# Mark Blicavs

Mark Blicavs (/ˈblɪtsɑːvz/ BLIT-sahvz; 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

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. 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).
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

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

## Statistics

Updated to the end of the 2022 season.
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Votes |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | H/O | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | H/O | Votes |
| 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 | 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 | Career | 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 the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Honours and achievements

Team
* AFL premiership player (Geelong): 2022
* 2× McClelland Trophy (Geelong): 2019, 2022
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