Joel Amartey

Last updated

Joel Amartey
Joel Amartey 2018.1.jpg
Image of Joel Amartey in 2018
Personal information
Full name Joel Amartey
Nickname(s) Baz
Date of birth (1999-09-02) 2 September 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Beaumaris, Victoria
Original team(s) Sandringham Dragons (NAB League)
Draft No. 28, 2018 AFL rookie draft, Sydney
Debut 13 September 2020, Sydney  vs. Brisbane Lions, at Cazaly's Stadium
Height 197 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight 98 kg (216 lb)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current club Sydney
Number 36
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2018– Sydney 52 (73)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of preliminary finals, 2024.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Joel Amartey (born 2 September 1999) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL) after the St. Kilda saints chose not to match an NGA bid on him. He was recruited by the Sydney Swans with the 28th draft pick in the 2018 AFL rookie draft. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Early football

Amartey was born in Australia to a father who had migrated from Ghana. As a child, he played soccer, but quit after experiencing racial abuse, moving instead to basketball and later to Australian rules. [4] He played junior football for the Beaumaris Football Club in the South Metro Junior Football League, alongside many of his future teammates at the Swans such as Callum Sinclair and Oliver Florent. [5] [6] Amartey and Florent also played football together on the same school team at Mentone Grammar. [7] He played for the Sandringham Dragons in the NAB League, playing 14 games and kicking 9 goals over the course of the 2017 season. [8] Amartey had the opportunity to win the grand final for the Dragons in their premiership match against the Geelong Falcons as he marked in front of goal with seconds left, meaning he had to kick a goal after the siren. However, he missed the shot, and the Dragons lost by two points. [9] [10]

AFL career

Amartey was likely to make his AFL debut in July 2020, but suffered a groin injury in a scratch match and was unable to debut for the Swans. [11] Amartey debuted in Sydney's 32 point loss to Brisbane Lions in the 17th round of the 2020 AFL season. [12] [13] On debut, Amartey collected 3 disposals, 8 hitouts, and 2 tackles. [14] Amartey was upgraded from the rookie list at the conclusion of the season. [15]

In Round 5 of the 2023 AFL season Amartey pulled his hamstring while running towards the forward line. Amartey immediately got subbed out of the game.

In 2024, he scored a career best 9 goals during the last three quarters of Sydney's Round 14 clash against the Adelaide Crows.

Statistics

Updated to the end of round 6, 2023. [16]

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game)
GBKHDMTH/OGBKHDMTH/O
2018 Sydney 460————————————————
2019 Sydney 460————————————————
2020 [a] Sydney 461003030280.00.03.00.03.00.02.08.0
2021 Sydney 366533817551623490.80.56.32.89.22.73.88.2
2022 Sydney 366532914431214180.80.54.82.37.22.02.33.0
2023 Sydney 36466241236193141.51.56.03.09.04.70.73.5
Career17161294431374742890.90.75.52.58.02.72.45.2
  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.

Related Research Articles

Ted Richards is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club and the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kurt Tippett</span> Australian rules footballer

Kurt Anthony Tippett is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans. He also played for the Adelaide Football Club between 2007 and 2012. Tippett represented Queensland in under-18 basketball before transferring to Australian rules football and playing for Southport Football Club. He was selected by Adelaide in the 2006 AFL draft.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gary Rohan</span> Australian rules footballer (born 1991)

Gary Rohan is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans and Geelong in the Australian Football League (AFL).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Xavier Richards</span> Australian rules footballer

Xavier Richards is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Darren Minchington is a former Australian rules football player who played with the St Kilda Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">James Stewart (Australian footballer)</span> Australian rules footballer

James Stewart is a former professional Australian rules football player for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is the son of former Collingwood footballer, Craig Stewart.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Isaac Heeney</span> Australian rules footballer (born 1996)

Isaac Heeney is a professional Australian rules footballer playing with the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Paddy McCartin</span> Australian rules footballer

Patrick McCartin is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL), having previously played for the St Kilda Football Club from 2015 to 2019. He was drafted as the number one pick in the 2014 AFL draft.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brayden Maynard</span> Australian australian-rules footballer

