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{{Short description|Australian rules footballer (born 1986)}}
{{for|the German footballer|Tim Schmidt (footballer)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Tim Schmidt
| image = 
| fullname = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1986|3|14}}
| birth_place = 
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| originalteam = [[West Adelaide Football Club|West Adelaide]] ([[South Australian National Football League|SANFL]])
| debutdate = 29 July 2006
| debutteam = [[Sydney Swans]]
| debutopponent = [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]]
| debutstadium = [[AAMI Stadium]]
| height = 180 cm
| weight = 84 kg
| position = 
| statsend = 2009
| years1 = 2004–2009
| club1 = {{AFL Syd}}
| games_goals1 = 17 (12)
| coachyears1 = 2017
| coachclub1 = {{AFLW|GWS}} ([[AFL Women's|W]])
| coachgames_wins1 = 7 (1–5–1)
| coachstatsend = 2017
| careerhighlights = 
}}

'''Tim Schmidt''' (born 14 March 1986) is a former [[Australian rules football]]er who played for the [[Sydney Swans]] in the [[Australian Football League]].

Originally from [[South Australian National Football League]] club [[West Adelaide Football Club|West Adelaide]], Schmidt was drafted by Sydney with pick number 29 at the [[2003 AFL Draft]] and made his debut on 29 July [[2006 AFL season|2006]] against [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]] at [[AAMI Stadium]] in Adelaide.

Schmidt suffered a succession of injuries while at Sydney and announced his retirement at the end of the [[2009 AFL season]].

In July 2016, Schmidt was appointed head coach of the [[Greater Western Sydney Giants]] women's team.<ref>Jessica Halloran, [http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/afl/teams/gws/tim-schmidt-to-coach-gws-giants-womens-team-after-playing-career-with-sydney-swans/news-story/ad28ad6442188aaa73486fc02f38ad65 "Tim Schmidt to coach GWS Giants’ women's team after playing career with Sydney Swans"], ''[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]'', 23 July 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.</ref> The team finished in last place in the [[2017 AFL Women's season|inaugural season]] of [[AFL Women's]] in 2017, winning the [[Wooden spoon (award)|wooden spoon]]. He stepped down from the role in July 2017.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ex-Lions coach takes over Giants' AFLW job|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-07-21/exlions-coach-takes-over-giants-aflw-job|accessdate=21 July 2017|work=AFL Media|publisher=[[Telstra Media]]|date=21 July 2017}}</ref>

Schmidt has since started a kicking and skills academy called Kicking Dynamics, coaching future stars.

==Coaching statistics==

:''Statistics are correct to the end of the 2017 season''
{{AFL coaching statistics legend}}
{{AFL coaching statistics start}}
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal"|[[2017 AFL Women's season|2017]]
|{{AFLW|GWS}}
| 7 || 1 || 5 || 1 || 14.3% || 8 || 8
|- class="sortbottom"
! colspan=2| Career totals
! 7
! 1
! 5
! 1
! 14.3%
! colspan=2|
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Sydplayer|ref=295695}}
*{{AFL Tables|T/Tim_Schmidt}}
*[http://kickingdynamics.com.au/ Kicking Dynamics - Ultimate Kicking & Skills Academy]

{{Greater Western Sydney Giants coaches}}
{{2003 AFL national draft}}

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[[Category:1986 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Australian rules footballers from South Australia]]
[[Category:Sydney Swans players]]
[[Category:West Adelaide Football Club players]]
[[Category:AFL Women's coaches]]
[[Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen]]