Matthew Kluzek is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played with Adelaide in the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (AFL).

Kluzek came to the Adelaide Football Club from the 1994 Pre-Season Draft

1993 AFL Draft

The 1993 AFL Draft consisted of a mid-season draft, a national draft at the end of the season and a Pre-season draft, held before the 1994 AFL season....

, having previously been drafted by Melbourne

Melbourne Football Club

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. He was used a small forward and earned a nomination for the 1994 AFL Rising Star

1994 AFL Rising Star

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 award after kicking five goals in Adelaide's round 17 win over the West Coast Eagles

West Coast Eagles

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 at Football Park. Kluzek played 13 games in the 1995 AFL season

1995 AFL season

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 but appeared just four times in 1996.

A premiership player with Woodville-West Torrens

Woodville-West Torrens Football Club

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, Kluzek made a total of 185 SANFL appearances. His brother Chris also played for the club and was the 2000 Ken Farmer Medal

Ken Farmer Medal

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ist.

Kluzek coached Scotch Old Collegians

Scotch Old Collegians Football Club

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 in the South Australian Amateur Football League

South Australian Amateur Football League

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from 2002 to 2004 and returned to the club as coach for the 2011 season.