Mark Stevens (footballer)

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Mark Stevens
Personal information
Date of birth	(1975-10-25) 25 October 1975
Place of birth	Victoria, Australia
Original team	Gippsland Power (TAC Cup, Heyfield FC
Debut	Round 10, 2 June 1995, North Melbourne v. Essendon, at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Height/Weight	194cm / 88kg
Playing career¹
Kangaroos (1995–1997) 21 games, 20 goals Adelaide (1998–2005) 101 games, 103 goals Total - 122 games, 123 goals
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2005 season.
Career highlights
Adelaide premiership side 1998

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 team mates 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.

External links

Mark Stevens's statistics from AFL Tables

v t e Adelaide Football Club 1998 AFL Premiers

Adelaide 15.15 (105) defeated North Melbourne 8.22 (70), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Captain: 26. Bickley 3. Jarman 5. Koster 7. Smart 9. Edwards 10. Robran 11. James 13. Ellen 14. Connell 15. Pittman 19. Stevens 23. McLeod 28. Johnson 29. Thiessen 30. Vardy 31. Marsh 32. Ricciuto 33. Eccles 34. Hart 36. Goodwin 44. Caven 52. Rehn

Coach: Blight

1993 AFL National Draft

1. Darren Gaspar
2. Nigel Lappin
3. Justin Murphy
4. Glenn Gorman
5. Adam Heuskes
6. Trent Cummings
7. Chris Johnson
8. Michael Frost
9. Rowan Warfe
10. Trent Ormond-Allen
11. Brad Johnson
12. Chris Scott
13. David Ugrinic
14. Adam Simpson
15. Luke McCabe
16. Fraser Gehrig
17. Angelo Lekkas
18. Simon Beaumont
19. Robert Stevenson
20. Wade Chapman
21. Shane Hodges
22. Dion Myles
23. Shannon Gibson
24. Cameron Bennett
25. Clinton Shaw
26. Stephen Jurica
27. Brad Hall
28. Daryl Griffin
29. Scott Mollard
30. Paul Lewis
31. Mark Stevens
32. Paul Barnard
33. Ben Robbins
34. Stephen Patterson
35. Aaron James
36. Julian Kirzner
37. Ash Thompson
38. David Innella
39. Jason Wild
40. Matthew Lappin
41. Kieran Sporn
42. Michael Prentice
43. Jason Heatley
44. Eugene Warrior
45. Trent Bartlett
46. David King
47. Chris Palmer
48. Matt Hopkins
49. Simon Garlick
50. Mark Merenda
51. Kristian Pascoe
52. Matthew Dent
53. Justin Mallon
54. Sedat Sir
55. Grant Tanner
56. Rayden Tallis
57. Mark Hepburn
58. Jeff Bruce
59. Craig Biddiscombe
60. Troy Polak
61. Shayne Smith
62. Graeme Wood
63. Gareth John
64. Shane Hamilton
65. Paul Mullarvey
66. Andrew Schauble

Persondata
Name	Stevens, Mark
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	25 October 1975
Place of birth	Victoria, Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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