Emerson Jeka

Emerson Jeka (born 18 September 2001) an Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Jeka also spent time on the playing list of the Geelong Football Club, however never played a senior match.

Career Early career Jeka played the majority of his NAB League career in the forward line. He suffered a knee injury while representing an Australian under-18 team against Victorian Football League (VFL) club at the MCG in April 2019. He was sidelined for almost two months, but was selected by with Pick 9 in the 2020 AFL rookie draft.

AFL Jeka first played for Hawthorn's Victorian Football League (VFL) affiliate , showing promise during scratch matches in the COVID-19-affected 2020 season.

Jeka made his AFL debut against at Marvel Stadium in round 7 of the 2023 AFL season. He later kicked 0.7 in a VFL match on 3 July 2021.

He was promoted to Hawthorn's senior list in December 2021 for the 2022 season.

At the end of the 2023 AFL season, Jeka was delisted by Hawthorn. On 14 November 2023, he signed with Essendon's reserves team for the 2024 VFL season, but 12 days later he returned to the AFL and joined .

Jeka was delisted by Geelong at the end of the 2024 AFL season without playing a single senior game for the Cats. He played 19 games for Geelong's reserves team during the 2024 VFL season.

Statistics Updated to the end of the 2024 season.

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