Jordan De Goey

Jordan De Goey (born 15 March 1996) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Jordan De Goey
De Goey playing in August 2018
Personal information
Full name Jordan De Goey
Date of birth (1996-03-15) 15 March 1996
Place of birth Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia
Original team(s) Oakleigh Chargers (TAC Cup)
Draft No. 5, 2014 national draft
Height 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 88 kg (194 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder / forward
Club information
Current club Collingwood
Number 2
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2015– Collingwood 124 (163)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 7, 2022.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

State football

De Goey played his junior football with the Ashburton United Junior Football Club in the Yarra Junior Football League.[1][2] He later played with Oakleigh Chargers in the TAC Cup, under the captaincy of Darcy Moore, who was drafted to Collingwood in the same year as him.[3] In the 2013 TAC Cup season, he played only four games,[4] but later starred in the 2014 TAC Cup Grand Final, kicking three goals to help Oakleigh Chargers claim the premiership.[5] De Goey also represented Vic Metro in the 2014 AFL Under 18 Championships.[6]

AFL career
As Collingwood's first pick of the draft, De Goey played his first season with the guernsey number 35

De Goey was drafted by Collingwood with the 5th overall selection of the 2014 national draft. As Collingwood's first pick, he was assigned the number 35 guernsey for his first season.[7] He made his debut in the opening round of the 2015 season against Brisbane Lions at The Gabba, being the 20th player to make their senior debut under the coaching of Nathan Buckley.[8] He received a Rising Star nomination in round 20 after collecting 18 disposals, 12 tackles and kicking a goal in a 21-point defeat against Sydney at the Sydney Cricket Ground.[9] De Goey had a break out 2018 season, raising comparisons with Dustin Martin.[10][11] He started the season after returning from a club-imposed suspension, and he returned via the Victorian Football League (VFL), collecting 24 disposals and kicking 4 goals against the Northern Blues.[12][13] During the season, De Goey re-signed with Collingwood for another two years, turning down multi-year, multi-million contract offers from North Melbourne and St Kilda.[14] In the preliminary final against Richmond, he kicked four goals, including the first one, and was named among the best players.[15] He also kicked three goals and was named among the best players in Collingwood's loss to West Coast in the Grand Final.[16] After the season he was selected by the AFL Players Association for the 22 Under 22 team[17] and won the Gordon Coventry Award as Collingwood's leading goalkicker after kicking 48 goals during the season.[13][18]

Personal life

De Goey was educated at St Kevin's College in Toorak, Melbourne.[19] His father, Roger, was an under-19s player for Essendon.[20]

Controversies

At the beginning of the 2017 season, De Goey broke his hand during an incident in a bar in St Kilda. Initially he lied to the club, telling them he injured it while playing with his dog and after admitting to his lie was suspended for three matches, fined $5,000, and given 10 weeks of community service.[21]

In February 2018, he was suspended by Collingwood after being caught drunk driving. He was fined $10,000 and required to pay a further $10,000 to charity, during which time he worked for a month as a tradesman and with the Salvation Army.[22]

In July 2020, De Goey and another man were charged by Victoria Police with indecent assault, stemming from an incident that was alleged to have taken place with a woman in 2015.[23] The matter had been investigated by the Police and the AFL's Integrity Unit in 2018, and no charges were laid following those investigations.[23] In response, Collingwood confirmed De Goey could continue playing for the club whilst the matter proceeded in the courts.[23] In August 2021, minutes prior to the commencement of a directions hearing into the matter was due to be heard at the Melbourne Magistrates Court, prosecutors withdrew the charge laid against both men and agreed to pay De Goey's legal costs. De Goey released a statement shortly thereafter stating, "I have maintained my innocence from the outset...[and] am very pleased that the matter has now come to an end."[24][25]

In October 2021, De Goey was arrested at a night club in New York City and charged with forcible touching of a 35-year-old woman and the assault of a 37-year-old man.[26] He was stood down indefinitely by Collingwood and pleaded not guilty to the charges, along with another Australian man who was charged. A couple of days later, the prosecuters dropped the charge of forcible touching.[27] In January 2022, he was offered a plea bargain to downgrade the remaining assault charge to second-degree harassment. Collingwood reinstated De Goey into their AFL program following the plea, allowing him to play under their condition that he permanently works part-time at the Salvation Army.[28]

