Alex Witherden

Alex Witherden (an haife shi a ranar 10 ga Satumba 1998) tsohon ƙwararren ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne na Australiya wanda ya buga wa Brisbane Lions da West Coast Eagles wasa a gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Australian Football League (AFL).

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Witherden ɗan wasa ne mai nasara a ƙwallon kwando da wasan kurket, amma babban burinsa shine ya buga wasa a AFL. Yana son ƙwallon ƙafa sosai har mahaifiyarsa ta ƙirƙiro shekarunsa domin ya je Auskick shekara ɗaya da wuri. Ya kan buga ƙwallon ƙafa fiye da shekarunsa a matsayin ɗan ƙarami a Barwon Heads a gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Bellarine, galibi yana buga wasa a matsayin ɗan tsakiya.

A shekarar 2009 yana ɗan shekara 10, ya buga wa Barwon Heads 'yan ƙasa da shekara 12 da kuma 'yan ƙasa da shekara 14, sannan ya buga wa 'yan ƙasa da shekara 14 a shekarar 2010. A shekarar 2011, ya koma ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta St Joseph's Football &amp; Netball Club inda ya buga wasanni biyu na 'yan ƙasa da shekara 14. Alex ya koma ƙungiyar 'yan ƙasa da shekara 16 a shekarar 2013, kuma a shekarar 2014, an sanya shi cikin ƙungiyar Vic Country don gasar cin kofin ƙasa ta 'yan ƙasa da shekara 16. Witherden ya yi wa arthroscopes a kugunsa a ƙarshen kakar wasa ta 2014.

Shekarar 2015 ce lokacin da Witherden ya fara bugawa Geelong Falcons wasa a gasar TAC Cup a matsayin ɗan wasan da ba shi da shekaru, ya buga wasanni 12 kuma ya zura kwallaye 5. Ya kuma buga wasan AFL Academy a ranar ƙarshe ta AFL Grand Final, inda ya samu yabo mai ƙarfi daga koci Brenton Sanderson.

Shekarar daukar 'yan wasa ta Witherden ta fara da ƙarfi a shekarar 2016, an naɗa shi kyaftin na ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Kwalejin Geelong ta 1st XVIII bayan kakar wasa mai ban sha'awa a shekarar 2015. Witherden ya buga wasanni biyu na Academy da wasanni biyu na Falcons inda ya samu matsakaicin maki 23 da maki biyar a kowane wasa a gasar TAC Cup, inda ya buga wasa mafi yawa a matsayin ƙwararren mai tsaron baya. Yana bugawa Kwalejin Geelong a farkon watan Mayu, Witherden yana rashin lafiya kafin wasan, don haka yana buga gaba. Kwalejin Geelong tana shan kashi da kimanin maki 90 lokacin da Witherden ya yanke shawarar sanya kansa a tsakiyar fili don bugun tsakiya. Ya karye ƙafarsa a cikin bugun da abokin wasansa Tim Taranto wanda ke bugawa St Kevin's. Ƙafar Witherden tana cikin mawuyacin hali lokacin da Taranto ya faɗo da ita da cikakken nauyin jikinsa, Alex yana cikin matsanancin ciwo kuma dole ne a kwantar da shi daga ƙasa. Ya karye ɗaya daga cikin ƙasusuwan da ke cikin ƙafarsa ta dama a wurare huɗu, ya karye ɗaya kuma ya yage jijiyoyin syndesmotic waɗanda suka haɗa su. Raunin da ya ji ya sa Witherden zai kammala shekarar da ta fi muhimmanci a gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta matasa bayan ya buga wasanni biyu kacal na gasar TAC Cup. Bai halarci gasar cin kofin ƙasa ta 'yan ƙasa da shekara 18 ba, wato gasar 'yan ƙasa da shekara 18 All Stars, kuma yana cikin shakku game da shiga gasar National Draft Combine, wadda aka gayyace shi zuwa gasar.

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