Jake Soligo

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 to be part of their selective football academy.

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. 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.

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

Prior to the 2024 season, Soligo badly rolled his ankle during preseason training. 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. 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.

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.

Soligo experienced an interrupted beginning to his 2026 campaign, suffering an irregular heartbeat and undergoing a medical procedure, cutting his pre-season short. However, he returned in time to feature in the round one win against Collingwood, but was rested a few weeks later before featuring in the reserves' win against Central District. Soligo returned to the senior side for the round eight Showdown win. In round 18 against the Gold Coast, Soligo played in his 100th game milestone match.

Updated to the end of round 22, 2026.

Team

• AFL minor premiership: (Adelaide) 2025

Individual

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