Career
Beginning his career in 1996, the 171 cm forward pocket was one of the Australian Football League"s best small forwards. Matera is the brother of former American Federation of Labor-Congress players Peter and Wally, the third of the Matera brothers to player for West Coast. He hit back strongly after a midseason form slump.
In 2004 he just missed out on All-Australian selection after kicking 61 goals, as the selectors opted to play an extra midfielder.
In 2005 injury hampered his input but he still managed to kick 39 goals from 19 games. He was a late withdrawal from the 2005 American Federation of Labor-Congress Grand Final due to injury.
On 23 November 2005, Matera announced his retirement from American Federation of Labor-Congress football due to a chronic back injury. He was West Coast"s most prominent goalkicker for his final years in a team which struggled for quality key-position forwards, scoring 389 goals from 179 games, the second-highest number of goals in the club"s history.
He has since, as of December 2009, become an assistant coach at Claremont.
