| Nathan Djerrkura | |||
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Nathan Djerrkura in 2008 |
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Nathan Djerrkura | ||
| Nickname(s) | Djidi[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 19 September 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Yirrkala, Northern Territory | ||
| Original team | Wanderers (NT) | ||
| Draft | 25th overall, 2006 Geelong |
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| Height/Weight | 176 cm / 80 kg | ||
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| Current club | Western Bulldogs | ||
| Number | 33 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2007 – 2010 2011 – | Geelong Western Bulldogs | 4 (0) | |
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2009 | Indigenous All-Stars | 1 (0) | |
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1 Playing statistics to end of 2011 season .
2 State and International statistics correct as of 2009.
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Nathan Djerrkura (born 19 September 1988) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted to the Geelong Football Club in 2006 and played four games for them before being traded to the Western Bulldogs during the 2010 Trade Week.
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Nathan Djerrkura was born to Gatjil and Jenny Djerrkura in the indigenous community of Yirrkala, Northern Territory on 19 September 1988.[1][2] He is of Indigenous Australian heritage and his ancestry can be traced to the Yolngu.[3] His father, Gatjil, was a former Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) chairman before his death from a heart attack in May 2004.[2][4][5]
Djerrkura attended Scotch College, Melbourne on an Indigenous scholarship.[2]
Taken at pick 25 in the 2006 National AFL Draft, Djerrkura is a highly rated young midfielder with a great work ethic and a strong body for his size. He gets a lot of hard ball gets and can kick goals when required. He has lightning pace and provides strong tackling pressure in the forward line. He was one of the best prospects from the Northern Territory in 2006, and was featured on SBS in a draft special.
Djerrkura played 2 NAB Cup matches in 2007, and was close to making his debut in Rounds 1 and 2 after strong reserves form, until he received a setback when he was injured early in the season playing football in the VFL.
Djerrkura's nickname is Djidi which means "black magic." [1]
Djerrkura participated in the 2008 AFL Grand Final sprint, coming 1st in his heat and going on to come 3rd overall.
On 8 October 2010, he was traded to the Western Bulldogs in a deal which would see Geelong pick up draft pick 57.
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| Preceded by Mathew Stokes |
Geelong F.C. Community Champion Award 2010 With: Travis Varcoe |
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