capuano]", ''The Age'', 22 October 2003. Retrieved 9 June 2006.</ref> and spent 2004 playing for {{WAFL|SF}} in the [[West Australian Football League]].<ref>[http://www.wafl.com.au/players/view/1047 WAFL Online playing statistics]</ref>


==Coaching==
==Coaching==
Capuano signed with the [[Carlton Football Club]] in 2009 to coach their ruckmen on a part-time basis. The following season, the Blues made Capuano a full-time development coach and a direct ruck coach.
Capuano signed with the [[Carlton Football Club]] in 2009 to coach their ruckmen on a part-time basis. The following season, the Blues made Capuano a full-time development coach and a direct ruck coach. He remained with Carlton in the development role until the end of the 2017 AFL season.

==Playing statistics==
:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/M/Mathew_Capuano.html|title=Mathew Capuano|publisher=AFL Tables}}</ref>
{{AFL player statistics legend/ruckman}}
{{AFL player statistics start/ruckman}}
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1994 AFL season|1994]]
|{{AFL NM}}
| 40 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 4 || 7 || 6 || 3 || 3 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 1.3 || 2.3 || 2.0 || 1.0 || 1.0
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1995 AFL season|1995]]
|{{AFL NM}}
| 16 || 15 || 5 || 4 || 68 || 63 || 131 || 46 || 6 || 88 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 4.5 || 4.2 || 8.7 || 3.1 || 0.4 || 5.9
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | [[1996 AFL season|1996]]
|{{AFL NM}}
| 16 || 18 || 6 || 0 || 81 || 62 || 143 || 41 || 1 || 81 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 4.5 || 3.4 || 7.9 || 2.3 || 0.1 || 4.5
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1997 AFL season|1997]]
|{{AFL NM}}
| 16 || 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1998 AFL season|1998]]
|{{AFL NM}}
| 16 || 13 || 3 || 3 || 59 || 26 || 85 || 25 || 7 || 121 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 4.5 || 2.0 || 6.5 || 1.9 || 0.5 || 9.3
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | [[1999 AFL season|1999]]
|{{AFL Kan}}
| 16 || 19 || 4 || 4 || 127 || 65 || 192 || 63 || 11 || 263 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 6.7 || 3.4 || 10.1 || 3.3 || 0.6 || 13.8
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2000 AFL season|2000]]
|{{AFL Kan}}
| 16 || 14 || 5 || 2 || 69 || 19 || 88 || 36 || 13 || 129 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 4.9 || 1.4 || 6.3 || 2.6 || 0.9 || 9.2
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2001 AFL season|2001]]
|{{AFL StK}}
| 16 || 12 || 8 || 0 || 70 || 26 || 96 || 51 || 4 || 119 || 0.7 || 0.0 || 5.8 || 2.2 || 8.0 || 4.3 || 0.3 || 9.9
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2002 AFL season|2002]]
|{{AFL StK}}
| 16 || 7 || 4 || 0 || 44 || 37 || 81 || 37 || 3 || 37 || 0.6 || 0.0 || 6.3 || 5.3 || 11.6 || 5.3 || 0.4 || 5.3
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2003 AFL season|2003]]
|{{AFL StK}}
| 16 || 6 || 1 || 0 || 27 || 24 || 51 || 21 || 7 || 43 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 4.5 || 4.0 || 8.5 || 3.5 || 1.2 || 7.2
|- class="sortbottom"
! colspan=3| Career
! 107
! 37
! 13
! 548
! 326
! 874
! 326
! 55
! 884
! 0.3
! 0.1
! 5.1
! 3.0
! 8.2
! 3.0
! 0.5
! 8.3
|}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{Stkplayer|ref=13480}}
*{{Stkplayer|ref=13480}}
*{{AFL Tables|M/Mathew_Capuano}}
*{{AflRleague|ref=M/Matthew_Capuano.html}}


{{1996 North Melbourne Kangaroos premiership players}}
{{1996 North Melbourne premiership players}}
{{1999 North Melbourne Kangaroos premiership players}}
{{1999 Kangaroos premiership players}}
{{1992 AFL Draft}}
{{1995 AFL Rising Star nominees}}
{{1992 AFL national draft}}


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Latest revision as of 02:12, 17 October 2024

Mathew Capuano
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-09-02) 2 September 1975 (age 49)
Original team(s) Creswick / Geelong U18
Debut Round 13, 18 June 1994, North Melbourne vs. Richmond, at the MCG
Height 198 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight 99 kg (218 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1994–2000 North Melbourne 082 (24)
2001–2003 St Kilda 025 (13)
Total 107 (37)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2003.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Mathew Capuano (born 2 September 1975) is a former Australian rules footballer who spent his AFL career with the North Melbourne Football Club and the St Kilda Football Club. Post playing career Capuano was a development coach at the Carlton Football Club.[1]

He was famously sacked by St. Kilda during the 2003 season.

