Mark Blicavs
Mark Blicavs | |||
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![]() Blicavs playing for Geelong in April 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
Date of birth | 28 March 1991 | ||
Original team(s) | Taylors Lakes(EDFL) | ||
Draft | No. 54,2012 rookie draft | ||
Height | 198 cm (6 ft 6 in) | ||
Weight | 100 kg (220 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Geelong | ||
Number | 46 | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2013– | Geelong | 261 (68) | |
Representative team honours | |||
Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
2020 | Victoria | 1 (0) | |
1Playing statistics correct to the end of round 17, 2024. 2State and international statistics correct as of 2020. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball |
Mark Blicavs(/ˈblɪtsɑːvz/BLIT-sahvz;[1]born 28 March 1991) is a professionalAustralian rules footballerfor theGeelong Football Clubin theAustralian Football League(AFL). He made his debut for the club in round one of the2013 AFL season.
Early life
[edit]Blicavs' parents were both born overseas – his father was born inNew ZealandtoLatvianparents, and his mother was born on the isle ofJersey.[2]Both of his parents represented Australia at basketball. His fatherAndris Blicavsplayed at the1976 Montreal Olympicsand his motherKaren Ogdenwas a member of the team that competed at the 1983 World Championships. His brother Kris has played basketball in theSouth East Australian Basketball League(SEABL) and his sisterSara Blicavsplayed in theWomen's National Basketball League(WNBL).[3]
Prior to being recruited by Geelong, Blicavs was a middle-distance runner and steeplechaser, who attempted to qualify for the2012 Summer Olympics.
Football career
[edit]He made his debut in Round 1,2013,againstHawthornat theMelbourne Cricket Ground.[4]In 2015, Blicavs won theCarji Greeves Medalas Geelong's best and fairest player.[5]
Statistics
[edit]Updated to the end of the 2022 season.[6]
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Disposals | T
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Handballs | M
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Played in that season's premiership team |
Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||||
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G | B | K | H | D | M | T | H/O | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | H/O | |||||
2013 | Geelong | 46 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 96 | 143 | 239 | 63 | 69 | 238 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 4.4 | 6.5 | 10.9 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 10.8 | 0 |
2014 | Geelong | 46 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 142 | 135 | 277 | 92 | 76 | 197 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 12.0 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 8.6 | 0 |
2015 | Geelong | 46 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 156 | 226 | 382 | 96 | 126 | 343 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 7.4 | 10.8 | 18.1 | 4.6 | 6.0 | 16.3 | 4 |
2016 | Geelong | 46 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 170 | 257 | 427 | 100 | 139 | 195 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 7.1 | 10.7 | 17.8 | 4.2 | 5.8 | 8.1 | 1 |
2017 | Geelong | 46 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 148 | 176 | 324 | 82 | 102 | 121 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 7.4 | 8.8 | 16.2 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 1 |
2018 | Geelong | 46 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 153 | 182 | 335 | 91 | 76 | 79 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 6.7 | 7.9 | 14.6 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 0 |
2019 | Geelong | 46 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 182 | 154 | 336 | 124 | 90 | 91 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 7.3 | 6.2 | 13.4 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 0 |
2020[a] | Geelong | 46 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 132 | 131 | 263 | 70 | 59 | 181 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 12.5 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 8.6 | 0 |
2021 | Geelong | 46 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 164 | 166 | 330 | 94 | 67 | 283 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 13.8 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 11.8 | 0 |
2022# | Geelong | 46 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 186 | 239 | 425 | 97 | 121 | 350 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 7.8 | 10.0 | 17.7 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 14.6 | 9 |
Career | 227 | 52 | 42 | 1529 | 1809 | 3338 | 909 | 925 | 2078 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 6.7 | 8.0 | 14.7 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 9.2 | 15 |
Notes
- ^The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to theimpact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Honours and achievements
[edit]Team
Individual
- 2×Carji Greeves Medal:2015, 2018
- All-Australian team:2022
- Victorian Representative Honours in Bushfire Relief Match:2020
- Geelong F.C. Best Young Player Award:2013
- Geelong F.C. Tom Harley Award for Best Clubman:2020
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Mark Blicavs".Swysh.Retrieved30 September2022.
- ^Geelong Cats community camp sees players go to Diversitat
- ^Anderson, Jon (31 March 2013)."Footy a jump up for tyro Blicavs as the Cats look for great leap forward".Herald Sun.
- ^"Cats find a way in another classic".AFL.au. 1 April 2013. Archived fromthe originalon 23 March 2013.Retrieved6 April2013.
- ^Ryan, Peter (8 October 2015)."Blicavs' meteoric rise rewarded with maiden best and fairest award".AFL.au.Bigpond.Retrieved8 October2015.
- ^"Mark Blicavs".AFL Tables.
External links
[edit]- Mark Blicavs's profileon the official website of the Geelong Football Club
- Mark Blicavs's playing statisticsfrom AFL Tables
- Athletics Australia results
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Geelong Football Club players
- Geelong Football Club premiership players
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
- Australian male middle-distance runners
- Australian male steeplechase runners
- Australian people of Jersey descent
- Australian people of Latvian descent
- Carji Greeves Medal winners
- VFL/AFL premiership players
- University of Victoria alumni
- People from Sunbury, Victoria
- All-Australians (AFL)