James Tsitas

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James Tsitas
Personal information
Full name James Tsitas
Date of birth (1995-03-03) 3 March 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Original team(s) Grovedale Football Club/Woodville-West Torrens Football Club
Draft Pre-season supplemental selection period,2021 AFL draft
Height 181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current club Gold Coast
Number 21
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2022– Gold Coast 3 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 10, 2023.
Career highlights

James Tsitas (born 3 March 1995) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League (AFL).

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Early career

Originally from Geelong, Victoria, he played for Grovedale Football Club as a junior, before joining the TAC Cup representative side Geelong Falcons. He would go undrafted in the 2013 AFL draft and would sign with the North Ballarat Football Club in the VFL. He would play two seasons for the Roosters until joining the Geelong Football Club VFL side for the 2016 VFL season, where he would win the club Best and Fairest the following season.

For the 2020 season, he would sign for Williamstown Football Club, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the suspension of the 2020 VFL season, he would instead sign with Woodville-West Torrens in the SANFL for the 2020. This would culminate in Tsitas being awarded the Magarey Medal in 2021, as well as 2 premierships in 2020 and 2021.

On the back of these performances, Tsitas would be selected in the 2021 AFL draft as part of the Pre-season supplemental selection period by the Gold Coast Suns. [1] [2] [3]

AFL career

After joining the Suns for the 2022 AFL season, Tsitas would spend the majority of the season in the VFL, before being selected to make his AFL debut in the Round 16 match against Collingwood. [4] [5] Tsitas kicked his first career goal in Round 9 of the 2023 AFL season after he was subbed into the game. He ended up kicking 2 goals in a 70 point thrashing against the West Coast, this is Gold Coast’s biggest win outside of Queensland. This was also Tsitas’ first ever win in the AFL.

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of round 16, 2022 [6]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game) Votes
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2022 Gold Coast 211––32531––32531–
Career100325310.00.03.02.05.03.01.00


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    References

    1. ↑ "Hard work the Tsitas code to success". afl.com.au.
    2. ↑ "James Tsitas | AFL". goldcoastfc.com.au.
    3. ↑ "Lowson & Tsitas Cross the Border to Join The Eagles". Woodville-West Torrens Football Club.
    4. ↑ Keating, Mitch (30 June 2022). "Mature-aged Sun James Tsitas to make AFL debut". Zero Hanger.
    5. ↑ "AFL Tables - Gold Coast v Collingwood - Sat, 2-Jul-2022 7:25 PM - Match Stats". afltables.com.
    6. ↑ "AFL Tables - James Tsitas - Stats - Statistics". afltables.com.
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