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Biography
Alicia Eva (born 4 February 1991) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She previous played for the Collingwood Football Club in 2017.
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. Eva played state league football with Melbourne University in the VFL Women's (VFLW). Eva was drafted by Collingwood with the club's seventh selection, fifty-fourth overall, in the 2016 AFL Women's draft.
AFL Women's career
Collingwood (2017)
Eva was appointed vice-captain at Collingwood in late January 2017. Eva made her debut in round 1, 2017, in the league's inaugural match at Princes Park against Carlton. She played in all seven of Collingwood's matches that season, kicking three goals and leading the club in both total and average disposals. At season's end she placed second in the club's best and fairest award. Eva was named in the All-Australian squad of 40 players but when unselected in the final team.
Greater Western Sydney (2018–present)
In the May trading and signing period Eva was traded to Greater Western Sydney in a deal in which Collingwood collected the number one overall pick in the October national draft.
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 AFL Women's, as well as her coaching aspirations post-football.
Statistics
- Statistics are correct to the end of the 2017 season.
| Legend | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | Goals | B | Behinds | K | Kicks | H | Handballs | D | Disposals | M | Marks | T | Tackles |
| Season | Team | # | Games | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Collingwood | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 63 | 16 | 79 | 16 | 31 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 9.0 | 2.3 | 11.3 | 2.3 | 4.4 |
| Career | 7 | 3 | 1 | 63 | 16 | 79 | 16 | 31 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 9.0 | 2.3 | 11.3 | 2.3 | 4.4 | ||