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Matthew Scharenberg
Australian rules footballer
Matthew Scharenberg (born 18 September 1995) is a professional Australian rules football player who last played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
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Scharenberg playing for Collingwood in June 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Matthew Scharenberg | ||
| Nickname(s) | Shaz[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1995-09-18) 18 September 1995 (age 28) | ||
| Place of birth | Adelaide, South Australia | ||
| Original team(s) | Glenelg (SANFL) | ||
| Draft | No. 6, 2013 AFL Draft, Collingwood | ||
| Debut | Round 18, 2015, Collingwood vs. Melbourne, at MCG | ||
| Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2014–2020 | Collingwood | 41 (0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2020 season. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Scharenberg played for amateur club PHOS Camden and for his school Immanuel College.[2] He played state football at Glenelg, performing at a level which had him highly touted for the draft despite feet problems.[3][4] Scharenberg represented South Australia in the AFL Under 18 Championships and was selected for the All-Australian team in the 2012 season[5] and in the 2013 season.[6] In 2013 he also was judged the most valuable player for South Australia, together with Luke Dunstan.[7][8] During the Championships he averaged 22 disposals per game.[9]
Scharenberg was recruited by Collingwood with the sixth selection in the 2013 AFL draft.[10] He was touted by Mark Williams as the best schoolboy prospect since Wayne Carey.[11] Following a knee reconstruction, Scharenberg made his AFL debut in round 18 of the 2015 season, against Melbourne at the MCG as a late inclusion for Tyson Goldsack.[12] A month after his debut, at the end of the 2015 season, he was signed by Collingwood to a three-year contract extension.[13] In November 2015, Scharenberg tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during training, only nine months after recovering from the same injury.[14] Despite the setback and disappointment, he didn't stop believing in himself and didn't lose his passion for the game.[15] Scharenberg returned to playing during the 2017 season, playing 10 games at the end of the season.[16] In the 2018 season, he averaged 21 disposals, six marks and 3.5 rebound 50s in his first 11 games of the season, leading to him being re-signed by the club to a two-year contract extension.[17] In round 19 which Collingwood lost to Richmond by 28 points, Scharenberg suffered his third anterior cruciate ligament injury.[18] He returned to playing after another knee reconstruction through the Victorian Football League (VFL),[19] averaging 22.3 disposals and seven marks in his first three games back.[20]
Scharenberg was delisted by Collingwood at the conclusion of the 2020 season.[21][22]
In early 2021, Scharenberg signed on to play for Olinda-Ferny Creek Football Club in the Outer East Football League for the 2021 season.[23]
Scharenberg grew up in Adelaide,[24] with his older brother Jake Scharenberg who plays for amateur club PHOS Camden and his younger brother Jonty Scharenberg who plays for Glenelg.[25] Before choosing to concentrate exclusively on Australian rules football, Scharenberg played junior level baseball, representing Australia.[26]
- Statistics are correct to the end of the 2020 season[27]
G |
Goals | K |
Kicks | D |
Disposals | T |
Tackles |
B |
Behinds | H |
Handballs | M |
Marks |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
| 2014 | Collingwood | 35 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | Collingwood | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 27 | 60 | 18 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 8.3 | 6.8 | 15.0 | 4.5 | 1.3 |
| 2016 | Collingwood | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | Collingwood | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 77 | 202 | 75 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.5 | 7.7 | 20.2 | 7.5 | 0.9 |
| 2018 | Collingwood | 12 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 170 | 165 | 335 | 106 | 29 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 9.7 | 19.7 | 6.2 | 1.7 |
| 2019 | Collingwood | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 48 | 103 | 32 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.9 | 6.9 | 14.7 | 4.6 | 1.0 |
| 2020 | Collingwood | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 15 | 40 | 12 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.3 | 5.0 | 13.3 | 4.0 | 2.7 |
| Career | 41 | 0 | 1 | 408 | 332 | 740 | 243 | 58 | 0.0 | 0.03 | 10.0 | 8.1 | 18.0 | 5.9 | 1.4 | ||
- Diamond, Brent (6 May 2016). "Jarrod Witts set to return for Collingwood in VFL". The Age.