Statistics
Statistics are correct to the end of round 5, 2022[29]
Legend
 G  Goals  K  Kicks  D  Disposals  T  Tackles
 B  Behinds  H  Handballs  M  Marks
AFL playing statistics
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2015 Collingwood3516641259722231780.40.37.86.113.91.94.90
2016 Collingwood220161418418136581710.80.79.29.118.34.13.60
2017 Collingwood21414813912626560471.00.69.99.018.94.33.45
2018 Collingwood221482223210633892482.31.011.05.016.14.42.312
2019 Collingwood21734222048128581352.01.312.04.816.84.82.14
2020[lower-alpha 1] Collingwood2101412864913526121.41.28.64.913.52.61.25
2021 Collingwood2202323251169420108391.21.212.68.521.05.42.09
2022 Collingwood24885141921792.02.012.810.323.04.32.3
Career 122 163 113 1272 850 2122 495 339 1.3 0.9 10.4 6.9 17.3 4.0 2.8 35

Notes

  1. The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

References
  1. "About AUJFC". Ashburton Redbacks. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  2. "AFL grand final 2018: Where the players started their careers". Herald Sun. 27 September 2018.
  3. Cardona, Paige (21 January 2015). "De Goey and Moore side by side again". AFL Players Association.
  4. Twomey, Callum (20 November 2014). "Six days to the draft: Meet Jordan De Goey". Australian Football League. Telstra Media.
  5. Clark, Jay (27 November 2014). "AFL Draft 2014: Jordan De Goey one of three new aggressive Collingwood midfielders". Herald Sun.
  6. "The 'competitive beast' on the rise at Pies". AFL Players Association. 18 August 2015.
  7. "Pies snare big-game player with pick No.5". Australian Football League. Bigpond. 27 November 2014. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  8. Mason, Luke (2 April 2015). "Selection: Three new Magpies". Collingwood. Telstra Media.
  9. King, Travis (17 August 2015). "Pies' latest Rising Star has plenty of go". Australian Football League. Bigpond. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  10. Guthrie, Ben (24 May 2018). "Is De Goey following Dusty's path to greatness?". Australian Football League. Telstra Media.
  11. "AFL 2018: Jordan de Goey the new Dustin Martin? Dermott Brereton writes". Herald Sun. 25 May 2018.
  12. Broad, Ben (7 April 2018). "Jordan De Goey stars as Collingwood's VFL team boots 31 goals in 130-point win over the Northern Blues". Herald Sun.
  13. "Gordon Coventry Award: Jordan De Goey". Collingwood. Telstra Media. 5 October 2018.
  14. Colangelo, Anthony; Gleeson, Michael (1 July 2018). "Jordan De Goey re-signs with Collingwood". The Age.
  15. Bowen, Nick (21 September 2018). "Match report: Pies stun Tigers to make GF". Australian Football League. Telstra Media.
  16. Green, Warwick (29 September 2018). "Eagles overcome Pies in grand final thriller". The Age.
  17. "2018 22Under22 team unveiled". AFL Players Association. 30 August 2018.
  18. Gabelich, Josh (5 October 2018). "Collingwood stars Steele Sidebottom and Brodie Grundy can't be split after a countback in the 2018 Copeland Trophy". Fox Sports.
  19. Anderson, Jon (20 February 2018). "Jordan de Goey drink driving: Rise and fall of Collingwood star". Herald Sun.
  20. Murnane, Matt (8 December 2014). "Pies young gun Jordan De Goey toughens up". The Age.
  21. "Porky Pies: Collingwood ban Jordan De Goey over lies about hand injury". The Guardian. 21 March 2017.
  22. McClure, Sam (19 February 2018). "De Goey admits problem, bans himself indefinitely". The Age.
  23. Tom Morris (4 July 2020). "Collingwood star Jordan De Goey charged with sexual assault". Fox Sports.
  24. "'I have maintained my innocence from the outset': De Goey court charges dropped". ABC News. 9 August 2021.
  25. Chanel Zagon (9 August 2021). "Collingwood star Jordan De Goey has indecent assault charge withdrawn". 9News.
  26. Ben Waterworth (31 October 2021). "Pies star Jordan De Goey spends night in New York jail, charged with 'forcible touching and assault'". Fox Sports.
  27. "Jordan De Goey: one of two charges against AFL player dropped". The Guardian. 2 November 2021.
  28. "Jordan De Goey reinstated at Collingwood after charges over New York incident downgraded". ABC News. 20 January 2022.
  29. "Jordan de Goey statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
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