22 Facts About Trent Hentschel

Trent Hentschel was born on 25 December 1982 and is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Trent Hentschel was taken in the 2002 Pre-Season Draft with pick 5, and currently serves as the defence development coach of the Port Adelaide Football Club.

Trent Hentschel played just three games in the 2003 season, failing to register a kick in his first game.

In total, Trent Hentschel had 19 disposals with an average of just over six for the season, kicking just two points.

In 2004, Trent Hentschel started well playing his first 14 games.

Trent Hentschel kicked a four goal haul at Subiaco Oval against West Coast, and consistently was able to pick up more than ten disposals a match.

Trent Hentschel then had a few small injuries, that kept him out for four matches.

Trent Hentschel averaged 11 disposals for the season, and kicked 16 goals.

Trent Hentschel started to stand up and become a strong marking forward for Adelaide in 2005.

Trent Hentschel had a slow start to the year, kicking three goals against Collingwood before missing five games.

Trent Hentschel finished the year strongly though, playing in all three of Adelaide's finals.

Trent Hentschel played 21 matches in the year, averaging 12 disposals and five marks while kicking 26 goals.

Trent Hentschel was then taken off the ground on a stretcher.

Surgery to repair Trent Hentschel's damaged knee was carried out in February 2007 after the knee had healed sufficiently to undergo a reconstruction of his ACL.

Trent Hentschel did not play a game in 2007 and 2008.

Trent Hentschel had finally recovered from his ACL injury by 2009 and had a successful return in the pre-season competition before making his official comeback in round 1 of the 2009 season against Collingwood.

Trent Hentschel returned successfully in round 20, scoring four goals against Hawthorn.

Trent Hentschel played out the rest of the season without any injuries, including in the Crows' two finals against Essendon and Collingwood.

Trent Hentschel kicked a total of six goals in four games.

In 2010 Trent Hentschel succumbed to a swollen knee during the round 3 match against Melbourne, and was unable to return to football, retiring towards the end of 2010.

Trent Hentschel played a total of 50 games for Woodville-West Torrens, until his retirement in July 2011 due to a recurring back injury.

In 2015, Trent Hentschel joined Port Adelaide as a development coach.