22 Facts About Brent Guerra

Brent Guerra was born on 29 May 1982 and is a former Australian rules football player who played with the Port Adelaide Football Club, St Kilda Football Club, and Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League.

However, at the end of 2003 he was traded from the club due to Guerra wanting to return to Victoria and the Saints picked him up for pick 39, who was the unsuccessful Robert Forster-Knight.

Brent Guerra was a key figure for a period during the Saints' early season run in 2004, when St Kilda won the 2004 Wizard Home Loans Cup and the first 10 games of the home and away season.

Brent Guerra kicked 20 goals in six games, including seven in one game.

Brent Guerra was noted for a number of incidents when he shirtfronted players, including once before the opening bounce of a game.

In 2005, Brent Guerra had another average year and, at the end of the season, the Saints delisted him.

The Hawthorn Football Club selected Brent Guerra with pick three in the 2005 AFL Pre-season draft.

Brent Guerra had a connection with Hawks' coach Alastair Clarkson from Clarkson's time as a premiership coach at Central Districts and assistant coach at Port Adelaide.

Brent Guerra was reinvented at Hawthorn as a strong-bodied half back flanker and added experience to a very young Hawks' lineup in 2006.

In Round 23,2012, a week before the finals with Hawthorn sitting on top of the ladder, Brent Guerra sustained a hamstring injury.

On 24 September, Brent Guerra ruled himself out of the 2012 Grand Final against the Sydney Swans.

On 2 October 2013, the week following his second premiership with the Hawthorn Football Club, Brent Guerra officially announced his retirement from AFL football to pursue a career in coaching.

Brent Guerra played for Deer Park in the Western Region Football League, from October 2013 till November 2013.

Brent Guerra won a premiership with Deer Park in October 2014.

Brent Guerra made a guest stint in three games for Devonport in the Tasmanian Football League in 2014.

Shortly after retiring from playing, Brent Guerra was appointed a part-time development coach at the Hawks in November 2013.

On 19 September 2014, Brent Guerra joined Chelsea in the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League as player-coach.

Brent Guerra departed from his role as development coach at the end of the 2019 season, after not being offered a new contract.

Brent Guerra experienced male pattern balding at a young age and made headlines in late 2005 when he underwent a hair transplant cosmetic surgery procedure.

Brent Guerra has said that the operation gave him confidence both on and off the field.

Brent Guerra has a brother, Luke, who currently plays with Deer Park in the Western Region Football League.

Since retirement Brent Guerra has revealed that he struggled with a gambling addiction whilst he was a professional footballer, a habit which cost him $400,000.