Jayden Attard | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Jayden Attard | ||
Date of birth | (1986-02-27)27 February 1986 (age 39) | ||
Original team(s) | Dandenong Stingrays (TAC Cup) | ||
Draft | 50th overall,2004 Brisbane Lions | ||
Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2005–2006 | Brisbane Lions | 5 (1) | |
2007–2008 | St Kilda | 20 (2) | |
Total | 25 (3) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2008. | |||
Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com |
Jayden Attard (born 27 February 1986) is a former professionalAustralian rules footballer who played for theBrisbane Lions and theSt Kilda Football Club in theAustralian Football League (AFL) from 2005 to 2008.
OfMaltese descent, Attard was recruited as the number 50 draft pick in the2004 AFL Draft from Chelsea andDandenong Stingrays. He made his debut for Brisbane in Round 4, 2005 againstHawthorn.
Attard was delisted by the Lions at the end of the 2006 season.[1] He was then drafted as a rookie by theSt Kilda Football Club in the 2006 AFL Rookie Draft and was elevated to the senior list at the start of the2007 season[2] and made his debut with the Saints in Round 1.
After an impressive first year at the Saints, Attard ruptured hisACL in Round 21 of the 2007 season, continuing the Saints' run of injuries. He missed all the2008 AFL Season.
On 22 October 2008 the St Kilda Football Club announced they would be delisting Attard.
In 2009 Attard joined Chelsea Heights Football Club in theSouthern Football League as co-captain. He continued with Chelsea Heights as captain until the end of 2013 and then signed for his junior club, Chelsea Seagulls Football Club, for the 2014 season. Attard captained the Seagulls in 2014 & 2015, before joining Toora Football club in 2016.
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