| Esava Ratugolea | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Ratugolea playing for Geelong in April 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Esava Ratugolea | ||
| Date of birth | 24 July 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Griffith, New South Wales | ||
| Original team(s) | Cobram Football Club, Murray Bushrangers (TAC Cup) | ||
| Draft | No. 43, 2016 national draft | ||
| Debut | Round 1, 2018, Geelong vs. Melbourne, at MCG | ||
| Height | 197 cm (6 ft 6 in) | ||
| Weight | 102 kg (225 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Key Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Port Adelaide | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2018–2023 | Geelong | 75 (38) | |
| 2024– | Port Adelaide | 23 (4) | |
| Total | 98 (42) | ||
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2024. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Esava Ratugolea (born 24 July 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Ratugolea was initially drafted by Geelong with their third pick and forty-third overall in the 2016 national draft.[1] Ratugolea made his debut in Geelong's 3-point win against Melbourne in round 1, 2018 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.[2]
Ratugolea was born in Griffith, New South Wales. His parents are Fijian, and arrived in Australia a few years before his birth. At the age of six, Ratugolea moved to Cobram, Victoria. He only began playing football in 2011, after previously playing rugby and soccer.[3][4]
At the end of the 2023 AFL season, he was traded to Port Adelaide.[5]
- ^ Nicholson, Larissa (3 December 2016). "The Geelong draftee Esava Ratugolea's love of football started with a packet of chips". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- ^ "Demons are Gawn as late miss lets Cats hold on". ABC Sport. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- ^ "Counting the cost - Shepparton News". 18 August 2017. Archived from the original on 25 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- ^ "Ratugolea's rapid rise - TAC Cup". 7 July 2016.
- ^ @AFL_House (18 October 2023). "Trade paperwork lodged" (Tweet) – via Twitter.