Nathan Krakouer
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Nathan Krakouer playing for Port Adelaide
during the 2007 AFL Season |
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Nathan Rhys Krakouer | ||
| Nickname(s) | Krak | ||
| Date of birth | 5 May 1988 | ||
| Original team(s) | Claremont (WAFL) | ||
| Draft | No. 39, 2006 National Draft, Port Adelaide No. 16, 2015 Rookie Draft, Port Adelaide |
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| Height / weight | 188cm / 78kg | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder/Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Port Adelaide | ||
| Number | 48 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2007–2010 | Port Adelaide | 40 (7) | |
| 2011 | Gold Coast | 13 (8) | |
| 2015– | Port Adelaide | 29 (9) | |
| Total | 82 (24) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Nathan Krakouer (born 5 May 1988) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is the nephew of former North Melbourne football players Jimmy Krakouer and Phil Krakouer and cousin of former Richmond and Collingwood player Andrew Krakouer.
Krakouer began his junior football in Western Australia before playing senior football with the Claremont Football Club at a young age.
In 2006 he represented Australia's indigenous youth on tour to South Africa with the "Flying Boomerangs" to play against the South African national Australian rules team.
He was invited to 2006 AFL Draft Camp where despite weighing just 61 kilograms he impressed scouts with both acceleration and standing jump for his height.
The slightly-built rookie teenager was recruited by AFL club Port Adelaide in the 2006 AFL Draft. He was the player the Power was most surprised to be able to pick when it grabbed him at number 39. Krakouer shone at the 2006 AFL Draft camp in Canberra, setting a sizzling time in the 20 metre sprint on the second day of the camp. His time of 2.83 seconds puts his result in the top handful of all time, out of nearly a thirty players over the last 12 or 13 years.
Wearing the number 29 guernsey, he has played 11 games for Port in his debut 2007 AFL season, despite coach Mark Williams earlier predicting that he would not play for at least two years. As at the end of Round 7, he had an impressive total of 48 kicks, 24 marks, 18 handballs, 66 disposals and 4 goals. [1]
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