Jordan Roughead


Jordan Roughead is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club and the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League. Roughead is the 2024 backline coach of the Collingwood Football Club. He is the cousin of former Hawthorn player Jarryd Roughead.

AFL career

Western Bulldogs (2010–2018)

Selected with the 31st selection in the 2008 AFL draft, after playing for the North Ballarat Rebels in the TAC Cup, Roughead played as a ruckman but was capable of filling a key position up forward and in defence.
In round 5 of 2010, Roughead made his AFL debut against Adelaide at Etihad Stadium. He performed well, gathering 9 disposals, taking 4 marks, making 3 tackles and kicking a goal.
During the 2012 season, Bulldogs coach Brendan McCartney moved Roughead into defence. He remained in this position until mid-2015 when McCartney's successor as coach, Luke Beveridge, moved him back into the ruck.
Roughead was announced as the vice captain for 2015. However, he relinquished the position at the end of the season, choosing instead to focus on his sole performance as footballer.
In 2016, Roughead played in the Bulldogs' drought-breaking 22-point Grand Final win against the Sydney Swans, amassing 13 disposals and 17 hit-outs from 75% game time.

Collingwood (2019–2022)

At the end of the 2018 season, Roughead was traded to Collingwood in the last 30 minutes of the AFL trade period.
On 27 May 2022, Roughead announced his retirement after 201 games. He had only played 1 game in the first 10 rounds due to a finger injury.

Statistics

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2010
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2011
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2012
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2013
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2014
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2015
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2017
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2018
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2019
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2020
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2021
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2022
! colspan=3| Career
! 201
! 35
! 42
! 1223
! 1018
! 2241
! 867
! 511
! 1244
! 0.2
! 0.2
! 6.1
! 5.1
! 11.1
! 4.3
! 2.5
! 6.2

Honours and achievements

AFL
Collingwood Football Club
Western Bulldogs
Roughead was twice-nominated for the Jim Stynes Community Leadership Award, at the Western Bulldogs in 2017 and Collingwood in 2021. His community work was largely across four key focus areas including the LGBTIQA+ community, climate action, youth homelessness and women’s sports.

Personal life

Roughead grew up a Bulldogs supporter. His cousin is four-time premiership player and former Hawthorn captain Jarryd Roughead. He has completed a Masters of Business and is currently studying a Master of Business Administration at Deakin University.
He is a co-owner of Hawthorn cafe Whiplash, alongside past and present Collingwood FC players, Brody Mihocek, Nathan Murphy and Callum Brown.