Adem Yze

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Adem Yze
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Personal information
Birth September 21, 1977 (1977-09-21) (age 30).,
Recruited from Shepparton United Football Club (GVFL)
Height and weight 187cm / 87kg
Playing career¹
Debut Round 13, July 1, 1995, Melbourne vs. Richmond, at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Team(s) Melbourne Football Club (1995-)

265 games, 229 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 2007 season
Career highlights

  • Best First Year Player 1995
  • Rising Star Nominee 1996
  • Second Best and Fairest 1998
  • Most Improved 1998
  • Third Best and Fairest 2000, 2004
  • Victorian State Representative 2000
  • Best and Fairest 2001
  • Most Consistent 2001
  • All-Australian 2002
  • Equal Third Brownlow 2002
  • International Rules Series 2002
  • Best Team Player 2004

Adem Yze (born September 21, 1977) is an Australian rules footballer of Albanian descent.

Taken at #16 in the 1994 National AFL Draft, and debuting in 1995 with the Melbourne Demons, he has been an almost permanent fixture with the club throughout his career. He has remained remarkably consistent in this time, moving from half back to the midfield and in recent years has moved between half forward and half back. Yze led the league in kicks in 2001, 2002 and 2004, while coming third behind Scott Camporeale and Nathan Buckley in 2000.

Yze is a creative forward and comes from the Victorian country town of Shepparton, being one of the AFL players along with Shaun Hart and Jason Trianidis to hail from Shepparton United Football Club in the Goulburn Valley Football League. His honours as a player include All-Australian selection in 2002, winning the Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Memorial Trophy for Melbourne's Best and Fairest player in 2001, representing Australia in the International Rules Series 2002 and playing in the 2000 Grand Final against Essendon.

He has now played 250 games, and his chant "Oooooh-Ze" is now becoming very popular every time he receives the ball.

He took one of the marks of the year in Round 21 of 2006 against Geelong, leaping onto Josh Hunt's shoulders and taking a brilliant chest mark while falling forward, over Hunt, with the commentator screaming "Yze-lenko you beauty!" He sprained his wrist while trying to support the fall and later admitted he might need to get some tips from Russell Robertson.

In 2007, Yze found struggling with his form over the pre-season. After a disappointing performance against St Kilda in Round 1, his streak of 226 consecutive AFL appearances was put to an end, with Melbourne decided to drop him for the Round 2 game against Hawthorn. [1]. In a bizarre twist of irony, when Yze was selected for Melbourne's Round 4 match against Fremantle, Yze picked up a massive 38-possessions and kicked 1 goal, and was named as one of the best on ground for the day.

Yze is known for his straight kicks and ability to kick goals from impossible angles, and at only 29-years of age, and over 250 games of experience, he looks set to be the second player to play 300 games for Melbourne after David Neitz reached the 300 game milestone in 2007.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sheridan, N. & Cusick, S., Yze axed, games record tilt over, The Age, April 8, 2007.

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