Scott Camporeale was born on 11 August 1975 and is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Essendon in the Australian Football League, and coached the Adelaide Football Club in an interim capacity of caretaker senior coach following the death of senior coach Phil Walsh in 2015.
15 Facts About Scott Camporeale
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Originally from South Australian National Football League club Woodville-West Torrens Eagles, Camporeale was drafted by Carlton with draft pick number 15 in the 1994 AFL Draft.
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Scott Camporeale quickly established himself as a quality running midfielder for Carlton and was second in the 1995 AFL Rising Star Award behind Nick Holland of Hawthorn.
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Scott Camporeale's speed was an important part of Carlton's 1995 premiership-winning side.
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In 2000, Scott Camporeale won Carlton's best and fairest award, the Robert Reynolds Trophy, as well as gaining All-Australian selection.
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Carlton tried to make it difficult for him to leave, so Scott Camporeale nominated for the 2006 Pre-season Draft.
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Scott Camporeale played a total of 233 games and kicked a total 200 goals for Carlton from 1995 until 2005.
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Scott Camporeale debuted with Essendon in round one, 2006, in which the Bombers embarrassed reigning premiers Sydney by 27 points in what was to be their only win in the first half of the season.
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Scott Camporeale's playing career came to an end when he suffered a right knee injury in Round 21,2007.
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Scott Camporeale had successful ACL surgery on the knee, but at 32 he opted to retire from his playing career.
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Scott Camporeale played 19 games for Essendon in two seasons from 2006 until 2007 and kicked a total of 5 goals.
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Scott Camporeale was an assistant coach at Essendon from 2008 to 2010.
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In October 2019, following a review into the Crows' football department, Scott Camporeale departed the club.
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Scott Camporeale is an old scholar of St Michael's College, Adelaide.
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Scott Camporeale has two twin sons, Ben and Lucas, both of whom were drafted to Carlton as father-son selections at picks 43 and 54 respectively in the 2024 AFL draft.