1. Matthew Rosa was born on 23 November 1986 and is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League.
11 Facts About Matt Rosa
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Originally from Warracknabeal and later boarding school in Ballarat, Rosa played under-18 football for the North Ballarat Rebels in the TAC Cup before being drafted by the West Coast Eagles in the 2004 National Draft.
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Matt Rosa made his debut for the club in 2005 and was nominated for the AFL Rising Star the following season in 2006.
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Matt Rosa played 168 games for West Coast but at the end of the 2015 season, requested a trade to the Gold Coast Suns.
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Matt Rosa was recruited with the number 29 draft pick in the 2004 AFL Draft, hailing from the North Ballarat Rebels.
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Matt Rosa made his debut for the West Coast Eagles in Round 17,2005 against the Sydney Swans.
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Matt Rosa was selected for first two weeks of the 2006 finals, but was dropped for the last two weeks of finals, being named as an emergency for the 2006 AFL Grand Final, which the Eagles won.
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The 2007 season brought new opportunities for Matt Rosa, who played 22 games for the home and away season and was selected in the squad to play in both the two games in the finals series.
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Matt Rosa suffered from shin splints in 2008, restricting him to just 8 games for the season.
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Matt Rosa played his 150th game in 2014 and re-signed with the club for two more years in October 2015, Matt Rosa was traded to the Gold Coast Suns.
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In 2023 Matt Rosa joined the Essendon Football Club as its Talent and Operations Manager, the following year Matt Rosa would take over from his long serving predecessor Adrian Dodoro as Essendon's List Manager.