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Brandan Parfitt
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Parfitt playing for Geelong in April 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-04-27) 27 April 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Darwin, Northern Territory
Original team NT Thunder (NEAFL) / North Adelaide (SANFL)
Draft No. 26, 2016 national draft
Debut Round 1, 2017, Geelong
v. Fremantle, at Domain Stadium
Position(s) Midfielder
Career highlights
  • AFL premiership player: 2022
  • AFL Rising Star nominee: 2017

Brandan Parfitt (born 27 April 1998) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early life

Parfitt was born and raised in Darwin, Northern Territory and is of indigenous Australian heritage. He is Larrakia and Warumungu. He spent much of his junior football at the Nightcliff Football Club in Darwin.

AFL career

He was drafted by the Geelong Football Club with their first selection and 26th overall in the 2016 national draft. He made his debut in the 42–point win against Fremantle in the opening round of the 2017 season at Domain Stadium. After his third match, he was named the round nominee for the rising star for his performance in the 29–point win against Melbourne at Etihad Stadium in round three, in which he recorded 23 disposals and five tackles.

Parfitt was part of the Geelong team that played in the 2020 AFL Grand Final against Richmond, starting on the interchange bench. It was later revealed that he played out the game with a broken thumb after suffering the injury during the first quarter.

In August 2022, Parfitt signed a new contract keeping him at Geelong until the end of the 2024 season. He would start as the tactical substitute in the 2022 AFL Grand Final in place of injured teammate Max Holmes. Parfitt would come on during the last quarter of the match, kicking a goal almost immediately after replacing Cameron Guthrie.

Parfitt was delisted by Geelong at the end of the 2024 AFL season.

Statistics

Updated to the end of the 2022 season.

Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
AFL playing statistics
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2017 Geelong 3 15 6 4 100 97 197 29 51 0.4 0.3 6.7 6.5 13.1 1.9 3.4 0
2018 Geelong 3 19 15 7 164 178 342 50 85 0.8 0.4 8.6 9.4 18.0 2.6 4.5 3
2019 Geelong 3 20 4 4 190 174 364 39 105 0.2 0.2 9.5 8.7 18.2 2.0 5.3 2
2020 Geelong 3 18 8 6 148 131 279 31 107 0.4 0.3 8.2 7.3 15.5 1.7 5.9 2
2021 Geelong 3 23 8 7 225 207 432 32 128 0.3 0.3 9.7 9.0 18.7 1.3 5.5 6
2022# Geelong 3 17 5 4 168 180 348 32 80 0.3 0.2 9.9 10.6 20.5 1.9 4.7 0
Career 112 46 32 995 967 1962 213 556 0.4 0.3 8.9 8.6 17.5 1.9 5.0 13

Notes

Honours and achievements

Team

  • AFL premiership player (Geelong): 2022
  • 2× McClelland Trophy (Geelong): 2019, 2022

Individual

  • AFL Rising Star nominee: 2017 (round 3)
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