Jayden Laverde

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Jayden Laverde
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Laverde playing for Essendon in April 2018
Personal information
Full name Jayden Laverde
Date of birth (1996-04-12) 12 April 1996 (age 28)
Original team(s) Western Jets (TAC Cup)
Draft No. 20, 2014 national draft
Height 193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 91 kg (201 lb)
Position(s) Key Defender
Club information
Current club Essendon
Number 15
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2015– Essendon 131 (38)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2024.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jayden Laverde ( /ləˈvɜːdiː/ lə-VUR-dee; [1] born 12 April 1996) is a professional Australian rules footballer with the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited with the 20th overall selection in the 2014 national draft. [2]

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Early life

Larvede started his career playing for the Keilor Football Club playing all his junior years there. as a young age he was touted for his athleticism and uniqueness.[ citation needed ]

Laverde played for the Western Jets in the TAC Cup [3] and the Keilor Football Club. [4] He was named All-Australian in the AFL Under 18 Championships, playing for Vic Metro. [5] He made his AFL debut against Melbourne in round 15 of the 2015 AFL season. [6]

AFL career

Larvede was drafted with pick 20 in the 2014 national draft. In 2015, his first season at Essendon, he played nine games and kicked five goals. In 2016 he suffered an ankle injury and was sidelined for eight weeks.

Originally starting his career as a forward, in the 2021 AFL season his career was reinvigorated with a move to defence. [7]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of 2023 [8]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game)
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2015 Essendon 33951496811732340.60.15.47.613.03.63.8
2016 Essendon 33989644110543260.91.07.14.611.74.82.9
2017 Essendon 3351526305616140.21.05.26.011.23.22.8
2018 Essendon 3375654379127180.70.97.75.313.03.92.6
2019 Essendon 15101113664811439211.11.36.64.811.43.92.1
2020 [a] Essendon 1566330164620150.30.55.02.77.73.32.5
2021 Essendon 152310202116318134350.00.08.85.013.85.81.5
2022 Essendon 152201190123313137450.00.08.65.614.26.22.0
2023 Essendon 151910186115301124370.10.09.86.115.86.51.9
2024 Essendon 152100194139333127330.00.09.26.615.96.11.6
Career1313838106173317946992780.30.38.15.613.75.32.1

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.

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References

  1. ↑ "How to say the AFL's trickiest names". Australian Football League. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  2. ↑ Clark, Jay (28 November 2014), "AFL Draft 2014: Jayden Laverde joins Essendon, wants to play like Nat Fyfe", Herald Sun
  3. ↑ D’Anello, Luke (26 November 2014), "AFL first-round draft prospect and Western Jets star Jayden Laverde adds to his highlights reel", Brimbank Leader
  4. ↑ Quayle, Emma (14 November 2014), "AFL draft: Keilor's fab 5 set for the big time", Herald Sun
  5. ↑ D’Anello, Luke (23 July 2014), "Western Jets star Jayden Laverde a contender", Hobsons Bay Leader
  6. ↑ Twomey, Liam (13 July 2015), "Keilor's Jayden Laverde rapt over AFL debut", Star Weekly
  7. ↑ Twomey, Callum (26 June 2021), "How a seven-goal thumping proved the catalyst for Don's career-best form", AFL
  8. ↑ "Jayden Laverde". AFL Tables. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
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