Ben Kennedy (mai wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na Australiya)

**Ben Kennedy** (an haife shi a ranar 3 ga watan Maris na shekara ta 1994) tsohon kwararren dan wasan kwallon kafa ne na Australiya wanda ya buga wa Kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Collingwood da Melbourne a gasar kwallon kafa ta Australiya (AFL). Ƙananan gaba, mita 1.75 (5 ft 9 in) tsayi kuma yana da nauyin kilo 78 (172 , Kennedy yana iya ba da gudummawa a matsayin mai gaba mai rushewa kuma yana iya motsaw tsakiyar filin. Ya buga wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na sama tun yana ƙarami ta hanyar wakiltar Kudancin Australia daga shekaru goma sha biyar, gami da kasancewa dan wasan ƙwallaye a gasar zakarun AFL ta kasa da shekaru 18 ta 2011, kuma yana wasa a babban ɓangaren Glenelg a Kudancin Kudancin Australiya (SANFL) yana da shekaru goma sha bakwai. Ƙananan nasarorin da ya samu sun haɗa da zabin sau biyu a cikin 'yan kasa da shekaru 18 na Australiya, zabin binciken tauraron SANFL, da zabin a cikin ƙungiyar Kudancin Australiya  da shekaru 18 da suka gabata. Kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Collingwood ce ta dauki shi tare da zabin na goma sha tara a cikin shirin AFL na 2012 kuma ya fara bugawa a kakar 2013. Ya buga wasanni uku tare da Collingwood na jimlar wasanni ashirin da biyar kafin a sayar da shi zuwa Melbourne a lokacin cinikayya ta 2015. A watan Oktoba na shekara ta 2017, Melbourne ta cire Kennedy bayan ya gudanar da wasanni 15 kawai a cikin yanayi biyu.

## Ayyukan ƙarami
Kennedy ya buga wasansa na ƙarami tare da Brighton Bombers kafin ya koma ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Glenelg a gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙasa ta Kudancin Ostiraliya (SANFL); [undefined] ya halarci Kwalejin Sacred Heart . [2] Ya sami lambar yabo ta jiha ta hanyar wakiltar Kudancin Ostiraliya a gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta 'yan ƙasa da shekara 16 ta 2010, kuma shi ne babban mai tsaron raga a ƙungiyar da kwallaye goma daga wasanni uku.[1] Ya fara buga wa Glenelg wasa a karon farko yana da shekara goma sha bakwai a wasan zagaye na farko a 2011 da Sturt Football Club a Glenelg Oval . [3] Ya buga wasanni goma sha biyar ga Glenelg a kakar wasansa ta farko, inda ya zura kwallaye goma sha biyu [4], kuma an zaɓe shi a matsayin ɗan wasan da ya fi kowa a Glenelg a zagaye na takwas da kuma zagaye na ashirin da biyu da Sturt da Port Adelaide.[5] [6] An zaɓe shi a matsayin wanda aka zaɓa a zagaye na takwas na Star Search, wanda "ya san matasan da suka yi fice a jerin 'yan wasa", inda ya rubuta kwallaye ashirin da shida, maki biyar da kwallaye huɗu. [7] Ya sami lambar yabo ta jiha a tsakiyar shekara ta hanyar zaɓen South Australia a gasar cin kofin AFL ta 'yan ƙasa da shekara 18 ta 2011 a matsayin ɗan wasa mai ƙarancin shekaru [8] kuma rawar da ya taka a gasar ta sa aka ba shi lada da sanya shi cikin ƙungiyar All-Australian a cikin aljihun gaba.[9]Kennedy played his junior career with the Brighton Bombers before moving to the Glenelg Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL);[1] he attended Sacred Heart College.[2] He received state honours by representing South Australia in the 2010 under 16 championships and he was their leading goalkicker with ten goals from three matches.[3] He made his SANFL debut for Glenelg at seventeen years of age in the opening round match in 2011 against the Sturt Football Club at Glenelg Oval.[4] He played fifteen matches for Glenelg in his debut season, kicking twelve goals[5] and he was named Glenelg's best player in round eight and twenty-two against Sturt and Port Adelaide respectively.[6][7] He was named as the round eight Star Search nominee, which "recognises the talented youngsters making their mark in league ranks", where he recorded twenty-six disposals, five marks and four goals.[8] He received mid-year state honours through selection for South Australia in the 2011 AFL Under 18 Championships as a bottom-aged player[9] and his performances in the championships saw him rewarded with being named in the All-Australian team in the forward pocket.[10]

A cikin shekara ta 2011, hasashe ya tashi game da ko Kennedy zai kasance ɗaya daga cikin 'yan wasa biyu da aka zaba a cikin ƙaramin shirin 2011 tare da Adelaide Football Club da Port Adelaide Football club da ke iya neman shi. Sa'an nan kuma manajan wasan kwallon kafa na Port Adelaide, Peter Rohde ya yaba da kwarewarsa ta hanyar nuna "babu wata shakka zai zama dan wasan AFL mai kyau ... shi fitaccen dan wasa ne da basira a kusa da burin, kuma a bayyane muna da sha'awarsa. "  Manajan basira na AFL na kasa, Kevin Sheehan ya lura cewa shi "ƙaramin dan gaba ne mai karfi tare da ƙafar hagu mai shiga ciki. Shi mai tsalle-tsalle-tsaye tare da iyawa da sauri da ikon yin gasa da kyau a cikin iska don girmansa. A ƙarshe ba a ƙarshe ba a yi masa tayin don ƙaramin izinin Sydney da aka nema na 2011 bayan babban birnin Sydney da yawa. Ya sami tallafin karatu a cikin babbar makarantar AIS-AFL tare da matakin su na biyu, mutum talatin da daya na shekarar 2012. 

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