Facts:   - heightweight: 175 cm / 75 kg    - clubs: brisbane bears sydney swans    - years: 1991-92 1994 '' ` total - '' '    - statsend: 1994    - originalteam: darwin      - birth date: 27 june 1974    - fullname: matthew ahmat    - name: matthew ahmat    - birth place: alice springs , northern territory   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of matthew ahmat .
matthew ahmat -lrb- born 27 june 1974 in alice springs -rrb- is a former indigenous australian rules footballer who played for the brisbane bears and sydney swans in the australian football league -lrb- afl -rrb- during the early 1990s .the ahmat name has had a long association with the northern territory football league as both his father and grandfather played at his original club , darwin .he started his afl career at brisbane but struggled to establish a place in the robert walls coached side .after spending the 1993 season in the south australian national football league -lrb- sanfl -rrb- playing for norwood , ahmat received a lifeline from sydney , who recruited him with the first pick of the 1993 mid-season draft .ahmat made appearances in two of the opening three rounds of sydney 's 1994 campaign but could not extend his afl career any further .