Jason Akermanis

**Jason Dean Akermanis** (an haife shi a ranar 24 ga Fabrairu, 1977) tsohon ƙwararre ne a ƙwallon ƙafa ta Australiya wanda ya buga wasa a gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Australiya (AFL). Ya lashe lambar yabo ta Brownlow Medal kuma ɗan wasan Premier uku wanda ya buga wa Brisbane Bears, Brisbane Lions da Western Bulldogs. 

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Akermanis a Mildura, Victoria, ga mahaifin wani ɗan ƙasar Kanada John Akermanis, da kuma mahaifiyar ɗan ƙasar Australia Shona Carswell,  amma ya koma Brisbane yana da shekaru 9. Da ya isa Queensland a shekarar 1986, Akermanis ya yi rajista don bugawa ƙungiyar 'yan ƙasa da shekara 10 ta Mayne wasa. 

Lokacin da yake ɗan shekara 13, Akermanis ya gano cewa ba ɗan tsohon abokin mahaifiyarsa ba ne, John Akermanis. Mahaifinsa na asali shi ne Denis Dezdjek, wani makaniki daga Mildura wanda mahaifiyarsa ta yi soyayya da shi. Ya yi karatu a Makarantar Sakandare ta Wavell State a lokacin a Kwalejin St. Joseph's Nudgee kuma ya buga ƙwallon ƙafa tare da Mayne Football Club a QAFL inda masu binciken Brisbane Bears suka gan shi. Ya kammala aji na 12 a makarantar sakandare a 1995, a shekararsa ta farko tare da Brisbane Bears.

## Aikin AFL

### Bears na Brisbane (1995–1996)
Akermanis ya taka rawar gani sosai a tsakiyar ƙungiyar Brisbane Bears (reshe), inda saurinsa da ƙwarewarsa suka bayyana ko da a farkon aikinsa. &#x5B; ** &#x5D;

Akermanis ya fara buga wasa a zagaye na 4 na kakar wasa ta AFL ta 1995, inda ya buga wasa mai kyau, inda ya tara kwallaye 19 sannan ya zura kwallo 1 a wasan da Bears ta sha kashi a hannun Carlton. Ya buga wasanni 17 jimilla a wannan kakar wasa ta farko kuma ya zura kwallaye 12.

A kakar wasa ta AFL ta 1996, Akermanis ya buga wasanni 21 kuma ya zura kwallaye 32 a kakar wasa ta bana, ya ninka adadin kwallayen da ya zura a kakar wasa ta baya, inda ya kare da jimillar kwallaye 328 a kakar wasa ta bana. An haskaka kakar wasa ta sa da kwallaye 19 da ya zura a raga da kwallaye 6 a wasan da suka yi da West Coast Eagles a zagaye na 17.

### Brisbane Lions (1997–2006)
Bayan da Brisbane Lions ta kafa tarihi ne ya fara haskakawa, yana ƙara ƙarfi sosai, kuma komawarsa zuwa layin gaba ya ba shi damar yin amfani da damarsa da kuma haɓaka suna a matsayin ɗan wasan da ya fi zura kwallaye. Akermanis ya buga wasanni 34 a kakar wasa ta 1997 da 1998 kuma ya zira kwallaye 532 da kuma kwallaye 32.

A kakar wasan AFL ta 1999, Akermanis ya samu nasarar lashe kyautar Merrett-Murray a matsayin dan wasan Brisbane mafi kyau da adalci a kakar wasa ta bana. Jason ya tattara kwallaye 469 kuma ya zura kwallaye 16 a kakar wasa ta bana.

Akermanis ya zama ɗaya daga cikin 'yan wasan Brisbane Lions mafi hazaka. Hazakarsa mai kyau da gashinsa mai launin ruwan kasa mai launin shuɗi da gemu baƙi masu kama da juna sun sa ya zama mai sauƙin ganewa a filin wasa. A Lions, ya yi suna a matsayin ɗan wasan tsakiya mai sauri ko mai buga ƙwallon ƙafa mai sauri da kuma iya buga ƙwallon da kyau da ƙafa ɗaya, wanda hakan ya taimaka masa lashe lambar yabo ta Brownlow ta AFL a 2001, inda ya samu ƙuri'u 23 don doke Andrew McLeod na Adelaide. Ya zama ɗan wasan Queenslane na biyu da ya lashe lambar yabo ta Brownlow bayan Michael Voss ya lashe kyautar a 1996. A kakar wasa ta 2001, Jason ya samu nasarar jefa kwallaye 510 kuma ya zura kwallaye 28 a kakar wasa, wanda hakan ya kawo ƙarshen mako/kakar wasa mai ban sha'awa, inda ya kammala a matsayin ɗan wasan Premier.

A kakar wasa ta 2002 AFL ta ga Akermanis ya yi tasiri a kan allon ƙwallo ta hanyar zura kwallaye 49 a kakar wasa, kuma ya sake zama ɗan wasan firimiya, yayin da Brisbane Lions ta doke Collingwood a wasan da ya dace. Akermanis ya buga wasa da ɗan wasan dama da ya tsage, inda ya sha wahala a farkon kwata na farko, wannan ya yi tasiri ga ikonsa na yin bugun ƙafa da ƙafarsa ta dama mai rinjaye, wanda ya haifar da Jason ya buga ƙafarsa ta hagu a mafi yawan wasannin, daga ƙarshe ya buga ƙafarsa ta hagu a kan kafadarsa a ƙarshen kwata na ƙarshe wanda zai zama mai tsaron raga, wanda zai jagoranci Lions zuwa ga nasara.

## Makarantar