Mark Stevens (footballer)

Mark Stevens
Personal information
Date of birth	(1975-10-25) 25 October 1975
Place of birth	Victoria, Australia
Original team(s)	Gippsland Power (TAC Cup) / Heyfield
Debut	Round 10, 2 June 1995 (1995-06-02), North Melbourne vs. Essendon, at the MCG
Height	194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	88 kg (194 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1995–1997	North Melbourne	021 0(20)
1998–2005	Adelaide	101 (103)
Total		122 (123)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2005.
Career highlights
AFL Premiership player (1998)
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Mark Stevens (born 25 October 1975) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.

Stevens debuted at the North Melbourne Football Club in 1995 and his preferred position was centre half-forward. Stevens struggled with the pace of AFL football in his early years at the Kangaroos. That, combined with the fact that the Kangaroos had Wayne Carey, arguably one of the finest players of all time, at centre half-forward, meant that Stevens struggled to cement a place in the side. He was traded to the Adelaide Football Club at the end of 1997 (for Jason McCartney).

Steven's first year at the Crows saw him play in a Premiership side, defeating his former teammates at North Melbourne at the MCG. Over his career with Adelaide, Stevens improved and became a damaging player, consistently taking strong marks on the half-forward line for the Crows. His career came to an end early in the 2005 season, when injury finally took its toll on Stevens, forcing his retirement.

Stevens continued playing in North Gippsland (Vic) before joining South Yarra FC (Southern Football League) in 2010.

Playing statistics

Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)
				G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
1995	North Melbourne	36	8	12	4	33	14	47	13	3	1.5	0.5	4.1	1.8	5.9	1.6	0.4
1996	North Melbourne	36	8	7	5	32	26	58	17	5	0.9	0.6	4.0	3.3	7.3	2.1	0.6
1997	North Melbourne	36	5	1	1	24	4	28	7	3	0.2	0.2	4.8	0.8	5.6	1.4	0.6
1998	Adelaide	19	20	8	12	139	69	208	51	27	0.4	0.6	7.0	3.5	10.4	2.6	1.4
1999	Adelaide	19	21	11	12	169	96	265	70	23	0.5	0.6	8.0	4.6	12.6	3.3	1.1
2000	Adelaide	19	2	0	1	7	4	11	3	0	0.0	0.5	3.5	2.0	5.5	1.5	0.0
2001	Adelaide	19	22	21	8	183	143	326	118	37	1.0	0.4	8.3	6.5	14.8	5.4	1.7
2002	Adelaide	19	23	38	29	204	125	329	106	42	1.7	1.3	8.9	5.4	14.3	4.6	1.8
2003	Adelaide	19	8	17	6	51	34	85	29	9	2.1	0.8	6.4	4.3	10.6	3.6	1.1
2004	Adelaide	19	3	8	4	23	7	30	11	7	2.7	1.3	7.7	2.3	10.0	3.7	2.3
2005	Adelaide	19	2	0	1	5	1	6	3	0	0.0	0.5	2.5	0.5	3.0	1.5	0.0
Career			122	123	83	870	523	1393	428	156	1.0	0.7	7.1	4.3	11.4	3.5	1.3

External links

• Mark Stevens's playing statistics from AFL Tables