Jake Soligo

Jake Soligo (born 25 January 2003) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Adelaide Crows in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Jake Soligo
Soligo in May 2025
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Soligoat, Fridge[1]
Date of birth	(2003-01-25) 25 January 2003 (age 22)
Place of birth	Victoria, Australia
Original team(s)	Waverley Park Hawks (SMJFL) Eastern Ranges (Talent League) Dromana (MPFNL)
Draft	No. 36, 2021 AFL draft
Debut	Round 1, 2022, Adelaide vs. Fremantle, at Adelaide Oval
Height	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Adelaide
Number	14
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2022–	Adelaide	80 (34)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 21, 2025.
Career highlights
Showdown Medal: 2024 2024 22under22 44 man squad 2024 Mark Bickley Emerging Talent Award
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Early life

Soligo played much of his junior career at the Waverley Park Hawks Junior Football Club in the SMJFL. At under-16s level, Soligo played for Vic Metro in the National Championships. Soligo attended Mazenod College up until year 9, before transferring to Rowville Secondary College in 2018.^[2]

After being signed from his local club, Dromana in the Mornington Peninsula Football Netball League (MPFNL), Soligo played his junior career with the Eastern Ranges in the Talent League. As a midfielder, he averaged 23 disposals and kicked six goals in his draft year of 2021.^[3] In the same year, he won the Pennington Medal, awarded to the Eastern Ranges' best and fairest player, as well as featuring in the Victorian Football League (VFL) for Richmond.^[4][5]

AFL career

Soligo was drafted by Adelaide with their second pick and the 36th pick overall in the 2021 AFL draft.^[6] He debuted in Adelaide's first game of 2022 against Fremantle as a substitute and collected 5 disposals in a narrow loss.^[7] In June of 2023, Soligo signed a six-year contract extension which would keep him at the Crows until 2029.^[8] At the time, this was the longest contract of any current Adelaide Crows player.^[9]

Prior to the 2024 season, Soligo badly rolled his ankle during preseason training.^[10] For this reason, he started as the medical substitute against Gold Coast in Round 1, but had maximum impact for his limited game time. In Round 8 of the 2024 season in the Showdown against Port Adelaide, Soligo won the Showdown Medal and was the best on ground, with 28 disposals and 10 tackles.^[11] Soligo had a career-best season as an inside midfielder, becoming one of Adelaide's best players alongside Izak Rankine and captain Jordan Dawson. He finished third in the Malcolm Blight Medal and was awarded with the Mark Bickley Emerging Talent Award.^[12][13]

Carrying over his 2024 form, Soligo continued strongly in 2025 as the Crows climbed the ladder. The midfielder had a career-best 35 disposals as well as two goals in Showdown 58 against Port Adelaide, excelling in the rainy conditions.^[14]

Statistics

Updated to the end of the 2024 season.^[15]

Legend

G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks

Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)							Votes
				G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
2022	Adelaide	14	16	6	5	129	105	234	33	55	0.38	0.31	8.06	6.51	14.63	2.06	3.44	0
2023	Adelaide	14	21	10	11	209	138	347	74	65	0.48	0.52	9.95	6.57	16.52	3.52	3.10	1
2024	Adelaide	14	23	6	9	251	255	506	60	84	0.26	0.39	10.9	11.1	22.0	2.6	3.7	7
Career			60	22	25	589	498	1087	167	204	0.4	0.4	9.8	8.3	18.1	2.8	3.4	8

Honours and achievements

Individual

• Showdown Medal: 2024
• 2024 22under22 44 man squad