Jayden Attard

Jayden Attard
Personal information
Full name	Jayden Attard
Date of birth	(1986-02-27) 27 February 1986
Original team(s)	Dandenong Stingrays (TAC Cup)
Draft	50th overall, 2004 Brisbane Lions
Height/Weight	187cm / 83 kg
Position(s)	Midfielder
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2005–2006 2007–2008 Total	Brisbane Lions St Kilda	05 (1) 20 (2) 25 (3)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2008 season.

Jayden Attard (born 27 February 1986) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Lions and the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) from 2005 to 2008.

Of Maltese descent, Attard 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 delisting Attard.

Attard played 25 senior AFL games

2009 saw Attard join Chelsea Heights Football Club (Southern Football League) as co-captain alongside SFL great & 2007 league medalist Paul Wineberg. He continued with Chelsea Heights as captain until the end of 2013. 2014 saw Attard sign for his junior club, Chelsea Seagulls Football Club.

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

2004 AFL national draft

First round	1. Brett Deledio (PP) 2. Jarryd Roughead (PP) 3. Ryan Griffen (PP) 4. Richard Tambling 5. Lance Franklin 6. Tom Williams 7. Jordan Lewis 8. John Meesen 9. Jordan Russell 10. Chris Egan 11. Adam Thomson 12. Danny Meyer 13. Matthew Bate 14. Angus Monfries 15. Lynden Dunn 16. Adam Pattison 17. Andrew McQualter 18. Cameron Wood 19. Ryan Willits

Second round	20. Dean Polo 21. Thomas Murphy 22. Jesse Wells 23. Sean Rusling 24. Nathan van Berlo 25. Adam Hartlett 26. Matthew Little 27. Pat Garner 28. Chad Gibson 29. Matt Rosa 30. Andrew Lee 31. Jarred Moore 32. Brent Prismall 33. Cain Ackland 34. James Ezard 35. Fabian Deluca

Third round	36. Luke McGuane 37. Mark LeCras 38. Damien McCormack 39. Travis Cloke (F/S) 40. Ivan Maric 41. Luke Blackwell (F/S) 42. Jesse W. Smith (F/S) 43. Michael Newton 44. Mitch Morton (F/S) 45. Justin Sherman 46. Henry Slattery 47. David Spriggs 48. Nathan Ablett (F/S) 49. Mark McGough 50. Jayden Attard 51. Ben Eckermann

Fourth round	52. Dean Limbach 53. Simon Taylor 54. Stephen Tiller 55. Adam Iacobucci 56. Chris Knights 57. Brad Smith 58. Brad Moran 59. Benet Copping 59. Paul Thomas 60. Heath James 61. Matthew Egan 62. James Gwilt 63. Luke Forsyth

Fifth round	65. Mark Graham 67. Toby Stribling 68. Ben Schwarze 69. Daniel Haines 73. Chris Bryan

Sixth round	74. Daniel Pratt 77. Anthony Raso

2007 AFL rookie draft

1. Sam Jacobs
2. Dean Dick
3. Leigh Adams
4. Anthony Corrie
5. Alex Lee
6. Brett Collins
7. Joel Reynolds
8. Tasman Clingan
9. Clinton Jones
10. Sharrod Wellingham
11. Gavin Hughes
12. Daniel Hayes
13. Chris Smith
14. Andrew McIntyre
15. Nick Smith
16. Jamie McNamara
17. Michael Jamison
18. Danny Chartres
19. Ben Hughes
20. Scott Clouston
21. Gavin Grose
22. Matt Suckling
23. Liam Bedford
24. Jake King
25. Luke van Rheenen
26. Brent Macaffer
27. Jarrod Harbrow
28. Andrew Foster
29. James Turner
30. Matthew O'Dwyer
31. Llane Spaanderman
32. Ross Young
33. Adam Ramanauskas
34. Matt Campbell
35. Daniel Dzufer
36. Nathan Batsanis
37. Sam Gibson
38. Jason Davenport
39. Robert Eddy
40. Martin Clarke
41. Marty Pask
42. Darren Rumble
43. Rhys Archard
44. Luke Brennan
45. Chad Jones
47. Tim Hutchison
48. Haydyn Kiel
49. Peter Hardy
50. Tom Lonergan
51. James Wall
52. Michael West
53. Benet Copping
54. Greg Gallman
55. Matthew Davis
56. Ben Sharp
57. Joel Tippett
58. Jarryn Geary
59. Earl Shaw
60. Ashley Thornton
61. Will Hamill
62. Jayden Attard
64. Beau Wilkes

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