   mark anthony ricciuto(; born 8 june 1975) is a former australian rules footballer who played for the adelaide football club in the australian football league (afl). from south australia, ricciuto began with the west adelaide football club in the south australian national football league (sanfl), making his debut at the age of 16, before being recruited by adelaide as a zone selection prior to the 1993 season. playing as a midfielder, he established himself in adelaide's side, receiving a nomination for the afl rising star in 1993, his debut season, and being named in the all-australian team the following season, the first of eight selections overall. having played in adelaide's premiership side in 1998, also winning the malcolm blight medal as the club's best and fairest, ricciuto replaced mark bickley as the club's captain prior to the 2001 season. consistently considered one of the best midfielders in the competition during the early 2000s (decade), ricciuto shared the 2003 brownlow medal with nathan buckley and adam goodes, and was selected in the all-australian team for four consecutive seasons between 2002 and 2005, capta
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