Scott Camporeale (born 11 August 1975) 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.[1]

Scott Camporeale
Personal information
Full name Scott Camporeale
Date of birth (1975-08-11) 11 August 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth South Australia
Original team(s) Woodville-West Torrens Eagles (SANFL)
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1995–2005 Carlton 233 (200)
2006–2007 Essendon 019 00(5)
Total 252 (205)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
1996-1999 South Australia 3
International team honours
1998–1999 Australia 4
Coaching career3
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
2015 Adelaide 11 (7–4–0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2007.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 1999.
3 Coaching statistics correct as of 2015.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Playing career edit

Carlton edit

Originally from South Australian National Football League (SANFL) club Woodville-West Torrens Eagles, Camporeale was drafted by Carlton with draft pick number 15 in the 1994 AFL Draft. He 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. His speed was an important part of Carlton's 1995 premiership winning side.[2][3]

In 2000, Camporeale won Carlton's best and fairest award, the Robert Reynolds Trophy, as well as gaining All-Australian selection.[4][5]

At the end of the 2005 season, Camporeale left Carlton, following his desire for a three-year contract, when Carlton would only offer a two-year contract.[6] Carlton tried to make it difficult for him to leave, so Camporeale nominated for the 2006 Pre-season Draft. Essendon drafted Camporeale with draft pick number four in the pre-season draft.[7][8][9] Camporeale played a total of 233 games and kicked a total 200 goals for Carlton from 1995 until 2005.[10][11] He was also a member of Carlton's 1995 premiership team.[12][13]

Essendon edit

After Camporeale nominated for the 2006 Pre-season Draft. Essendon drafted Camporeale with draft pick number four in the pre-season draft.[14] 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.[15] His playing career came to an end when he suffered a right knee injury in Round 21, 2007. It occurred when he changed direction to tackle an opponent resulting with his knee bending and twisting the wrong way. He had successful ACL surgery on the knee but at 32 he opted to retire from his playing career.[16] He played 19 games for Essendon in two seasons from 2006 until 2007 and kicked a total of 5 goals.[17][18]

Coaching career edit

Essendon Football Club edit

Camporeale was an assistant coach at Essendon from 2008 to 2010.[19]

Adelaide Crows edit

In October 2010, he joined the Adelaide Crows as an assistant coach in the role of midfield coach replacing Todd Viney.[20] Following the death of Adelaide Crows senior coach Phil Walsh, Camporeale was appointed caretaker senior coach of the Adelaide Crows to the end of the 2015 season.[1][21][22] Despite coaching the Crows to seven wins from his eleven matches in charge, he chose not to apply for the role full-time, with Don Pyke instead named Adelaide Crows new senior coach.[23][24] Camporeale, however remained with the Crows as assistant coach.[25][26][27]

In October 2019, following a review into the Crows' football department, Camporeale departed the club.[28]

