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{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1979}}
{{blp no footnotes|date=November 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Matthew Bode
| image = Matthew Bode (1).jpg
| alt = 
| caption = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|6|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = 
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| originalteam = [[Glenelg Football Club|Glenelg]] ([[South Australian National Football League|SANFL]])
| debutdate = Round 1, 1998
| debutteam = [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]]
| debutopponent = [[Sydney Swans]]
| debutstadium = [[Football Park]]
| height = 178 cm
| weight = 77 kg
| position = 
| statsend = 2007
| years1 = 1998–2000
| club1 = [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]]
| games_goals1 = {{0}}29 (25)
| years2 = 2001–2007
| club2 = [[Adelaide Football Club|Adelaide]]
| games_goals2 = {{0}}79 (71)
| games_goalstotal = 108 (96)
| careerhighlights = *[[AFL Rising Star]] nominee: [[1999 AFL Rising Star|1999]]
}}

'''Matthew Bode''' (born 29 June 1979) is a former professional [[Australian rules football]]er who played for the [[Port Adelaide Football Club]] and the [[Adelaide Football Club]] in the [[Australian Football League]] (AFL).

Recruited from [[Glenelg Football Club]] in the [[South Australian National Football League]] (SANFL), Bode made his AFL debut in [[1998 AFL season|1998]] with [[Port Adelaide Football Club]], playing as a small forward before moving to the [[Adelaide Football Club]] in [[2001 AFL season|2001]]. Bode played just one game that year due to injury before having what was easily his best season in [[2002 AFL season|2002]], which saw him kick 22 goals and play all 25 games. He followed this with another solid year in [[2003 AFL season|2003]]. 

Bode had an injury-affected season in [[2004 AFL season|2004]], while in [[2005 AFL season]] he had shoulder surgery which sidelined him after Round 2. In [[2006 AFL season|2006]] he found a niche in the side as Adelaide's main small forward at the start of the premiership season, kicking 9 goals in the first 5 rounds. Bode played 23 games for the year, scoring a total of 32 goals.

In [[2007 AFL season|2007]], Bode managed just one game, against the [[Western Bulldogs]] in Round 2. In this match, he suffered a knee injury that forced him to miss the rest of the season. He was delisted at the end of the season. Bode returned to play for [[Glenelg Football Club|Glenelg]] in the 2008 season.

==External links==
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*{{AFL Tables|M/Matthew_Bode}}

{{1999 AFL Rising Star nominees}}
{{1998 AFL pre-season draft}}
{{Southern Football League Greatest Exports Team}}

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[[Category:Port Adelaide Football Club players]]
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Brighton Districts and Old Scholars Football Club players]]