Emerson Jeka

Emerson Jeka (born 18 September 2001) is a professional Australian rules footballer currently listed with the Geelong Football Club, having most recently played with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early career
Jeka played the majority of his NAB League career in the forward line. He suffered a knee injury while representing an Australian under-18 team against Victorian Football League (VFL) club at the MCG in April 2019. He was sidelined for almost two months, but was selected by with Pick 9 in the 2020 AFL rookie draft.

AFL
Jeka first played for Hawthorn's VFL affiliate, showing promise during scratch matches in the COVID-19-affected 2020 season.

Jeka made his AFL debut against at Marvel Stadium in round 7 of the 2023 AFL season. He later kicked 0.7 in a VFL match on 3 July 2021.

He was promoted to Hawthorn's senior list in December 2021 for the 2022 season.

At the end of the 2023 AFL season, Jeka was delisted by Hawthorn. On 14 November 2023, he signed with Essendon's reserves team for the 2024 VFL season, but 12 days later he returned to the AFL and joined.

Statistics
Updated to the end of the 2023 season.

! colspan=3| Career ! 7 !! 2 !! 2 !! 34 !! 26 !! 60 !! 20 !! 7 !! 0.3 !! 0.3 !! 4.9 !! 3.7 !! 8.6 !! 2.9 !! 1.0 !! 0
 * 2020 || || 39
 * 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 0
 * 2021 || || 39
 * 4 || 2 || 2 || 13 || 13 || 26 || 7 || 4 || 0.5 || 0.5 || 3.3 || 3.3 || 6.5 || 1.8 || 1.0 || 0
 * 2022 || || 39
 * 3 || 0 || 0 || 21 || 13 || 34 || 13 || 3 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 7.0 || 4.3 || 11.3 || 4.3 || 1.0 || 0
 * 2023 || || 39
 * 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 0
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 * 2023 || || 39
 * 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 0
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