Nick Blakey (born 27 February 2000) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Nick Blakey | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Nicholas Blakey | ||
Nickname(s) | Lizard [1] | ||
Date of birth | (2000-02-27) 27 February 2000 (age 22) | ||
Original team(s) | East Sydney Bulldogs/UNSW-Easts (Sydney AFL) | ||
Draft | No. 10, 2018 national draft | ||
Height | 195 cm (6 ft 5 in) | ||
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Sydney | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2019– | Sydney | 78 (32) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2022 season. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Blakey was born in Melbourne to father John Blakey (Fitzroy and North Melbourne dual AFL Premiership midfielder).
He moved to Brisbane with his family at two years of age before settling in Sydney as a six-year-old.
Blakey participated in the Auskick program at East Sydney Bulldogs.[2] and began playing junior football with the club in 2011 at the age of 11 at under 11 level, scoring 19 goals in his first season.[citation needed] In 2012 Nick was moved up into division 1 for under 13s where he kicked 20 more goals.[citation needed] Throughout the 2013 season Nick continued to play in division 1 in under 13s however only scored 6 goals for the whole season.[citation needed] Also during 2013 Nick played Under 14s for East Sydney Bulldogs, he was still playing in division 1 at this time and scored 16 goals.[citation needed] In 2014 Nick started under 15s while still continuing to play under 14s, he played both in division 1, scoring 5 goals in under 14s and 27 goals in under 15s.[citation needed] In Nick's final year of junior football, he played under 17s in 2015 at the age of 15.[citation needed] He scored 18 goals.[3]
Blakey had a choice of three possible clubs, North Melbourne and Brisbane Lions through the father-son rule, and the Sydney Swans as a member of the Swans' Development Academy. In early 2018 Blakey revealed his preference was to play for the Sydney Swans.[4]
He was recruited by the Sydney Swans with the 10th draft pick in the 2018 AFL Draft matching a bid from Greater Western Sydney.[5]
Updated to the end of the 2022 season.[6]
G |
Goals | K |
Kicks | D |
Disposals | T |
Tackles |
B |
Behinds | H |
Handballs | M |
Marks |
Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
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G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
2019 | Sydney | 22 | 21 | 19 | 14 | 153 | 68 | 221 | 50 | 48 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 7.3 | 3.2 | 10.5 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
2020[lower-alpha 1] | Sydney | 22 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 126 | 36 | 162 | 36 | 36 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 7.9 | 2.3 | 10.1 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
2021 | Sydney | 22 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 138 | 75 | 213 | 65 | 28 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 8.1 | 4.4 | 12.5 | 3.8 | 1.6 |
2022 | Sydney | 22 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 350 | 118 | 468 | 104 | 50 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 14.6 | 4.9 | 19.5 | 4.3 | 2.1 |
Career | 78 | 32 | 36 | 767 | 297 | 1064 | 255 | 162 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 9.8 | 3.8 | 13.6 | 3.3 | 2.1 |
Notes
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