Matthew Warnock (born 3 April 1984) is a former professional

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who played for the

Gold Coast Football Club The Gold Coast Suns, officially the Gold Coast Football Club, are a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club is based on Queensland's Gold Coast in the suburb of Carrara. The ...

in the

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(AFL). He began his AFL career playing for

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where he wore the No. 1 guernsey (previously No. 37), and was recruited from the

Sandringham Zebras The Sandringham Football Club, nicknamed the Zebras, is an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Sandringham. It currently competes in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and the VFL Women's (VFLW). Sandringham has c ...

in the

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(VFL). On 17 October 2011, after 55 games with Melbourne, Warnock was traded to Gold Coast in a complex three-team trade that also included the

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. Matthew's younger brother Robert Warnock played for and Carlton.

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* * Melbourne Football Club players Gold Coast Football Club players 1984 births Living people People educated at Brighton Grammar School Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Casey Demons players Sandringham Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1980s-stub