Shaz [Scharenberg] is really interesting...
- "VFL/AFL Players from PHOS Camden Phantoms". Draft Guru. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- Capel, Andrew (4 July 2013). "Matt Scharenberg could pip James Aish as the first South Australian drafted". Herald Sun.
- Morgan, Kym (26 November 2013). "Collingwood confident draft pick-up Matthew Scharenberg can overcome lingering foot problem". The Advertiser.
- Phelan, Jason (6 July 2012). "Top teams dominate Under-18s All Australian side". Australian Football League. Telstra Media.
- Twomey, Callum (5 July 2013). "SA, Vic Metro reps head U18s All Australian team". Australian Football League. Telstra Media.
- Twomey, Callum (3 July 2013). "WA jet Sheed wins Larke Medal". Australian Football League. Telstra Media.
Meanwhile, Matthew Scharenberg and Luke Dunstan (South Australia) [...] were judged the most valuable player of their sides for the competition
- Partland, Warren (23 March 2014). "Former Woodville-West Torrens youngster Luke Dunstan cruises into AFL debut with St Kilda". The Sunday Times.
and he shared the team's most valuable award with Matt Scharenberg
- Twomey, Callum (19 November 2013). "One day to the draft: Meet gun prospect Matt Scharenberg". Australian Football League. Telstra Media.
- "Welcome to Collingwood: Matthew Scharenberg". Collingwood. Telstra Media. 21 November 2013. Archived from the original on 28 February 2018.
- Ralph, Jon (21 November 2013). "Collingwood hope Matt Scharenberg can emulate Joel Selwood after being late draft slider". Herald Sun. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- Phelan, Jennifer (1 August 2015). "Scharenberg makes late debut". Collingwood. Telstra Media. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
- Clark, Jay; Higgins, Ben (23 November 2015). "Collingwood's Matthew Scharenberg ruptures ACL, requires second knee reconstruction". The Sunday Times.
- Clark, Jay (11 December 2016). "Collingwood defender Matthew Scharenberg reveals agony of repeated leg injuries". The Australian.
- Colangelo, Anthony (2 June 2018). "Scharenberg back from hell but still on the edge". The Age.
- McNicol, Adam (20 June 2018). "Shaz and Aish sign on". Collingwood. Telstra Media.
- McFarlane, Glenn (28 July 2018). "Collingwood defender Matthew Scharenberg has likely suffered an ACL injury". Herald Sun.
- Cleary, Mitch; Collins, Ben (30 May 2019). "Scharenberg makes his return". Collingwood. Telstra Media.
- "Scharenberg building in VFL". 1116 SEN. 23 June 2019.
- "Pies delist two, Dunn retires". Collingwood. Telstra Media. 14 October 2020.
- "Collingwood makes surprising delisting among list changes". 1116 SEN. 14 October 2020.
- D'Anello, Luke (20 January 2021). "AFL Outer East 2021: Matt Scharenberg signs at Olinda-Ferny Creek". The Herald Sun. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- "What gets Lever to Pies, Dees?". 1116 SEN. 2 August 2017.
Brodie Grundy, Tim Broomhead, Matthew Scharenberg and James Aish grew up in Adelaide...
- Turner, Matt (29 June 2017). "Jonty Scharenberg using last year's AFL draft snub as motivation with Glenelg this SANFL season". The Advertiser.
- Twomey, Callum (12 April 2013). "Pitching to be a star". Australian Football League. Telstra Media.
- "Matt Scharenberg statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- Matthew Scharenberg's profile on the official website of the Collingwood Football Club
- Matthew Scharenberg's playing statistics from AFL Tables