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Nakia Cockatoo
Personal information
Full name Nakia Cockatoo
Date of birth (1996-10-23) 23 October 1996 (age 27)
Original team(s) NT Thunder (NEAFL)
Draft No. 10, 2014 national draft
Height 186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 90 kg (198 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder / Forward
Club information
Current club Brisbane Lions
Number 12
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2015–2018 Geelong 34 (25)
2021–2022 Brisbane Lions 15 (7)
Total 49 (32)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 23, 2022.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Nakia Cockatoo (/nəˈkaɪə/ nə-KY-ə;[1] born 23 October 1996) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Cats and the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early life

Cockatoo was born in the Northern Territory into a family of Indigenous Australian descent (Jupangati and Marrithiyal)[2] and was raised the small town of Humpty Doo. He began playing football at Auskick level with the Humpty Doo Bombers.[3] He played his junior football with Southern Districts in the NTFL and the Northern Territory Thunder in the NEAFL.[4]

He has strong family connections to Queensland with his surname deriving from his great-great-great grandfather who was known as 'Old Man Cockatoo' in the Cape York Peninsula[5] as well as three of his Queensland-based uncles Che, David and Donald playing professional football in the AFL.[6] Several female cousins of his are also involved in the Gold Coast Suns' developmental football academy.[7]

AFL career

Cockatoo was drafted with pick 10 in the 2014 AFL Draft,[8] by Geelong Football Club. He made his debut in the first round of the 2015 AFL season against Hawthorn.[9]

At the conclusion of the 2020 AFL season, Cockatoo was traded to the Brisbane Lions.[10]

Statistics

Updated to the end of round 22, 2022 [11]

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2015 Geelong 5 11 3 5 47 37 84 29 19 0.3 0.5 4.3 3.4 7.6 2.6 1.7
2016 Geelong 5 10 11 5 74 42 116 28 39 1.1 0.5 7.4 4.2 11.6 2.8 3.9
2017 Geelong 5 11 11 11 73 30 103 24 42 1.0 1.0 6.6 2.7 9.4 2.2 3.8
2018 Geelong 5 2 0 2 14 11 25 6 4 0.0 1.0 7.0 5.5 12.5 3.0 2.0
2019 Geelong 5 0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
2020 Geelong 5 0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
2021 Brisbane Lions 12 7 5 1 18 24 42 5 22 0.7 0.1 2.6 3.4 6.0 0.7 3.1
2022 Brisbane Lions 12 8 2 2 49 27 76 22 22 0.3 0.3 6.1 3.4 9.5 2.8 2.8
Career 49 32 26 275 171 446 114 148 0.7 0.5 5.6 3.5 9.1 2.3 3.0

References

  1. ^ "How to say the AFL's trickiest names". Australian Football League. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  2. ^ "AFL Players' Indigenous Map 2020" (PDF). AFL Players Association. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  3. ^ AFL Record. Round 22, 2022. pg 40
  4. ^ Schubert, Steven (28 November 2014). "Nakia Cockatoo from NT Thunder snapped up by Geelong Cats in AFL draft". ABC Online. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  5. ^ Harms, John. "Force for good: how Indigenous Australians have enriched football". Audio on Demand. National Museum of Australia. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
  6. ^ "Geelong Cats pick up four young guns". Geelong Advertiser. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Yokayi Footy: Name of the game for footy blood rich Cockatoo-Motlap twins". AFL Women's. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  8. ^ Auciello, Michael (27 November 2014). "AFL Draft: Geelong Cats pick up four young guns". Geelong Advertiser. News Corp Australia. Archived from the original on 31 March 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  9. ^ McNicol, Adam (4 April 2015). "Final Cats side v Hawks". geelongcats.com.au. Telstra Media. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  10. ^ "Lions land former No.10 pick from Cats". AFL Media. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  11. ^ "Nakia Cockatoo". AFL Tables. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
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