Emerson Jeka (born 18 September 2001) an

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er who played for the

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in the

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(AFL). Jeka also spent time on the playing list of the

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, however never played a senior match.

Career

Early career

Jeka played the majority of his

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career in the forward line. He suffered a knee injury while representing an Australian under-18 team against

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(VFL) club at the MCG in April 2019. He was sidelined for almost two months, but was selected by with Pick 9 in the 2020 AFL rookie draft.

AFL

Jeka first played for Hawthorn's

(VFL) affiliate , showing promise during scratch matches in the COVID-19-affected 2020 season. Jeka made his AFL debut against at

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in round 7 of the

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. He later kicked 0.7 in a VFL match on 3 July 2021. He was promoted to Hawthorn's senior list in December 2021 for the 2022 season. At the end of the

, Jeka was delisted by Hawthorn. On 14 November 2023, he signed with Essendon's reserves team for the

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, but 12 days later he returned to the AFL and joined . Jeka was delisted by Geelong at the end of the

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without playing a single senior game for the Cats. He played 19 games for Geelong's reserves team during the

Statistics

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References

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* Living people 2001 births Australian people of Albanian descent Australian people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent Geelong Football Club players Essendon Football Club players Hawthorn Football Club players Box Hill Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Western Jets players 21st-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-2000s-stub