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

Brandan Parfitt
Parfitt playing for Geelong in April 2019
Personal information
Date of birth	(1998-04-27) 27 April 1998 (age 24)
Place of birth	Darwin, Northern Territory
Original team(s)	NT Thunder (NEAFL) / North Adelaide (SANFL)
Draft	No. 26, 2016 national draft
Debut	Round 1, 2017, Geelong vs. Fremantle, at Domain Stadium
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Geelong
Number	3
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2017–	Geelong	112 (46)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2022 season.
Career highlights
AFL premiership player: 2022 AFL Rising Star nominee: 2017
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Early life

Parfitt was born and raised in Darwin, Northern Territory and is of indigenous Australian heritage.[1] He is Larrakia and Warumungu.[2] 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 twenty-sixth overall in the 2016 national draft.[3] He made his debut in the forty-two point win against Fremantle in the opening round of the 2017 season at Domain Stadium.[4] After his third match, he was named the round nominee for the rising star for his performance in the twenty-nine point win against Melbourne at Etihad Stadium in round three, in which he recorded twenty-three disposals and five tackles.[5]

Statistics

Updated to the end of the 2022 season.[6]

Legend

G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks
#	Played in that season's  premiership team

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[lower-alpha 1]	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)

References

External links

• Brandan Parfitt's profile on the official website of the Geelong Football Club
• Brandan Parfitt's playing statistics from AFL Tables

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