| Esava Ratugolea | |
| Birth Date: | 24 July 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Griffith, New South Wales |
| Originalteam: | Cobram Football Club, Murray Bushrangers (TAC Cup) |
| Draftpick: | No. 43, 2016 national draft |
| Debutdate: | Round 1, 2018 |
| Debutstadium: | MCG |
| Height: | 197 cm |
| Weight: | 102 kg |
| Position: | Key Defender |
| Years1: | 2018 - 2023 |
| Games Goals1: | 75 (38) |
| Years2: | 2024 |
| Games Goals2: | 13 (2) |
| Games Goalstotal: | 88 (40) |
| Statsend: | round 14, 2024 |
| Fullname: | Esava Ratugolea |
Esava Ratugolea (born 24 July 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Ratugolea was initially drafted by with their third pick and forty-third overall in the 2016 national draft.[1] Ratugolea made his debut in Geelong's 3-point win against in round 1, 2018 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.[2]
Ratugolea was born in Griffith, New South Wales. His parents are Fijian, and arrived in Australia a few years before his birth. At the age of six, Ratugolea moved to Cobram, Victoria. He only began playing football in 2011, after previously playing rugby and soccer.[3] [4]
At the end of the 2023 AFL season, he was traded to Port Adelaide.[5]
Updated to the end of the 2022 season.[6]
|-| 2018 || || 17| 8 || 7 || 7 || 37 || 32 || 69 || 26 || 15 || 62 || 0.9 || 0.9 || 4.6 || 4.0 || 8.6 || 3.3 || 1.9 || 7.8|- | 2019 || || 17| 20 || 15 || 15 || 103 || 72 || 175 || 53 || 46 || 126 || 0.8 || 0.8 || 5.2 || 3.6 || 8.8 || 2.7 || 2.3 || 6.3|-| 2020 || || 17| 12 || 5 || 5 || 60 || 44 || 104 || 32 || 30 || 73 || 0.4 || 0.4 || 5.0 || 3.7 || 8.7 || 2.7 || 2.5 || 6.1|- | 2021 || || 17| 15 || 11 || 5 || 63 || 52 || 115 || 32 || 30 || 93 || 0.7 || 0.3 || 4.2 || 3.5 || 7.7 || 2.1 || 2.0 || 6.2|- | 2022 || || 17| 4 || 0 || 0 || 17 || 9 || 26 || 9 || 8 || 13 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 4.3 || 2.3 || 6.5 || 2.3 || 2.0 || 3.3|- class=sortbottom! colspan=3 | Career! 59 !! 38 !! 32 !! 280 !! 209 !! 489 !! 152 !! 129 !! 367 !! 0.6 !! 0.5 !! 4.7 !! 3.5 !! 8.3 !! 2.6 !! 2.2 !! 6.2|}
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