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Mark Blicavs
Blicavs playing for Geelong in April 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-03-28) 28 March 1991 (age 33)
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 270 (69)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2020 Victoria 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2024.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2020.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Mark Blicavs (/ˈblɪtsɑːvz/ BLIT-sahvz;[1] born 28 March 1991) is a professional Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He made his debut for the club in round one of the 2013 AFL season.

Early life

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Blicavs' parents were both born overseas – his father was born in New Zealand to Latvian parents, and his mother was born on the isle of Jersey.[2] Both of his parents represented Australia at basketball. His father Andris Blicavs played at the 1976 Montreal Olympics and his mother Karen Ogden was a member of the team that competed at the 1983 World Championships. His brother Kris has played basketball in the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL) and his sister Sara Blicavs played in the Women'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 the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Football career

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He made his debut in Round 1, 2013, against Hawthorn at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.[4] In 2015, Blicavs won the Carji Greeves Medal as Geelong's best and fairest player.[5]

Statistics

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Updated to the end of the 2022 season.[6]

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
H/O
 Hit-outs
  #  
 Played in that season's 
premiership team
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
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

  1. ^ 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 the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Honours and achievements

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Team

Individual

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Mark Blicavs". Swysh. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  2. ^ Geelong Cats community camp sees players go to Diversitat
  3. ^ Anderson, Jon (31 March 2013). "Footy a jump up for tyro Blicavs as the Cats look for great leap forward". Herald Sun.
  4. ^ "Cats find a way in another classic". AFL.com.au. 1 April 2013. Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  5. ^ Ryan, Peter (8 October 2015). "Blicavs' meteoric rise rewarded with maiden best and fairest award". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Mark Blicavs". AFL Tables.
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