Esava Ratugolea
Esava Ratugolea is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Port [Adelaide Football Club] in the Australian Football League. Ratugolea was initially drafted by with their third pick and forty-third overall in the 2016 national draft. Ratugolea made his debut in Geelong's 3-point win against in round 1, 2018 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
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.
At the end of the 2023 AFL season, he was traded to Port Adelaide.
Statistics
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! 111 !! 42 !! 39 !! 599 !! 394 !! 993 !! 404 !! 219 !! 375 !! 0.4 !! 0.4 !! 5.4 !! 3.5 !! 8.9 !! 3.6 !! 2.0 !! 3.4
Honours and achievements
Team2× McClelland Trophy : 2019, 2022IndividualList of [Geelong Football Club individual awards and records#Club awards and honours|Geelong F.C. Community Champion Award]: 2021