Jordan Clark (Australian footballer)

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Jordan Clark
Jordan Clark 2019.1.jpg
Clark during Geelong's round 5 match in April 2019
Personal information
Full name Jordan Clark
Date of birth (2000-10-16) 16 October 2000 (age 23)
Original team(s) Claremont (WAFL)
Draft No. 15, 2018 national draft
Debut Round 1, 2019, Geelong
vs. Collingwood, at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Fremantle
Number 6
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2019–2021 Geelong 32 (15)
2022- Fremantle 22 (3)
Total 54 (18)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 23, 2022.
Career highlights

Jordan Clark (born 16 October 2000) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having been initially drafted to the Geelong Football Club.

Early life

Clark was raised in Albany, Western Australia where he played for the Railways Football Club. At 17 he moved to Perth to attend Guildford Grammar School and played colts for the Claremont Football Club.[1] He was selected 15th overall in the 2018 AFL draft by the Geelong Football Club.

Cricket career

Clark was a talented sportsman as a junior. In January 2017, he represented the Australian under-16 national cricket team in their One Day International series against Pakistan in Dubai, taking a hat-trick in the third match.[2][3]

AFL career

Clark made his debut in Round 1 of the 2019 AFL season against Collingwood, having 17 disposals.

Clark was traded to Fremantle at the end of the 2021 AFL season.[4]

Clark made his debut for Fremantle in Round 1 of the 2022 AFL season against Adelaide, kicking a goal.[5] Clark played his 50th game during round 19 against Richmond.[6] Clark finished his first season at Fremantle having played every game and averaging a career-high 21.3 disposals.[7]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of round 10, 2022[8]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2019 Geelong 6 18 11 8 171 78 249 76 48 0.6 0.4 9.5 4.3 13.8 4.2 2.7
2020[a] Geelong 6 3 1 1 24 14 38 12 9 0.3 0.3 8.0 4.7 12.7 4.0 3.0
2021 Geelong 6 11 3 2 61 52 113 26 22 0.3 0.2 5.6 4.7 10.3 2.4 2.0
2022 Fremantle 6 10 2 1 122 82 204 46 29 0.2 0.1 12.2 8.2 20.4 4.6 2.9
Career 42 17 12 378 226 604 160 108 0.4 0.3 9.0 5.4 14.4 3.8 2.6

Notes

  1. ^ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

  1. ^ Leitch, Chris. "Jordan Clark: From Albany and Claremont colts to important Geelong defender in just 12 months". The West Australian. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  2. ^ Duxson, Nick (15 January 2017). "Clark claims hat-trick for Australia U16s". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  3. ^ Waterworth, Ben (20 November 2018). "AFL draft 2018: Jordan Clark Australian cricket hat-trick, rapid rise to top prospect". Fox Sports Australia. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Need for speed: Dockers, Cats FINALLY agree on Clark deal". Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Dazzling display from Albany's Jordan Clark in his club debut for Fremantle to start new AFL season". Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Fremantle defender Jordan Clark to play 50th AFL match on Friday". perthnow.com.au. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Finally, the finals: Docker soaks up the big stage at last". afl.com.au. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Jordan Clark Stats". AFL Tables. Retrieved 13 November 2020.

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