Connor Joshua Kwamena Idun (born 29 July 2000) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the

Greater Western Sydney Giants The Greater Western Sydney Giants (officially the Greater Western Sydney Football Club and colloquially known as the GWS Giants or simply GWS or Giants) are a professional Australian rules football club based in Sydney Olympic Park which repres ...

in the

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(AFL).

Early life

Connor Idun was born in

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to an Australian mother and a father from

Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...

and was raised in

Essex Essex ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East of England, and one of the home counties. It is bordered by Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Kent across the Thames Estuary to the ...

to the age of 4. As a child he moved with his family from London to

Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ...

before relocating to

Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung language, Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in Victoria, Australia, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River (Victo ...

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India * Victoria (state), a state of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, a provincial capital * Victoria, Seychelles, the capi ...

. He began playing

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

at the age of 12 in

for

Drysdale Football Club The Drysdale Football Club, nicknamed the ''Hawks'', is an Australian rules football club that plays in the Bellarine Football League and is situated in the township of Drysdale, in the centre of the Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria, Australia. ...

juniors and completed his VCE at

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. He played two seasons of NAB League for the

Geelong Falcons The Geelong Falcons is a youth Australian rules football representative club in the Talent League, the Victorian statewide under-18s competition in Victoria, Australia. The club takes in talented junior players from the Geelong, Colac and Warr ...

primarily in defence before being selected to represent Victoria Country at the 2018 NAB AFL U18 Championships.

AFL career

Idun was selected by the

at pick No. 61 in the 2018 AFL national draft. He made his senior debut against

in round 20 of the 2019 season, as a late replacement for injured forward

Jeremy Cameron Jeremy Cameron (born 1 April 1993) is a professional footballer with the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Greater Western Sydney Giants from 2010 to 2020. Cameron has List of VFL/AFL p ...

. He only managed three games across his first two years before being selected in round one, 2021 and going on to play 21 out of a possible 22 games, averaging 5.4 marks and 12.6 disposals per game. He was named the NAB AFL Rising Star nomination for round 23 of the 2021 season.

Statistics

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2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

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References

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Connor Idun
from AFL Tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Idun, Connor 2000 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) British people of Australian descent British people of Ghanaian descent Greater Western Sydney Giants players Geelong Falcons players VFL/AFL players born outside Australia British emigrants to Australia Australian people of Ghanaian descent