Neville Jetta (born 12 February 1990) is a former
Australian rules footballer who played for the
Melbourne Football Club in the
Australian Football League (AFL).
Jetta was drafted by Melbourne with the 51st selection in the
2008 national draft. He had previously been playing with
Swan Districts in the
West Australian Football League
The West Australian Football League (WAFL) is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The league currently consists of ten teams, which play each other in a 20-round season usually lasting from March to September ...
(WAFL). In September 2008 he was awarded the
Mel Whinnen Medal for being the best player in the Swans colts grand final win.
Both Jetta and fellow Melbourne draftee
Jamie Bennell come from
Bunbury and attended the same primary school. Jetta is the cousin of
Lewis Jetta of the
West Coast Eagles
The West Coast Eagles are a professional Australian rules football club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 as one of two expansion teams in the Australian Football League (AFL), then known as the Victorian Football L ...
and also a distant cousin of
Leroy Jetta
Leroy Jetta (born 6 July 1988) is an Australian rules footballer who last played with the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League. An outstanding junior, Jetta was twice named in the Under 18 All-Australian Team as well as bein ...
, who played for
Essendon Essendon may refer to:
Australia
*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
* Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
* Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League
United Ki ...
.
Jetta and Bennell were both named to make their AFL debuts together in the opening round of the
2009 AFL season
The 2009 AFL season was the 113th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured sixte ...
.
During the
2013 AFL season, Jetta fell out of favour at the Demons, playing only five games due to form and being unable to find a permanent position. This led to Jetta being delisted at the season's end. Due to the appointment of
Paul Roos as senior coach, Jetta was provided with another chance and was redrafted as a rookie for the
2014 AFL season.
During the
2014 AFL season, Jetta was promoted to the senior list due to injuries to
Jesse Hogan
Jesse Hogan (born 12 February 1995) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL). A key forward, Hogan is tall and weighs . He was a standout basketball ...
and
Mitch Clark. Jetta cemented a spot in Melbourne's back six where he arguably played the best football of his career playing as a small defender, successfully negating small forwards such as
Eddie Betts
Edward Robert Betts III (born 26 November 1986) is a former Australian rules football player who played as a forward for Carlton and Adelaide in the Australian Football League.
Betts was originally drafted by Carlton with pick No. 3 in the 2 ...
,
Chad Wingard
Chad Jordan Wingard (born 29 July 1993) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted to Port Adelaide with the sixth selection in the 2011 AFL Dr ...
and
Luke Dahlhaus
Luke Dahlhaus (born 21 August 1992) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). He received a nomination for the 2011 AFL Rising Star award in r ...
.
On 27 September 2021, Jetta announced his retirement from the AFL. As of October 5th, Jetta was added to the Collingwood team as a new development coach.
Statistics
: ''Statistics are correct to the end of round 15, 2021''
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2009
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, 39 , , 15 , , 7 , , 8 , , 115 , , 64 , , 179 , , 43 , , 39 , , 0.5 , , 0.5 , , 7.7 , , 4.3 , , 11.9 , , 2.9 , , 2.6
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2010
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, 39 , , 6 , , 6 , , 1 , , 47 , , 36 , , 83 , , 15 , , 26 , , 1.0 , , 0.2 , , 7.8 , , 6.0 , , 13.8 , , 2.5 , , 4.3
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2011
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, 39 , , 9 , , 5 , , 3 , , 56 , , 64 , , 120 , , 34 , , 42 , , 0.6 , , 0.3 , , 6.2 , , 7.1 , , 13.3 , , 3.8 , , 4.7
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2012
File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ...
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, 39 , , 6 , , 1 , , 0 , , 39 , , 21 , , 60 , , 21 , , 15 , , 0.2 , , 0.0 , , 6.5 , , 3.5 , , 10.0 , , 3.5 , , 2.5
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2013
File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...
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, 39 , , 5 , , 0 , , 1 , , 26 , , 18 , , 44 , , 9 , , 20 , , 0.0 , , 0.2 , , 5.2 , , 3.6 , , 8.8 , , 1.8 , , 4.0
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2014
File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...
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, 39 , , 16 , , 1 , , 0 , , 100 , , 108 , , 208 , , 50 , , 60 , , 0.1 , , 0.0 , , 6.3 , , 6.8 , , 13.0 , , 3.1 , , 3.8
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2015
,
, 39 , , 16 , , 1 , , 0 , , 76 , , 116 , , 192 , , 43 , , 41 , , 0.1 , , 0.0 , , 4.7 , , 7.3 , , 12.0 , , 2.7 , , 2.6
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2016
File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...
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, 39 , , 21 , , 0 , , 3 , , 163 , , 172 , , 335 , , 78 , , 63 , , 0.0 , , 0.1 , , 7.8 , , 8.2 , , 16.0 , , 3.7 , , 3.0
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2017
File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a s ...
,
, 39 , , 22 , , 3 , , 0 , , 151 , , 164 , , 315 , , 94 , , 68 , , 0.1 , , 0.0 , , 6.9 , , 7.5 , , 14.4 , , 4.3 , , 3.1
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2018
File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the Unit ...
,
, 39 , , 25 , , 0 , , 1 , , 142 , , 155 , , 297 , , 75 , , 79 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 5.7 , , 6.2 , , 11.9 , , 3.0 , , 3.2
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2019
File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...
,
, 39 , , 7 , , 0 , , 0 , , 39 , , 36 , , 75 , , 19 , , 20 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 5.6 , , 5.1 , , 10.7 , , 2.7 , , 2.9
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2020
2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t ...
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, 39 , , 6 , , 0 , , 0 , , 14 , , 23 , , 37 , , 6 , , 8 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 2.3 , , 3.8 , , 6.2 , , 1.0 , , 1.3
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2021
File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October 2021 coup in Sudan; Crowd shortly after t ...
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, 39 , , 5 , , 0 , , 0 , , 20 , , 20 , , 40 , , 13 , , 7 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 4.0 , , 4.0 , , 8.0 , , 2.6 , , 1.4
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! colspan=3, Career
! 159
! 24
! 17
! 988
! 997
! 1985
! 500
! 487
! 0.2
! 0.1
! 6.2
! 6.3
! 12.5
! 3.1
! 3.1
Notes
Personal life
Jetta has a daughter and a son. He married his partner Samantha on 20 October 2013.
Melbourne Demon marries in glam vintage wedding at Red Scooter
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References
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Melbourne Football Club players
Living people
1990 births
Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football
Swan Districts Football Club players
Casey Demons players
Sportspeople from Bunbury, Western Australia
Australian rules footballers from Western Australia
Bunbury Football Club players
Carey Park Football Club players
Australia international rules football team players