Jordan De Goey

Jordan De Goey (born 15 March 1996) is a professional Australian rules footballer with the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Jordan De Goey
De Goey playing in June 2017.
Personal information
Full name Jordan De Goey
Date of birth (1996-03-15) 15 March 1996
Original team(s) Oakleigh Chargers (TAC Cup)
Draft No. 5, 2014 national draft
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 92 kg (203 lb)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current club Collingwood
Number 2
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2015– Collingwood 98 (132)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2020 season.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

State football

De Goey played his junior football with the Ashburton United Junior Football Club in the Yarra Junior Football League.[1][2] He later played with Oakleigh Chargers in the TAC Cup, under the captaincy of Darcy Moore, who was drafted to Collingwood in the same year as him.[3] In the 2013 TAC Cup season, he played only four games,[4] but later starred in the 2014 TAC Cup Grand Final, kicking three goals to help Oakleigh Chargers claim the premiership.[5] De Goey also represented Vic Metro in the 2014 AFL Under 18 Championships.[6]

AFL career
As Collingwood's first pick of the draft, De Goey played his first season with the guernsey number 35

De Goey was drafted by Collingwood with the 5th overall selection of the 2014 national draft. As Collingwood's first pick, he was assigned the number 35 guernsey for his first season.[7] He made his debut in the opening round of the 2015 season against Brisbane Lions at The Gabba, being the 20th player to make their senior debut under the coaching of Nathan Buckley.[8] He received a Rising Star nomination in round 20 after collecting 18 disposals, 12 tackles and kicking a goal in a 21-point defeat against Sydney at the Sydney Cricket Ground.[9] At the beginning of the 2017 season, De Goey broke his hand during an incident in a bar in St Kilda. Initially, he lied to the club, telling them he injured it while playing with his dog, and after admitting to his lie was suspended for three matches, fined $5,000, and given 10 weeks of community service.[10] In the 2018 season, De Goey broke out and became a big time player, raising comparisons with Dustin Martin.[11][12] He started the season suspended by Collingwood after being caught drunk driving, as well as being fined $10,000 and also donating another $10,000 to charity and working for a month as a tradesman and working with the Salvation Army.[13] Almost two months later, he returned via the Victorian Football League (VFL), collecting 24 disposals and kicking 4 goals against the Northern Blues.[14][15] During the season, De Goey re-signed with Collingwood for another two years, turning down multi-year, multi-million contract offers from North Melbourne and from St Kilda.[16] In the preliminary final against Richmond, he kicked four goals, including the first one, and was named among the best players.[17] He also kicked three goals and was named among the best players in Collingwood's loss to West Coast in the Grand Final.[18] After the season he was selected by the AFL Players Association for the 22 Under 22 team[19] and won the Gordon Coventry Award as Collingwood's leading goalkicker after kicking 48 goals during the season.[15][20]

Personal life

De Goey was educated at St Kevin's College in Toorak, Melbourne.[21] His father, Roger, was an under-19s player for Essendon and helped him toughen up his game.[22]

Statistics
Statistics are correct to the end of the 2020 season[23]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2015 Collingwood3516641259722231780.40.37.86.113.91.94.9
2016 Collingwood220161418418136581710.80.79.29.118.34.13.6
2017 Collingwood21414813912626560471.00.69.99.018.94.33.4
2018 Collingwood221482223210633892482.31.011.05.016.14.42.3
2019 Collingwood21734222048128581352.01.312.04.816.84.82.1
2020 Collingwood2101412864913526121.41.28.64.913.52.61.2
Career 98 132 82 970 640 1610 371 291 1.4 0.8 9.9 6.5 16.4 3.8 3.0

References
  1. "About AUJFC". Ashburton Redbacks. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  2. "AFL grand final 2018: Where the players started their careers". Herald Sun. 27 September 2018.
  3. Cardona, Paige (21 January 2015). "De Goey and Moore side by side again". AFL Players Association.
  4. Twomey, Callum (20 November 2014). "Six days to the draft: Meet Jordan De Goey". Australian Football League. Telstra Media.
  5. Clark, Jay (27 November 2014). "AFL Draft 2014: Jordan De Goey one of three new aggressive Collingwood midfielders". Herald Sun.
  6. "The 'competitive beast' on the rise at Pies". AFL Players Association. 18 August 2015.
  7. "Pies snare big-game player with pick No.5". Australian Football League. Bigpond. 27 November 2014. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  8. Mason, Luke (2 April 2015). "Selection: Three new Magpies". Collingwood. Telstra Media.
  9. King, Travis (17 August 2015). "Pies' latest Rising Star has plenty of go". Australian Football League. Bigpond. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  10. "Porky Pies: Collingwood ban Jordan De Goey over lies about hand injury". The Guardian. 21 March 2017.
  11. Guthrie, Ben (24 May 2018). "Is De Goey following Dusty's path to greatness?". Australian Football League. Telstra Media.
  12. "AFL 2018: Jordan de Goey the new Dustin Martin? Dermott Brereton writes". Herald Sun. 25 May 2018.
  13. McClure, Sam (19 February 2018). "De Goey admits problem, bans himself indefinitely". The Age.
  14. Broad, Ben (7 April 2018). "Jordan De Goey stars as Collingwood's VFL team boots 31 goals in 130-point win over the Northern Blues". Herald Sun.
  15. "Gordon Coventry Award: Jordan De Goey". Collingwood. Telstra Media. 5 October 2018.
  16. Colangelo, Anthony; Gleeson, Michael (1 July 2018). "Jordan De Goey re-signs with Collingwood". The Age.
  17. Bowen, Nick (21 September 2018). "Match report: Pies stun Tigers to make GF". Australian Football League. Telstra Media.
  18. Green, Warwick (29 September 2018). "Eagles overcome Pies in grand final thriller". The Age.
  19. "2018 22Under22 team unveiled". AFL Players Association. 30 August 2018.
  20. Gabelich, Josh (5 October 2018). "Collingwood stars Steele Sidebottom and Brodie Grundy can't be split after a countback in the 2018 Copeland Trophy". Fox Sports.
  21. Anderson, Jon (20 February 2018). "Jordan de Goey drink driving: Rise and fall of Collingwood star". Herald Sun.
  22. Murnane, Matt (8 December 2014). "Pies young gun Jordan De Goey toughens up". The Age.
  23. "Jordan de Goey statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
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