Brandan Parfitt (born 27 April 1998) is a former professional

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er who played for the

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in the

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(AFL).

Early life

Parfitt was born and raised in Darwin, Northern Territory and is of indigenous Australian heritage. He is Larrakia and

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. He spent much of his junior football at the

Nightcliff Football Club The Nightcliff Football Club, nicknamed, Tigers, is a member club of the Northern Territory Football League, and is based in the Darwin suburb of Nightcliff. Club achievements * note: Nightcliff finished on top in the 1974/75 season after wh ...

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 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 at

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in round three, in which he recorded 23 disposals and five tackles. Parfitt was part of the Geelong team that played in the

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against , 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

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in place of injured teammate

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. Parfitt would come on during the last quarter of the match, kicking a goal almost immediately after replacing

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. Parfitt was delisted by Geelong at the end of the

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Honours and achievements

Team * AFL premiership player ():

* 2×

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Individual * AFL Rising Star nominee: 2017 (round 3)

References

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* * 1998 births Living people Geelong Football Club players Geelong Football Club premiership players Nightcliff Football Club players North Adelaide Football Club players Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football 21st-century Indigenous Australian people VFL/AFL premiership players Australian rules footballers from Darwin, Northern Territory Warumungu people Larrakia people 21st-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1990s-stub