Tom Atkins (mai wasan ƙwallon ƙafa)

**Tom Atkins** (an haife shi a ranar 18 ga Satumba, 1995) ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne na ƙasar Australiya wanda ke bugawa Geelong wasa a gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Australiya (AFL). Ɗan wasan tsakiya ne na ciki wanda ke da ƙwarewar bugun ƙwallo, ya yi aikinsa na farko tare da ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Victorian Football League (VFL) ta Geelong. Bayan an yi watsi da shi a gasar AFL guda biyu, Geelong ya zaɓe shi da zaɓin 11 a gasar ƙwallo ta 2019 kuma ya fara buga wasa a zagaye na farko na kakar wasa ta 2019.

## Farkon aikina
Atkins ya fara wasa a VFL tare da Geelong a shekarar 2014.  Ya shafe shekararsa ta farko a jerin 'yan wasan da ke ci gaba da taka leda a kulob din kafin ya buga wasannin VFL a karkashin dokar 'yan wasa ta 23 (wanda ya ba da damar fadada kungiyoyi don ba wa 'yan wasan da aka lissafa kwanan nan tare da kulob din TAC Cup damar yin wasa da reshen VFL). A shekarar 2015, Atkins ya buga wa St Joseph's wasa a gasar kwallon kafa ta Geelong, inda ya taimaka a nasarar farko da suka samu a gasar Premier tun 1989. A cikin VFL, ya buga wasanni goma kacal daga 2014 zuwa 2015, amma ya zama dan wasan tsakiya mai muhimmanci ga Geelong a shekarar 2016 bayan wasu sun bar kulob din ko kuma sun ji rauni.  Atkins ya zura kwallaye 15 kuma ya yi matsakaicin tackles takwas, jefa kwallaye 18 da kuma jefa kwallaye hudu a kowane wasa, inda ya lashe mafi kyawun Geelong da kuri'u 389.   An kuma sanya shi a cikin ƙungiyar VFL ta shekara a cikin aljihun gaba  kuma *Fox Sports* ta ɗauke shi a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin 'yan wasan VFL 15 da za a zaɓa a cikin zaɓen AFL na 2016. Kakar wasa mai ƙarfi ta Atkins ta jawo hankalin ƙungiyoyin wasanni na jihohi amma ya ci gaba da zama tare da Geelong.

A shekarar 2017, Atkins shi ne kyaftin ɗin Geelong kuma ya zama ɗan wasan tsakiya na dindindin, amma kakarsa ta katse sakamakon raunin da ya samu a cinyarsa, wanda hakan ya sa ya rasa wasanni shida. Lokacin da bai ji rauni ba, har yanzu ana sanya shi a cikin mafi kyawun 'yan wasan Geelong, kuma a zagaye na 18 ya yi takalmi 23 a kan Collingwood, ciki har da 12 a kwata na ƙarshe - wanda ya yi daidai da wanda ya fi kowa a wasan VFL da kuma wanda Champion Data ta yi a matsayi na biyu a gasar da ta fi kowacce.  Atkins ya kuma zura kwallaye biyu kuma ya tara kwallaye 25 don yin aiki mafi kyau a ƙasa. *ESPN* ta sake naɗa shi, a wannan karon, a matsayin ɗan wasa mai ƙarfi da zai iya zama ɗan wasa mai shekaru da yawa. 

Atkins ya sake rasa zaɓen a cikin zaɓen 2017, amma shugaban ƙwallon ƙafa na Geelong Simon Lloyd ya ƙarfafa shi ya ci gaba da ƙoƙarinsa na zama kyaftin na AFL. [1] An naɗa shi kyaftin ɗin VFL na Geelong ɗaya tilo [undefined] kuma ya buga kowace wasa a kakar wasa ta 2018, tare da matsakaicin yawan jefa ƙwallo 21.8 da kuma tackles 9.4. Atkins yana cikin manyan 'yan wasa goma na VFL a fannin taimakawa wajen cin kwallaye, ƙwallon hannu, mallakar da aka fafata, clearances da kuma samun ƙwallon da ta yi wahala. Ya jagoranci gasar a tackles, ya sami 188, kuma ya zama kyaftin na ƙungiyar VFL ta shekara a matsayin mai rover. Atkins ya lashe kyautar Geelong ta biyu mafi kyau kuma mafi adalci da ƙuri'u 413.[3] AFL.com.au ta naɗa shi a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun 'yan wasa masu shekaru kafin zaɓen 2018.[2]

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