Alicia Eva

Alicia Eva
Eva playing for Greater Western Sydney in 2018
Personal information
Full name Alicia Eva
Date of birth (1991-04-02) 2 April 1991
Original team(s) Melbourne University (VFLW)
Draft No. 54, 2016 national draft
Debut Round 1, 2017, Collingwood
vs. Carlton, at IKON Park
Height 163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 65 kg (143 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder / forward
Club information
Current club Greater Western Sydney
Number 2
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2017 Collingwood 07 (3)
2018– Greater Western Sydney 07 (1)
Total 14 (4)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2017 Victoria 1 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2018 season.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2017.
Career highlights
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Alicia Eva (born 2 April 1991) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She previously played for the Collingwood Football Club in 2017. Eva was selected in the AFL Women's All-Australian team and won the Gabrielle Trainor Medal as the Giants' best and fairest in her first season at the club in 2018.

Early life

Eva grew up supporting the Melbourne Football Club, and her favourite player was their former captain David Neitz. Eva was forced to stop playing local football at the age of thirteen – not allowed to play with the boys from that age, and being the only girl in the team – and instead took up coaching.[1] Eva played state league football with Melbourne University in the VFL Women's (VFLW).[2]

AFL Women's career

Collingwood (2017)

Eva was drafted by Collingwood with the club's seventh selection, fifty-fourth overall, in the 2016 AFL Women's draft.[3] She was appointed vice-captain at Collingwood in late January 2017.[4] Eva made her debut in round 1, 2017, in the league's inaugural match at IKON Park against Carlton.[5] She played in all seven of Collingwood's matches that season, kicking three goals and leading the club in both total and average disposals.[6] At season's end she placed second in the club's best and fairest award.[7] Eva was named in the All-Australian squad of 40 players, but did not make the final team.[8]

Greater Western Sydney (2018–present)

In the May trading and signing period, Eva was traded to Greater Western Sydney as part of a three-way trade involving the Western Bulldogs.[9] Following her first season with the Giants, in which she played all seven games and ranked second in the competition for average kicks (13.7 per game) and third for tackles (52), Eva was selected on the wing in the 2018 AFL Women's All-Australian team[10] and won the Gabrielle Trainor Medal as the Giants' best-and-fairest ahead of 2018 AFLW Players' Most Valuable Player Courtney Gum.[11]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2018 season.[12]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Season Team No. Games G B K H D M T G B K H D M T Votes
Totals Averages (per game)
2017 Collingwood 273163167916310.40.19.02.311.32.34.40
2018 Greater Western Sydney 2711962912510520.10.113.74.117.91.47.43
Career 14 4 2 159 45 204 26 83 0.3 0.1 11.4 3.2 14.6 1.9 5.9 3

Off-field

Eva was featured in the AFL Media series The Chase, where she spoke about her initially limited playing opportunities in women's Australian rules football and her time in coaching prior to the creation of the AFL Women's, as well as her coaching aspirations post-football.[1]

Honours and achievements

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 "AFLW: 'Bigger than the game of football'". afl.com.au. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  2. ↑ Black, Sarah (20 December 2016). "Alicia Eva brings coach's perspective to Pies' women". afl.com.au. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  3. ↑ Black, Sarah (12 October 2016). "As it happened: 2016 AFL Women's Draft". afl.com.au. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  4. ↑ Sewell, Eliza (25 January 2017). "Black and white the right look for Collingwood's first AFLW captain Steph Chiocci". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  5. ↑ Guthrie, Ben (2 February 2017). "Blue ribbon day for AFLW as Carlton downs Collingwood". AFL Media. Bigpond. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "Collingwood WFC". Australian Football. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  7. ↑ Wood, Lauren (17 May 2017). "Collingwood's AFLW team could lose another star player with Alicia Eva exploring her trade options". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  8. ↑ "AFLW Lions and Crows dominate All Australian squad". AFL Media. Telstra Media. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  9. ↑ Harrington, Anna (23 May 2017). "Collingwood star Alicia Eva traded to GWS Giants in a bumper trade involving the Western Bulldogs". Fox Sports (Australia). News Corp Australia. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  10. ↑ Navaratnam, Dinny (27 March 2018). "W Awards: Nine named dual All Australians". afl.com.au. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  11. ↑ "Eva Claims 2018 Gabrielle Trainor Medal". gwsgiants.com.au. Telstra Media. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  12. ↑ "Alicia Eva". Australian Football. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
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