Andrejs Everitt

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Andrejs Everitt

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| fullname = Andrejs Everitt

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|03|13|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| death_date =

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| originalteam = Dandenong Stingrays (TAC Cup)

| draftpick = No. 11, 2006 national draft

| height = 194 cm

| weight = 89 kg

| position = Utility

| statsend = 2016

| years1 = 2007–2010

| club1 = {{AFL WB}}

| games_goals1 = {{0}}36 {{0}}(8)

| years2 = 2011–2013

| club2 = {{AFL Syd}}

| games_goals2 = {{0}}43 (24)

| years3 = 2014–2016

| club3 = {{AFL Car}}

| games_goals3 = {{0}}52 (61)

| games_goalstotal = 131 (93)

| careerhighlights = *Carlton leading goalkicker: 2015

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Andrejs Everitt (born 13 March 1989) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Western Bulldogs, Sydney Swans and Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is the younger brother of former {{AFL StK}}, {{AFL Haw}} and Sydney player Peter Everitt.

Everitt was picked in the 2006 AFL Draft at pick 11 from the Dandenong Stingrays. At the end of the 2007 AFL season, Andrejs was given Chris Grant's old No. 3 guernsey on Grant's insistence, although the club had contemplated retiring the number.AAP, [http://www.afl.com.au/Default.aspx?tabid=208&newsId=53878 Everitt inherits famous No.3] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524190257/http://www.afl.com.au/Default.aspx?tabid=208&newsId=53878 |date=24 May 2011 }}, afl.com.au, 28 November 2007. Retrieved on 13 April 2008.

At the end of the 2010 season, Everitt was traded to the Sydney Swans, in return for Patrick Veszpremi and a late round draft selection.{{cite news|last=Balym|first=Todd|title=Andrejs Everitt to Swans and Patrick Veszpremi to Bulldogs in first deal of trade week|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/dog-swan-may-be-first-done-deal/story-e6frf9jf-1225934784935|access-date=6 October 2010|newspaper=Herald Sun|date=6 October 2010}}

Andrejs Everitt has a Latvian mother and an Australian father. His mother named him Andrejs in recognition of her Latvian heritage.

In Round 3, Everitt stamped himself as a Swans player, leading the team to victory over the West Coast Eagles with 2 crucial goals in the last quarter.

Everitt also kicked one of the most famous goals at the SCG vs Geelong Cats. with less than a minute to go he kicked a goal from fifty right on the boundary to win it for the Swans.

At the end of the 2013 season, Everitt was traded to the Carlton Football Club. He spent three seasons with Carlton, playing a total of 52 games. He finished as the club's leading goalkicker in 2015 with 31 goals, but struggled with form in 2016 and was delisted in October.{{cite news|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-10-25/carlton-delists-journeyman-utility-andrejs-everitt |title=Journeyman Everitt among six Blues delisted |last=Navaratnam |first=Dinny |date=25 October 2016 |work=AFL.com.au |publisher=Bigpond |access-date=29 October 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029112803/http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-10-25/carlton-delists-journeyman-utility-andrejs-everitt |archive-date=29 October 2016 }} He subsequently announced his retirement from AFL football in November.{{cite news|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-11-12/delisted-blue-andrejs-everitt-calls-time-on-his-career|title=Delisted Blue calls time on his career|last=Schmook|first=Nathan|date=12 November 2016|work=AFL.com.au|publisher=Bigpond|access-date=13 November 2016}}

Everitt returned to play and co-coach at Somerville in the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League, his local club when he was a junior, in 2017.{{cite news|newspaper=Frankston Standard Leader|publication-place=Melbourne, VIC|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/leader/localfooty/mpnfl/former-bulldog-swan-and-blue-andrejs-everitt-returns-to-somerville-as-cocoach/news-story/95ece8744c560f3bcbe53aa0a69a4a7e|title=Former Bulldog, Swan and Blue Andrejs Everitt returns to Somerville as co-coach|author=Simon McEvoy|date=29 November 2016|access-date=5 December 2016}}

Statistics

:{{cite web|url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/A/Andrejs_Everitt.html|title=Andrejs Everitt Stats|work=AFL Tables|access-date=6 November 2016}}

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2007

|{{AFL WB}}

| 29 || 8 || 4 || 4 || 66 || 43 || 109 || 33 || 14 || 0.5 || 0.5 || 8.3 || 5.4 || 13.6 || 4.1 || 1.8 || 0

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2008

|{{AFL WB}}

| 3 || 9 || 0 || 0 || 71 || 41 || 112 || 33 || 15 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 7.9 || 4.6 || 12.4 || 3.7 || 1.7 || 0

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2009

|{{AFL WB}}

| 3 || 7 || 1 || 2 || 50 || 40 || 90 || 30 || 13 || 0.1 || 0.3 || 7.1 || 5.7 || 12.9 || 4.3 || 1.9 || 0

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2010