32 Facts About Brett Ratten

Brett Ratten was born on 11 July 1971 and is an Australian rules football coach and former player in the Australian Football League.

Brett Ratten played 255 games for the Carlton Football Club between 1990 and 2003, including the club's 1995 premiership.

Brett Ratten then served as Carlton's senior coach from 2007 to 2012.

Originally from Yarra Glen, Brett Ratten made his debut for Carlton Football Club in the fifteenth round of the 1990 season.

Brett Ratten won the Robert Reynolds Trophy on three occasions: 1995,1997, and in a tie with Scott Camporeale in 2000.

Brett Ratten was a part of Carlton's premiership team in 1995.

Brett Ratten played for Victoria in the State of Origin games in 1996 and 1997.

Brett Ratten was awarded All-Australian selection in 1997,2000 and 2001, firmly cementing his skill in the centre.

Brett Ratten was inducted into the Carlton Hall of Fame in 1999.

Brett Ratten's shoulder was badly damaged in 2003, which ultimately led to Ratten announcing his retirement from his playing career in the middle of the 2003 season.

Brett Ratten played a total of 255 games and kicked 117 goals for Carlton from 1990 to 2003.

Brett Ratten was a member of Carlton's 1995 premiership team.

Brett Ratten returned to the Carlton Football Club as an assistant coach under senior coach Denis Pagan for the 2007 AFL season.

Brett Ratten was then appointed as caretaker senior coach of Carlton for the remainder of the 2007 season.

Carlton under Brett Ratten lost the remaining six games of the 2007 season to finish in 15th place on the ladder.

On 20 August 2007, Brett Ratten was re-appointed as full-time Carlton Football Club senior coach, when he signed a contract until the end of 2009.

Under Brett Ratten's coaching, Carlton returned to the finals after a long period of poor performances under Pagan.

Brett Ratten's contract was extended until the end of 2011 as a result of this improved performance.

Late in the 2010 season, Brett Ratten came under scrutiny as senior coach when Carlton had several big losses, but the club nevertheless reached the finals again, finishing eighth.

Brett Ratten began coaching from the boundary line rather than the coaches' box during the season.

Brett Ratten was the third person to both play and coach over 100 senior games for the Carlton Football Club, after Ken Hands and Norm Clark.

Brett Ratten was then replaced by Mick Malthouse as Carlton Football Club senior coach.

On 5 October 2012, Brett Ratten accepted an assistant coaching position at the Hawthorn Football Club under senior coach Alastair Clarkson.

Brett Ratten commenced in November 2012 and subsequently was part of the club's 2013,2014 and 2015 premiership coaching panel.

Brett Ratten left the Hawthorn Football Club at the end of the 2018 season.

In September 2019, after the end of the 2019 season, Brett Ratten was re-appointed as full-time St Kilda Football Club senior coach.

Brett Ratten was sacked as senior coach of St Kilda on 13 October 2022 at the end of the 2022 season, after a club review in the wake of a disappointing 2022 season where the Saints under Brett Ratten won 11 games and lost 11 to finish 10th on the ladder, missing out on the finals.

Brett Ratten was then replaced by Ross Lyon as St Kilda senior coach, who returned in his second stint as Saints senior coach.

On 24 November 2022, It was announced that Brett Ratten joined the North Melbourne Football Club in a part-time role as assistant coach in the role of midfield coach, supporting fellow assistant coach in the role of midfield and line coach Jordan Russell under senior coach Alastair Clarkson.

In May 2023, it was announced that Clarkson would step away from his role as North Melbourne senior coach indefinitely, and Brett Ratten was announced as caretaker senior coach of North Melbourne.

Brett Ratten coached North Melbourne as caretaker senior coach for a total of 10 games in the 2023 season before Clarkson resumed his role as senior coach in Round 21,2023 against Melbourne.

Brett Ratten then left the North Melbourne Football Club at the end of the 2023 season.