Jake Soligo (born 25 January 2003) is a professional

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who plays for the

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in the

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(AFL).

Early life

Soligo played much of his junior career at the Waverley Park Hawks Junior Football Club in the SMJFL. At under-16s level, Soligo played for Vic Metro in the National Championships. Soligo attended Mazenod College up until year 9, before transferring to Rowville Secondary College in 2018. After being signed from his local club, Dromana in the Mornington Peninsula Football Netball League (MPFNL), Soligo played his junior career with the

Eastern Ranges The Eastern Ranges is an Australian rules football team that currently competes in the Talent League, the Victorian statewide under-18s competition. History Inaugural playing squad (1992) Honours *Premiers (2): 2002, 2013 *Runners-up (6): 199 ...

in the

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. As a midfielder, he averaged 23 disposals and kicked six goals in his draft year of 2021. In the same year, he won the Pennington Medal, awarded to the Eastern Ranges' best and fairest player, as well as featuring in the

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(VFL) for .

AFL career

Soligo was drafted by Adelaide with their second pick and the 36th pick overall in the

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. He debuted in Adelaide's first game of

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against as a substitute and collected 5 disposals in a narrow loss. In June of

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, Soligo signed a six-year contract extension which would keep him at the Crows until 2029. At the time, this was the longest contract of any current Adelaide Crows player. Prior to the 2024 season, Soligo badly rolled his ankle during preseason training. For this reason, he started as the medical substitute against in

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, but had maximum impact for his limited game time. In

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of the 2024 season in the

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against Port Adelaide, Soligo won the

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and was the best on ground, with 28 disposals and 10 tackles. Soligo had a career-best season as an inside midfielder, becoming one of Adelaide's best players alongside

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and captain

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. He finished third in the

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and was awarded with the

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Emerging Talent Award. Carrying over his 2024 form, Soligo continued strongly in

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as the Crows climbed the ladder. The midfielder had a career-best 35 disposals as well as two goals in Showdown 58 against , excelling in the rainy conditions.

Statistics

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, , , , 14 , 21 , , 10 , , 11 , , 209 , , 138 , , 347 , , 74 , , 65 , , 0.48 , , 0.52 , , 9.95 , , 6.57 , , 16.52 , , 3.52 , , 3.10 , , 1 , - ,

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, , , , 14 , 23 , , 6 , , 9 , , 251 , , 255 , , 506 , , 60 , , 84 , , 0.26 , , 0.39 , , 10.9 , , 11.1 , , 22.0 , , 2.6 , , 3.7 , , 7 , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3, Career ! 60 !! 22 !! 25 !! 589 !! 498 !! 1087 !! 167 !! 204 !! 0.4 !! 0.4 !! 9.8 !! 8.3 !! 18.1 !! 2.8 !! 3.4 !! 8

Honours and achievements

Individual *

: 2024 * 2024 22under22 44 man squad

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Soligo, Jake 2003 births Living people Adelaide Football Club players Eastern Ranges players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) 21st-century Australian sportsmen