| Esava Ratugolea | |||
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Ratugolea playing for Geelong in April 2019
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Esava Ratugolea | ||
| Date of birth | (1998-07-24) 24 July 1998 (age 25) | ||
| Place of birth | Griffith, New South Wales | ||
| Original team(s) | Cobram Football Club, Murray Bushrangers (TAC Cup) | ||
| Draft | No. 43, 2016 national draft | ||
| Debut | Round 1, 2018, Geelong vs. Melbourne, at MCG | ||
| Height | 197 cm (6 ft 6 in) | ||
| Weight | 102 kg (225 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Key Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Port Adelaide | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2018–2023 | Geelong | 75 (38) | |
| 2024 | Port Adelaide | 13 (1) | |
| Total | 88 (39) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 14, 2024. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Esava Ratugolea (born 24 July 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Ratugolea was initially drafted by Geelong with their third pick and forty-third overall in the 2016 national draft.[1] Ratugolea made his debut in Geelong's 3-point win against Melbourne in round 1, 2018 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.[2]
Ratugolea was born in Griffith, New South Wales. His parents are Fijian, and arrived in Australia a few years before his birth. At the age of six, Ratugolea moved to Cobram, Victoria. He only began playing football in 2011, after previously playing rugby and soccer.[3][4]
At the end of the 2023 AFL season, he was traded to Port Adelaide.[5]
Updated to the end of the 2022 season.[6]
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| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||||
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| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | H/O | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | H/O | ||||
| 2018 | Geelong | 17 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 32 | 69 | 26 | 15 | 62 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 8.6 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 7.8 |
| 2019 | Geelong | 17 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 103 | 72 | 175 | 53 | 46 | 126 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 8.8 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 6.3 |
| 2020[a] | Geelong | 17 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 60 | 44 | 104 | 32 | 30 | 73 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 8.7 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 6.1 |
| 2021 | Geelong | 17 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 63 | 52 | 115 | 32 | 30 | 93 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 7.7 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 6.2 |
| 2022 | Geelong | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 6.5 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
| Career | 59 | 38 | 32 | 280 | 209 | 489 | 152 | 129 | 367 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 8.3 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 6.2 | ||
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Port Adelaide Football Club – current squad
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