Paddy McCartin

Patrick McCartin (an haife shi a ranar 19 ga Afrilu 1996) tsohon ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne na ƙasar Australiya wanda ya buga wa Sydney Swans wasa a gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Australiya (AFL), bayan ya taɓa bugawa ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta St Kilda daga 2015 zuwa 2019. An zaɓe shi a matsayin wanda aka zaɓa a matsayin lamba ɗaya a zaɓen AFL na 2014. 

 Aikin AFL 

 St Kilda (2015-2019) 
McCartin ya kammala karatunsa a Geelong Grammar bisa tallafin karatu na ƙwallon ƙafa bayan ya halarci Kwalejin St Joseph, Geelong daga shekara 7 zuwa 10. Ya buga ƙwallon ƙafa ta matasa a Geelong Falcons a gasar TAC Cup da Victoria Country a gasar AFL Under-18 Championships. 

Ya fara buga wasa a AFL a zagaye na 3 na kakar wasa ta AFL ta 2015 a wasan da St Kilda ta sha kashi a hannun Collingwood. An zaɓe shi a matsayin wanda zai maye gurbin kyaftin ɗin St Kilda Nick Riewoldt wanda ya fice daga wasan saboda raunin da ya samu a cinyarsa.  McCartin ya kammala kakar wasa ta 2015 da wasanni shida na manyan 'yan wasa da kwallaye uku. Kafin kakar wasa ta 2016, ya sanya hannu kan tsawaita kwantiragin shekaru biyu wanda zai ci gaba da kasancewa a kulob din har zuwa ƙarshen kakar wasa ta 2018. 

An dakatar da kakar wasa ta 2016 ta McCartin sakamakon rauni, ciki har da rauni guda uku daban-daban. An samu rauni na farko a wasan zagaye na 3 da St Kilda ta doke Collingwood a MCG, wanda hakan ya hana shi shiga cikin manyan 'yan wasan har sai da ya dawo a zagaye na 9 da Essendon. An samu rauni a zagaye na 11 da Adelaide da zagaye na 15 da Gold Coast, sannan daga karshe karo da Nick Vlastuin na Richmond a zagaye na 22 ya sa McCartin ya samu karyewar kashin wuya. Saboda wadannan raunukan, McCartin ya takaita wasanni 11 a shekarar 2016, wanda ya kara kwallaye 14 a cikin jimillar aikinsa.[1]

A lokacin da yake bugawa ƙungiyar haɗin gwiwa ta VFL ta St Kilda, Sandringham, a watan Yunin 2017, McCartin ya sake samun rauni a gwiwa. Wannan shine karo na 6 da McCartin ya samu rauni a gwiwa a cikin shekaru 4. Ya kammala 2017 da wasanni 5 kacal na manyan 'yan wasan AFL. 

Ciwon bugun zuciya na takwas da McCartin ya samu tun daga shekarar 2014 ya faru ne a wasan JLT Community Series da Western Bulldogs a watan Maris na 2019.  McCartin bai buga wasa na farko a St Kilda ba a shekarar 2019. St Kilda ta cire shi daga jerin 'yan wasanta a karshen kakar wasa ta AFL ta 2019 domin ya fuskanci matsaloli da suka biyo bayan bugun zuciya da ya sake faruwa. Shugaban kwallon kafa na St Kilda Simon Lethlean ya bayyana cewa kungiyar za ta bude kofar sake kara McCartin a jerin 'yan wasanta bayan hutun rabin lokaci a shekarar 2020. 

 Manazarta 
Collins, Ben (27 November 2014). "The chosen one - McCartin comes out on top after epic journey". afl.com.au. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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Rukuni:Haifaffun 1996