Jayden Attard

Jayden Attard
Personal information
Full name	Jayden Attard
Date of birth	27 February 1986 (1986-02-27) (age 26)
Original team	Dandenong Stingrays (TAC Cup)
Draft	50th overall, 2004 Brisbane Lions
Height/Weight	187cm / 83 kg
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	St Kilda
Number	43
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2005–2006 2007–2008	Brisbane Lions St Kilda	5 (1) 20 (2)
¹ Playing statistics to end of 2008 season .

Jayden Attard (born 27 February 1986) was an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He is of Maltese descent.

He was recruited as the number 50 draft pick in the 2004 AFL Draft from Chelsea and Dandenong Stingrays. He made his debut for Brisbane in Round 4, 2005 against Hawthorn.

Attard was delisted by the Lions at the end of the 2006 season.^[1] He was then drafted as a rookie by the St Kilda Football Club in the 2006 AFL Rookie Draft and was elevated to the senior list at the start of the 2007 season^[2] and made his debut with the Saints in Round 1.

After an impressive first year at the Saints, Attard ruptured his ACL in Round 21 of the 2007 season, continuing the Saints' run of injuries. He missed all the 2008 AFL Season.

On 22 October 2008 the St Kilda Football Club announced they would be delisitng Attard.

Attard played 25 senior AFL games

2009 saw Attard join Chelsea Heights Football Club (Southern Football League) as co-captain. He continues with Chelsea Heights in 2010 in the same role. Attard again signed on for Chelsea Heights in 2011, having an outstanding season.

References

^ "Lions shed four, ending Keating's career"
^ Saints field two new players, saints.com.au. Retrieved on 30 March 2007.

External links

Player profile on Saints.com.au
Jayden Attard's statistics from AFL Tables

St Kilda Football Club – current squad

1 Gram
2 Siposs
3 Steven
4 Jones
5 McEvoy
6 Ross
7 Hayes
8 Clarke
9 Crocker
10 Markworth
11 Montagna
12 Riewoldt (c)
13 Schneider
14 Geary
15 Ledger
16 Newnes
17 Winmar
18 Goddard
19 Gilbert
20 Armitage
28 Saad
22 Ray
23 Koschitzke
24 Dempster
25 Fisher
26 Dal Santo
27 Blake
28 Stanley
28 Stanley
29 Webster
30 Peake
31 Simpkin
32 Milera
33 Gwilt
34 Polo
35 Cripps
36 Lever
37 Wilkes
42 Archer
43 Curren*
44 Milne
45 Ferguson*
46 Andreoli*
tbd Dunnell*
tbd Minchington*
tbd Shenton*
tbd Staley*

Coach: Watters

* denotes Rookie Listed players

2004 AFL Draft

First Round Brett Deledio (Priority Pick) • Jarryd Roughead (Priority Pick) • Ryan Griffen (Priority Pick) • Richard Tambling • Lance Franklin • Tom Williams • Jordan Lewis • John Meesen • Jordan Russell • Chris Egan • Adam Thomson • Danny Meyer • Matthew Bate • Angus Monfries • Lynden Dunn • Adam Pattison • Andrew McQualter • Cameron Wood • Ryan Willits

Second Round Dean Polo • Thomas Murphy • Jesse Wells • Sean Rusling • Nathan van Berlo • Adam Hartlett • Matthew Little • Pat Garner • Chad Gibson • Matt Rosa • Andrew Lee • Jarred Moore • Brent Prismall • Cain Ackland • James Ezard • Fabian Deluca

Third Round Luke McGuane • Mark LeCras • Damien McCormack • Travis Cloke • Ivan Maric • Luke Blackwell • Jesse W. Smith • Michael Newton • Mitch Morton (F/S) • Justin Sherman • Henry Slattery • David Spriggs • Nathan Ablett (F/S) • Mark McGough • Jayden Attard • Ben Eckermann

Later Rounds Dean Limbach • Simon Taylor • Stephen Tiller • Adam Iacobucci • Chris Knights • Brad Smith • Brad Moran • Benet Copping • Paul Thomas • Heath James • Matthew Egan • James Gwilt • Luke Forsyth • Mark Graham • Toby Stribling • Ben Schwarze • Daniel Haines • Chris Bryan • Daniel Pratt • Anthony Raso

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Name	Attard, Jayden
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Date of birth	27 February 1986
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