Will Schofield

**William John Schofield** (an haife shi a ranar 24 ga watan Janairu a shekarar 1989) ɗan ƙwallon ƙafa ne na ƙasar Australiya wanda ya taɓa bugawa ƙungiyar West Coast Eagles wasa a gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙasar Australia (AFL). Tsawonsa ya kai  da nauyin , ɗan wasan baya ne mai iya amfani da dama wanda ya taka rawar gani a matsayi mai mahimmanci da kuma rabin baya a tsawon rayuwarsa. West Coast ta zaɓe shi daga Geelong Falcons da zaɓin 50 a cikin zaɓen ƙasa na shakarar 2006, kuma ya fara wasa a zagaye na 17 na kakar wasa ta AFL ta 2007. Schofield ya buga wasanni biyu na ƙarshe na AFL : rashin nasara a 2015 da nasara a 2018. Ya sami damar zama memba na dindindin a West Coast a 2016 bayan ya buga wasanni 150 a ƙungiyar. Ya yi ritaya bayan kakar wasa ta shekarar 2020.

A watan Afrilun a shekarar 2023, Schofield ya fito daga ritaya don taimakawa Eagles a gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta West Australian Football League (WAFL) saboda matsalar raunin da ya samu a ƙungiyar.

Schofield a halin yanzu tana karbar bakuncin shirin BackChat Podcast tare da tsohon abokin wasanta na Eagles Hamish Brayshaw da kuma ɗan jarida Dan Const, sannan kuma tana fitowa a wasannin Fox Footy da ake watsawa a Perth.

## Aikin ƙarami
Asalinsa daga Geelong, Victoria, Schofield ya buga ƙwallon ƙafa ta matasa a ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Newtown &amp;amp; Chilwell,  Kwalejin Geelong a gasar Associated Public Schools of Victoria (APS), da kuma Geelong Falcons a gasar TAC. An sanya masa suna a cikin ƙungiyar shekaru goma ta Kwalejin Geelong ta 2001–2010 a matsayin ɗan wasan baya na gaba. Schofield kuma ƙwararren ɗan wasa ne a lokacin ƙuruciyarsa, kuma an gayyace shi ya shiga gasar neman guraben karatu ta duniya.

## Aikin AFL

### 2007–2013: Farkon aikin
An zaɓi Schofield a West Coast tare da zaɓe na 50 gabaɗaya a cikin daftarin ƙasa na shekarar 2006,  Kuma ya fara buga wasa a matakin farko na West Coast a zagaye na 17 na kakar wasa ta shekarar 2007 da Western Bulldogs a filin wasa na Docklands .  Daga 2007 zuwa 2009, Schofield yawanci yana wakiltar Peel Thunder a gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta West Australia (WAFL), yana buga wasanni 41 na WAFL a cikin shekaru uku. A wannan lokacin, ya buga wasanni 15 na AFL. A shekarar 2010, Schofield ya fara wasa akai-akai a AFL, inda ya kai wasanni 20 a kakar wasa a karon farko a rayuwarsa. Ya buga wasanni 12 daga cikin wasanni 13 na farko a kakar wasa ta AFL ta 2011, inda ya sanya hannu kan tsawaita kwantiragin shekaru biyu (zuwa ƙarshen 2013) a tsakiyar shekara.  Schofield ya samu kuri'a ɗaya a gasar Brownlow Medal ta 2011 ;   Bai taɓa yin zaɓen wani a rayuwarsa ba. Schofield ya kammala kakar wasa da wasanni 23, sannan ya sake yin wasanni 20 a shekarar 2012.

Schofield ya buga wasanni 16 a kakar wasa ta AFL ta shekarar 2013, inda ya samu matsakaicin bugun ƙwallo 7.8, ƙwallon hannu 4.3 da maki, da kuma tackles 2.2 a kowane wasa. 2013 shi ma shine kakar wasa ta farko da Schofield ya buga wa East Perth a WAFL [1] a matsayin wani ɓangare na jadawalin West Coast-East Perth.[2] Wasannin da suka shahara a kakar wasa ta AFL sun haɗa da ƙoƙarin zubar da jini 14, maki tara, da kuma ƙoƙarin tackle uku a kan Western Bulldogs a zagaye na 6; zagaye na 16 na Western Derby inda ya tara maki shida, jefa ƙwallo 17, kwallaye biyu da bugun ƙwallo bakwai; da kuma wasa na zagaye na 19 da Gold Coast inda ya rubuta tackles huɗu, maki biyar, kwallaye biyu da jefa ƙwallo 14. [3] A zagaye na 8, Schofield ya shawo kan matsalar da yatsansa ya samu don buga kwata na ƙarshe na wasan: koci John Worsfold ya yaba da ƙoƙarinsa kuma ya kiyasta cewa zai rasa "makonni biyu" bayan tiyata.[4]

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