Brett Goodes (born 17 February 1984) is a former professional

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er who played for the in the

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(AFL). He is the younger brother of

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dual

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Adam Goodes Adam Roy Goodes (born 8 January 1980) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). Goodes holds an elite place in VFL/AFL history as a dual Brownlow Medallist, d ...

. He played for North Ballarat in the

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(VFL) and NT Thunder in the

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(QAFL) before accepting a job with the

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as a player development manager. Whilst at the club, he played in the Bulldogs VFL reserves squad, Williamstown. Goodes played 40 games and kicked 27 goals for the VFL Seagulls in 2011 & 2012, including the 2011 VFL grand final loss to Port Melbourne. He finished in third place in the Club best and fairest award in both seasons and was awarded the best player in the finals in 2011. At the end of the 2012 season, he was invited to train with the Bulldogs senior team, and was selected with the club's first draft pick in the 2013 Rookie Draft.

AFL career

He made his AFL debut for the Bulldogs in the opening round of the 2013 season against at

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. In the Round 2 match against Fremantle, he was amongst the best players afield. After a promising first year, Goodes struggled for form in the 2014 season, playing predominantly in the club's VFL reserves team, where he won the Best and Fairest. Goodes was delisted at the conclusion of the

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, but was re-drafted by the Bulldogs in the 2014 rookie draft, and was elevated to the senior list prior to the club's 2015 opening round clash against . He was delisted at the conclusion of the 2015 AFL season.

Statistics

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2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Goodes, Brett 1984 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Western Bulldogs players Northern Territory Football Club players North Ballarat Football Club players Williamstown Football Club players Australian people of English descent Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football 21st-century Indigenous Australian people 21st-century Australian sportsmen