Brayden Maynard is an Australian rules footballer who currently plays for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tom Papley</span> Australian rules footballer

Tom Papley is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Sydney Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted with pick 14 in the 2016 rookie draft.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oliver Hanrahan</span> Australian rules footballer

Oliver Daniel Hanrahan is a professional Australian rules football player who most recently played with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited to with pick 14 in the 2016 AFL draft.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oliver Florent</span> Australian rules footballer

Oliver Florent is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by the Sydney Swans with their first selection and eleventh overall in the 2016 national draft. He made his debut in the twenty-eight point loss against Port Adelaide in the opening round of the 2017 season at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Robbie Fox</span> Australian rules footballer

Robbie Fox is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Lewis Melican is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by Sydney with their third selection and fifty-second overall in the 2015 rookie draft. He made his debut in the forty-two point loss against Greater Western Sydney at the Sydney Cricket Ground in round five of the 2017 season.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ben Ronke</span> Australian rules footballer

Benjamin Ronke is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by Sydney with their first selection and seventeenth overall in the 2017 rookie draft. He made his debut in the seventeen point win against Geelong at GMHBA Stadium kicking two goals in round six of the 2018 AFL season. In his third match, the Swans played against Hawthorn at the MCG, and Ronke became the first player to notch up seven goals and ten tackles in an AFL Match since the introduction of detailed statistics in the VFL/AFL in 1987. His performance in the match saw him earn the round 8 nomination for the 2018 AFL Rising Star.

Charlie Constable is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Gold Coast Suns and Geelong in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is currently playing in the WAFL with Perth Demons.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hayden McLean</span> Australian rules footballer

Hayden McLean is an Australian rules footballer playing for Sydney in the Australian Football League (AFL). A 1.98-metre tall who can play as a ruckman or key forward, McLean began his career in the TAC Cup before a season in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was recruited by Sydney on the eve of the 2019 season as a pre-season supplemental selection, and made his AFL debut later that year.

Toby Bedford is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL), having initially been drafted to Melbourne in the 2018 AFL draft. A small forward, he made his AFL debut in the opening round of the 2020 season.

Louis Butler is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by the Western Bulldogs with the 53rd draft pick in the 2019 AFL draft.

Jack Mahony is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by North Melbourne with the 34th pick in the 2019 AFL draft.

References

  1. ↑ "Rookie Draft #28: Joel Amartey". Sydney Swans Media. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  2. ↑ Guthrie, Ben (4 December 2017). "Amartey looks forward". Sydney Swans Media. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  3. ↑ McKern, James (27 November 2017). "AFL preseason and rookie drafts". News.com.au. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "How racial abuse led Joel Amartey to his AFL debut" . Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "'Beauie Boys' strut their stuff for Sydney Swans" . Herald Sun. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "Two further SMJFL alumni find their way onto AFL lists". South Metro Junior Football League. 28 November 2017. Archived from the original on 15 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  7. ↑ Gates, Zachary (11 June 2018). "Amartey stoked to sign". Sydney Swans Media. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  8. ↑ "Joel Amartey". Aussie Rules Draft Central. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  9. ↑ Guthrie, Ben (3 December 2017). "Swans rookie puts Grand Final miss behind him". AFL Media. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  10. ↑ "Video: Geelong wins the TAC Cup grand final after Sandringham's Joel Amartey misses a post-siren shot". Fox Sports. 25 September 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  11. ↑ Rugari, Vince (7 July 2020). "Injury-hit Swans at a loss as AFL confirm no mid-year draft or loans". The Age. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  12. ↑ "TEAM: Amartey to debut among four changes". Sydney Swans Media. 12 September 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  13. ↑ Hope, Shayne (14 September 2020). "Longmire lifted by Swans' AFL development". Macquarie Port News. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  14. ↑ "Round 17 • Sydney Swans v Brisbane Lions - Player Stats" . Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  15. ↑ Cleary, Mitch (27 November 2020). "UPDATE: Locked and loaded: What your club's 2021 list will look like". AFL Media. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  16. ↑ "Joel Amartey". AFL Tables. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.