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Adem Yze
Adem Yze (/ˈuːzeɪ/ OO-zay; born 21 September 1977) is an Australian rules football coach and former player. He played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), and is senior coach of the Richmond Football Club. Yze has made the fourth–highest number of appearances in the history of the Melbourne Football Club.
Adem Yze is of Albanian descent and born in Shepparton, a regional city in Victoria, Australia. His father Sam was one of eight children who arrived during 1954 in Australia from a European refugee camp. Sam lived in Werribee, attended primary school and worked in market gardens. Yze's mother Vicki was one of ten children and born in Australia to Albanian parents from Yugoslavia. He has two brothers, Damien (born Yzeir) a Victorian cricketer and VFL player, and Rodney (born Ramadan).
The family moved to the Goulburn Valley and owned fruit orchids. As a child, Yze helped the family as a fruit picker at their orchids. He supported the Essendon Football Club, while the family either supported Richmond or Melbourne. Yze was educated at Shepparton High School. He played several sports in his youth and later was a player for the Murray Bushrangers Football Club where his performances attracted the attention of the national Melbourne Football Club.
Taken at #16 in the 1994 National AFL Draft, and debuting in 1995 with Melbourne, he was a near-permanent fixture with the club throughout his career. He remained remarkably consistent in this time, moving from half-back to the midfield and towards the end of his playing career moving between half–forward and half–back. Yze led the league for kicks in 2001, 2002 and 2004, while coming third behind Scott Camporeale and Nathan Buckley in 2000.
In 2007, Yze struggled with his form during the pre–season. After a disappointing performance against St Kilda in Round 1, his streak of 226 consecutive AFL appearances was put to an end, with Melbourne deciding to drop him for the Round 2 game against Hawthorn. Yze was then selected for Melbourne's Round 4 match against Fremantle and picked up a career-high 38-possessions and kicked one goal, being named as one of the best on ground for the day. Despite seeing very little first-team action in 2008—the last year of his contract at Melbourne—Yze declared his intention to continue playing football, even if that meant he entered the draft or played at VFL level. At 30, Yze felt he could play on for another two or three years.
Due to Melbourne's youth policy introduced at the end of the 2008 season, Adem was delisted after only six senior appearances for the year, in which he kicked five goals. Yze expressed his desire to play on at another AFL club in 2009, declaring he would apply for the pre–season draft, yet he conceded he had "stuff all" chances of being picked up by another club.
Yze played for Melbourne from 1995 until 2008 for a total of 271 games and kicked a total of 234 goals.
However, Yze declared he would play on regardless in 2009, even if it was at a suburban club, such as East Burwood, where his brother Damian played. Yze played with the Box Hill Hawks and joined the Shepparton Swans a year later.
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Adem Yze
Adem Yze (/ˈuːzeɪ/ OO-zay; born 21 September 1977) is an Australian rules football coach and former player. He played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), and is senior coach of the Richmond Football Club. Yze has made the fourth–highest number of appearances in the history of the Melbourne Football Club.
Adem Yze is of Albanian descent and born in Shepparton, a regional city in Victoria, Australia. His father Sam was one of eight children who arrived during 1954 in Australia from a European refugee camp. Sam lived in Werribee, attended primary school and worked in market gardens. Yze's mother Vicki was one of ten children and born in Australia to Albanian parents from Yugoslavia. He has two brothers, Damien (born Yzeir) a Victorian cricketer and VFL player, and Rodney (born Ramadan).
The family moved to the Goulburn Valley and owned fruit orchids. As a child, Yze helped the family as a fruit picker at their orchids. He supported the Essendon Football Club, while the family either supported Richmond or Melbourne. Yze was educated at Shepparton High School. He played several sports in his youth and later was a player for the Murray Bushrangers Football Club where his performances attracted the attention of the national Melbourne Football Club.
Taken at #16 in the 1994 National AFL Draft, and debuting in 1995 with Melbourne, he was a near-permanent fixture with the club throughout his career. He remained remarkably consistent in this time, moving from half-back to the midfield and towards the end of his playing career moving between half–forward and half–back. Yze led the league for kicks in 2001, 2002 and 2004, while coming third behind Scott Camporeale and Nathan Buckley in 2000.
In 2007, Yze struggled with his form during the pre–season. After a disappointing performance against St Kilda in Round 1, his streak of 226 consecutive AFL appearances was put to an end, with Melbourne deciding to drop him for the Round 2 game against Hawthorn. Yze was then selected for Melbourne's Round 4 match against Fremantle and picked up a career-high 38-possessions and kicked one goal, being named as one of the best on ground for the day. Despite seeing very little first-team action in 2008—the last year of his contract at Melbourne—Yze declared his intention to continue playing football, even if that meant he entered the draft or played at VFL level. At 30, Yze felt he could play on for another two or three years.
Due to Melbourne's youth policy introduced at the end of the 2008 season, Adem was delisted after only six senior appearances for the year, in which he kicked five goals. Yze expressed his desire to play on at another AFL club in 2009, declaring he would apply for the pre–season draft, yet he conceded he had "stuff all" chances of being picked up by another club.
Yze played for Melbourne from 1995 until 2008 for a total of 271 games and kicked a total of 234 goals.
However, Yze declared he would play on regardless in 2009, even if it was at a suburban club, such as East Burwood, where his brother Damian played. Yze played with the Box Hill Hawks and joined the Shepparton Swans a year later.