Mark Ricciuto

Mark Ricciuto
Personal information
Full name	Mark Anthony Ricciuto
Nickname(s)	"Roo"
Date of birth	(1975-06-08) 8 June 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Waikerie, South Australia
Original team(s)	West Adelaide
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight	93 kg (205 lb)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder, Forward
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1993–2007	Adelaide	312 (292)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
1994–1999	South Australia	5 (2)
International team honours
1998–2000	Australia	2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2007.
Career highlights
Brownlow Medal: 2003 AFL premiership player (1998) 8× All-Australian (1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 (c), 2005(c)) 3× Malcolm Blight Medal (1998, 2003, 2004) Adelaide captain (2001–07) AFL Rising Star nominee (1993) South Australia team representative 3× Showdown Medal (2000, 2004, 2005) 2× AFLPA best captain (2005, 2006) Adelaide leading goalkicker (2006) Adelaide Team of the Decade - half-forward flank VFL/AFL Italian Team of the Century (named 2007) Australian Football Hall of Fame (inducted 2011) South Australian Football Hall of Fame (inducted 2012) 4x Merv Agars Medal (1996-1998, 2004)
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Mark Anthony Ricciuto (/rɪˈtʃuːtoʊ/ ri-CHOO-toh;^[2] born 8 June 1975) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). From Ramco, South Australia, Ricciuto started as a junior with the local Waikerie Magpies Football Club. He joined 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, captaining the side in both 2004 and 2005. Having played more of a forward role in his last two seasons, Ricciuto retired at the end of the 2007 season, having played a total of 312 games for Adelaide, kicking 292 goals.

Also representing South Australia in interstate football and Australia in the International Rules Series, Ricciuto was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2011, and the South Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2012.