Matthew Butturini
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born7 August 1987
Murwillumbah, New South Wales
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportField hockey
EventMen's team
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Team
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2010 New Delhi Team
Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place 2009 Melbourne Team
Gold medal – first place 2011 Auckland Team

Matthew Butturini (born 7 August 1987 in Murwillumbah) is an Australian field hockey player. He is a member of the Australia men's national field hockey team. He won a gold medal at the 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup and a gold medal at the 2011 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy. He was part of the bronze medal-winning Australian team at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1]

Personal

Butturini was born in August 1987 in Murwillumbah, New South Wales.[2][3] In 2009, he was a university student, studying in New South Wales. That year, he completed a Bachelor of Science degree at Sydney University.[4] After graduating, he moved to Perth so he could train with the national team full-time.[4]

Field hockey

Butturini is a centre[5] and defender.[4][6] He participated in a national development camp in December 2008 in Perth, Western Australia.[4] At the camp, he attracted the attention of national team coach Ric Charlesworth who would be key in moving him to the national team. Charlesworth describes him as a "fast learner who offers both speed and versatility".[4]

State team

Butturini plays for the NSW Waratahs in the Australian Hockey League. He played for the team in the first found of the 2011 season.[7]

National team

Butturini is a member of the Australian national team. New national team coach Ric Charlesworth named him and thirteen new players who had less than ten national team caps to the squad before in April 2009 in a bid to ready the team for the 2010 Commonwealth Games.[8] In 2009, he was a member of the national team during a five-game test series in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia against Malaysia.[9] In 2009, he won a gold medal at the Men's Hockey Champions Trophy competition.[5][6] He played in the game against Korea.[6] He won a gold medal at the 2010 World Cup in Delhi, India.[2] In May 2011, he played in the Azlan Shah Cup for Australia. The Cup featured teams from Pakistan, Malaysia, India, South Korea, Britain and New Zealand.[10] He won a gold medal in the 2011 Champions Trophy in New Zealand, playing in all the pool and semi-final games for Australia.[11] In December 2011, he was named as one of twenty-eight players to be on the 2012 Summer Olympics Australian men's national training squad. This squad will be narrowed in June 2012. He trained with the team from 18 January to mid-March in Perth, Western Australia.[12][13][14] In February during the training camp, he played in a four nations test series with the teams being the Kookaburras, Australia A Squad, the Netherlands and Argentina.[3]

Coaching

Butturini coached the Southern River Hockey Club, and was coaching the team in 2011 and 2012. In 2011, he guided his team to a premiership. He then went on to player-coach the Fremantle Hockey Club in the Premier 1 grade in WA until 2019.[5][11][15]

References

  1. ^ "Matthew Butturini Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  2. ^ a b "AIS Hockey — Matthew Butturini". Bruce, Australian Capital Territory: Australian Institute of Sport. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Kookaburras begin their Olympic Games Campaign". Perth, Western Australia: Hockey Australia. 7 February 2012. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  4. ^ a b c d e Jeffery, Nicole (4 January 2010). "Kookaburra laughing". The Australian. Australia. p. 18. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  5. ^ a b c "Hawks fly high". Comment News. Perth, Australia. 1 February 2011. p. 15. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  6. ^ a b c Hand, Guy (29 November 2009). "Kookaburras off to a flying start after four of the best". The Sun Herald. Sydney, Australia. p. 99. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  7. ^ "Scoreboard". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney, Australia. 13 June 2011. p. 55. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  8. ^ "Carroll, Abbott in new-look Kookaburras". Northern Territory News. Darwin, Australia. 15 April 2009. p. 46. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
  9. ^ "Charlesworth welcomes son". The Australian. Australia. Australian Associated Press. 2 October 2009. p. 37. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  10. ^ Singh, Ajitpal (26 April 2011). "New Straits Times (Malaysia): Aussies look powerful despite injury woes". New Straits Times. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  11. ^ a b "Coach key in Kookaburras win". Comment News. Perth, Australia. 3 January 2012. p. 47. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  12. ^ "Kookaburras name training squad for 2012 Olympic Games". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. Australian Associated Press. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  13. ^ "FOR THE RECORD". The Australian. Sydney, Australia. 15 December 2011. p. 35. AUS_T-20111215-1-035-447690. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  14. ^ "SCOREBOARD". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney, Australia. 15 December 2011. p. 116. DTM_T-20111215-1-116-447684. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  15. ^ "Kookaburra Butturini". Comment News. Perth, Australia. 13 March 2012. p. 59. Retrieved 14 March 2012.

External links

Australia squad – 2010 World Cup – Champions (2nd Title)
Australia squad – 2011 Champions Trophy – Champions (12th Title)
Australia squad – 2012 Summer Olympics – Bronze medal
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