Nic Naitanui

**Nicholas Naitanui** / / ˌnæɪtəˈnuːi / ; an haife shi a ranar 4 ga Mayu 1990) tsohon ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne na ƙasar Australiya wanda ya buga wa West Coast Eagles wasa a gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Australiya (AFL). An haife shi a Sydney ga iyayensa 'yan Fiji, kuma iyalinsa sun ƙaura zuwa Perth, Yammacin Ostiraliya bayan mutuwar mahaifinsa. Ya girma a Midvale, Naitanui ya halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta Gwamna Stirling Senior, kuma ya buga ƙwallon ƙafa a ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Midvale Junior. Bayan ya wakilci Yammacin Ostiraliya a gasar cin kofin 'yan ƙasa da shekara 18 ta AFL a shekarun 2007 da 2008, ya fara buga wasa a shekarar 2008 ga ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Swan Districts a gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta yammacin Ostiraliya (WAFL). West Coast ta zaɓi Naitanui da zaɓi na biyu a gasar National Draft ta 2008 .

Naitanui ya fara buga wasa a AFL a West Coast a zagaye na 12 na kakar wasa ta 2009, a kan Richmond . Ya buga wasanni goma a kakar wasa ta farko, kuma ya sami kuri'ar Brownlow Medal guda ɗaya don wasa mai kwallaye uku da Hawthorn . A kakar wasa ta biyu, Naitanui ya buga kowace wasa, musamman a matsayin mai maye gurbin Dean Cox, inda ya maye gurbin Mark Seaby, wanda aka yi ciniki da shi a kakar wasa ta baya. Bayan ya fara kakar wasa a matsayin wanda aka fi so ga AFL Rising Star, Naitanui ya kare a matsayi na 5 gaba ɗaya. A kakar wasa ta 2011, ya buga wasanni 23, ciki har da wasanninsa na farko na ƙarshe, kuma an zaɓe shi don Mark of the Year . An sanya shi cikin ƙungiyar All-Australian a kakar wasa mai zuwa, a matsayin ɗan wasan farko da aka zaɓa kuma shi ne ɗan wasan Fiji na farko da aka taɓa sanya sunansa a cikin ƙungiyar All-Australian.

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Naitanui ga Bola da Atetha Naitanui a ranar 4 ga Mayu, 1990 a Penrith, New South Wales tare da tagwayen ɗan'uwansa, Mark. Iyayensa, waɗanda asalinsu daga Suvavou, wani ƙaramin ƙauye kusa da Suva, sun yi ƙaura zuwa Ostiraliya daga Fiji a shekarar da ta gabata, tare da manyan 'yan uwansa biyu, Georgie da Laisani, waɗanda suka ci gaba da zama a Fiji. Mahaifinsa ya mutu sakamakon cutar kansa a shekara bayan an haifi Naitanui da ɗan'uwansa.  Bayan mutuwar mahaifinsa, mahaifiyarsa ta ƙaura da iyalin zuwa Perth, Western Australia, inda ɗan'uwanta ke zaune. Mahaifiyarsa ta fara aiki a Homeswest, wata hukumar kula da gidaje ta gwamnati, kuma ta yi aikin sa kai a wani matsugunin marasa gidaje . Naitanui ya girma a Midvale, kusa da Midland, kuma ya halarci Makarantar Firamare ta Midvale. Ya fara buga ƙwallon ƙafa yana da shekaru tara, lokacin da ya fara bugawa ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Midvale Junior. Tun yana yaro, yana zaune a titin Bushby da ke Midvale, tare da Shane Yarran, Michael Walters da Chris Yarran, waɗanda duk suka ci gaba da buga ƙwallon ƙafa ta AFL.  Wasu 'yan wasan AFL guda biyu, David Ellard da Jeff Garlett, suma sun buga wasa tare da Naitanui, Walters, Chris Yarran da Shane Yarran a Midvale Junior Football Club. 

Naitanui ya halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta Gwamna Stirling kuma ya buga ƙwallon ƙafa a can, da kuma ƙungiyar Swan Districts Colts (ƙananan shekaru) a gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta West Australian Football League (WAFL). A lokacin da yake buga ƙwallon ƙafa ta junior da colts, ya fi yin wasa a ruck, duk da haka an yi amfani da shi a kan reshe ko kuma a kan mai tsaron baya.  Naitanui ya kuma buga ƙwallon kwando a matsayin ƙarami a ƙungiyar Perry Lakes Hawks   kuma ya yi fice a wasannin tsere da tsalle-tsalle, musamman tsalle mai tsayi . Masu ɗaukar ma'aikata sun nemi ya yi gwaji da jami'o'in Amurka, amma ya ƙi yin hakan. 

## Aikin AFL

### 2009–2015: Farkon aikin
An zaɓi Naitanui a matsayin wanda aka zaɓa a matsayi na 2 gabaɗaya a gasar AFL ta 2008 ta West Coast Eagles . A matsayinsa na ɗan wasa mai daraja a nan gaba daga John Worsfold, an bai wa Naitanui lamba 9 ta guernsey, inda ya zama ɗan wasa na farko na West Coast Eagles da ya sanya lambar tun bayan da Brownlow Medalist kuma tsohon kyaftin Ben Cousins ya bar ƙungiyar a ƙarshen kakar wasa ta 2007. Wasansa na farko a matakin manya shine a ranar 13 ga Yuni 2009 lokacin da aka naɗa shi don ya buga wasa da Richmond a wasa na 12 na kakar wasa ta 2009.

A wasan da aka yi da North Melbourne a ranar Juma'a da daddare a zagaye na 8, 2013, Naitanui ya yi nasarar jefa kwallo mai ban mamaki a minti 30, yayin da sauran daƙiƙu suka rage. Ya ci gaba da buga kwallo bayan an yi masa siren don ya lashe wasan da maki 2, inda ya zama ɗan wasa na 35 a gasar AFL da ya yi hakan.

Naitanui ya buga wasansa na 100 a gasar AFL a zagaye na 13, 2014, da kungiyar Gold Coast Suns . West Coast ta yi nasara da maki uku.

A shekarar 2015 - bayan kakar wasa mai kyau - an sanya Naitanui a cikin ƙungiyar farko ta All Australia mai mutane 40. 

## manazarta