Statistics edit

Playing statistics edit

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Legend
  G  
Goals
  K  
Kicks
  D  
Disposals 
  T  
Tackles
  B  
Behinds 
  H  
Handballs 
  M  
Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
1995 Carlton 16 24 11 18 236 121 357 50 37 0.5 0.8 9.8 5.0 14.9 2.1 1.5 5
1996 Carlton 16 23 20 18 268 132 400 56 39 0.9 0.8 11.7 5.7 17.4 2.4 1.7 5
1997 Carlton 16 12 7 7 149 65 214 42 19 0.6 0.6 12.4 5.4 17.8 3.5 1.6 0
1998 Carlton 16 22 27 22 334 151 485 87 27 1.2 1.0 15.2 6.9 22.0 4.0 1.2 7
1999 Carlton 16 23 30 20 380 146 526 91 32 1.3 0.9 16.5 6.3 22.9 4.0 1.4 4
2000 Carlton 16 25 31 21 493 201 694 77 43 1.2 0.8 19.7 8.0 27.8 3.1 1.7 10
2001 Carlton 16 21 20 12 392 102 494 68 44 1.0 0.6 18.7 4.9 23.5 3.2 2.1 5
2002 Carlton 16 20 7 9 264 105 369 51 48 0.4 0.5 13.2 5.3 18.5 2.6 2.4 4
2003 Carlton 16 20 18 4 338 107 445 43 38 0.9 0.2 16.9 5.4 22.3 2.2 1.9 0
2004 Carlton 16 22 21 12 324 122 446 58 74 1.0 0.5 14.7 5.5 20.3 2.6 3.4 9
2005 Carlton 16 21 8 4 330 126 456 63 37 0.4 0.2 15.7 6.0 21.7 3.0 1.8 0
2006 Essendon 17 12 3 1 161 88 249 48 37 0.3 0.1 13.4 7.3 20.8 4.0 3.1 0
2007 Essendon 17 7 2 2 75 51 126 20 9 0.3 0.3 10.7 7.3 18.0 2.9 1.3 0
Career 252 205 150 3744 1517 5261 754 484 0.8 0.6 14.9 6.0 20.9 3.0 1.9 49

Head coaching record edit

Team Year Home and Away Season Finals
Won Lost Drew % Position Won Lost Win % Result
ADE 2015 6[n 1] 3 0 .667 7th out of 18 1 1 .500 Lost to Hawthorn in Semi-Final
Total 6 3 0 .667 1 1 .500

* Interim Head Coach

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Personal life edit

Camporeale is an old scholar of St Michael's College, Adelaide.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Camporeale took over as interim head coach after Phil Walsh was murdered on July 3rd. Thus, the first 12 games are credited to Walsh and the final 11, including two finals, to Camporeale.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Camporeale to coach, Worsfold joins nest". AFC.com.au. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  2. ^ "SCOTT CAMPOREALE". Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Scott Camporeale". Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  4. ^ "SCOTT CAMPOREALE". Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Scott Camporeale". Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Hay spurns Hawks as bidding begins". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 October 2015.
  7. ^ "Our Club History: Player Profiles". Essendon Football Club.
  8. ^ "SCOTT CAMPOREALE". Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Scott Camporeale". Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  10. ^ "SCOTT CAMPOREALE". Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  11. ^ "Scott Camporeale". Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  12. ^ "SCOTT CAMPOREALE". Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  13. ^ "Scott Camporeale". Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  14. ^ "Our Club History: Player Profiles". Essendon Football Club.
  15. ^ "Bombers upset Swans". ABC News. April 2006.
  16. ^ "Scott Camporeale announces his retirement".
  17. ^ "Our Club History: Player Profiles". Essendon Football Club.
  18. ^ "SCOTT CAMPOREALE". Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  19. ^ "SCOTT CAMPOREALE". Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  20. ^ "SCOTT CAMPOREALE". Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  21. ^ "Adelaide Crows appoint Scott Camporeale as interim coach, John Worsfold as coaching director". 6 July 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  22. ^ "Adelaide Crows promote Phil Walsh's assistant Scott Camporeale to interim coach". 6 July 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  23. ^ "Scott Camporeale does not want to be Adelaide Crows' head coach, set to return to assistant position". ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). 24 September 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  24. ^ "Pyke named new Crows coach". afc.com.au. Adelaide Crows. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  25. ^ "Scott Camporeale signs two year deal to stay at Adelaide as assistant coach, not senior coach". 24 September 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  26. ^ "Scott Camporeale signs two year deal to stay at Adelaide as assistant coach, not senior coach". 24 September 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  27. ^ "Scott Camporeale does not want to be Adelaide Crows' head coach, set to return to assistant position". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  28. ^ Laughton, Max (11 October 2019). "Head of footy Brett Burton, top assistant Scott Camporeale both sacked by Crows in brutal review". Fox Sports Australia. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  29. ^ Scott Camporeale's player profile at AFL Tables
  30. ^ "Scott Camporeale's coaching profile". AFL Tables.

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