Kangaroos career

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Capuano made his AFL debut for North Melbourne in the 1994 season; He played a total of 82 games for the Kangaroos, and was a member of the club's 1996 and 1999 premiership side.

St Kilda career

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Capuano's career with the Saints was plagued by shoulder and knee injuries. He played 25 games in his three seasons for the Saints. Although making his 100th AFL appearance in Round 8, 2002, he underwent a knee surgery after Round 9 and missed all remaining AFL games that season.

Mid-season sacking

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After making six appearances in the first nine rounds of the 2003 season, Capuano was sacked by the Saints.[2] The coach, Grant Thomas, explained that Capuano's poor form led to his sacking. While it is suggested that the young and rising Saints did not need Capuano's service anymore,[3] the Saints were also criticised for axing Capuano at the wrong time as Trent Knobel and Barry Brooks, their other two ruckmen, were both injured at the time.[4]

Although a number of VFL clubs sought Capuano's services after he was sacked,[5] he did not accept any offers and spent the latter half of 2003 travelling Europe. He also did not nominate for the 2003 AFL Draft[6] and spent 2004 playing for South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League.[7]

Coaching

[edit]

Capuano signed with the Carlton Football Club in 2009 to coach their ruckmen on a part-time basis. The following season, the Blues made Capuano a full-time development coach and a direct ruck coach. He remained with Carlton in the development role until the end of the 2017 AFL season.

Playing statistics

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[8]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
H/O
 Hit-outs
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T H/O G B K H D M T H/O
1994 North Melbourne 40 3 1 0 3 4 7 6 3 3 0.3 0.0 1.0 1.3 2.3 2.0 1.0 1.0
1995 North Melbourne 16 15 5 4 68 63 131 46 6 88 0.3 0.3 4.5 4.2 8.7 3.1 0.4 5.9
1996 North Melbourne 16 18 6 0 81 62 143 41 1 81 0.3 0.0 4.5 3.4 7.9 2.3 0.1 4.5
1997 North Melbourne 16 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
1998 North Melbourne 16 13 3 3 59 26 85 25 7 121 0.2 0.2 4.5 2.0 6.5 1.9 0.5 9.3
1999 Kangaroos 16 19 4 4 127 65 192 63 11 263 0.2 0.2 6.7 3.4 10.1 3.3 0.6 13.8
2000 Kangaroos 16 14 5 2 69 19 88 36 13 129 0.4 0.1 4.9 1.4 6.3 2.6 0.9 9.2
2001 St Kilda 16 12 8 0 70 26 96 51 4 119 0.7 0.0 5.8 2.2 8.0 4.3 0.3 9.9
2002 St Kilda 16 7 4 0 44 37 81 37 3 37 0.6 0.0 6.3 5.3 11.6 5.3 0.4 5.3
2003 St Kilda 16 6 1 0 27 24 51 21 7 43 0.2 0.0 4.5 4.0 8.5 3.5 1.2 7.2
Career 107 37 13 548 326 874 326 55 884 0.3 0.1 5.1 3.0 8.2 3.0 0.5 8.3

References

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  1. ^ "2015 Coaching Panel". carltonfc.com.au. Carlton Football Club. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  2. ^ Saints sack Capuano, The Age, 26 May 2003. Retrieved 9 June 2006.
  3. ^ Walls, R., "Thomas does the hard thing but the right thing", The Age, 30 May 2003. Retrieved 9 June 2006.
  4. ^ Connolly, R., "Thrills and spills in 2003", The Age, 30 September 2003. Retrieved 9 June 2006
  5. ^ Lyon, K. & Niall, J., "Capuano now a wanted man", The Age, 30 May 2003. Retrieved 9 June 2006.
  6. ^ Quayle, E., "No draft for Capuano", The Age, 22 October 2003. Retrieved 9 June 2006.
  7. ^ WAFL Online playing statistics
  8. ^ "Mathew Capuano". AFL Tables.
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