Parents Dmitri Markov | Position(s) Half-back | |
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Date of birth (1996-05-08) 8 May 1996 (age 20) Height / weight 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) / 78 kg (12 st 4 lb) Original team North Adelaide Football Club (South Australian National Football League) | ||
Oleg markov s 5 goals vs vic metro 2015
Oleg Markov (born 8 May 1996) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Contents
- Oleg markov s 5 goals vs vic metro 2015
- Oleg markov 2015 afl draft prospect
- Early life and junior football
- AFL career
- Statistics
- Personal life
- References
Oleg markov 2015 afl draft prospect
Early life and junior football
Markov was born in Vitebsk in the eastern European nation of Belarus. He moved with his family to Adelaide at the age of ten months. Morkov has a mixed athletic background including in high jump. He was significantly talented at the sport, placing fifth one year at the Australian All Schools championships. He began playing football for the first time at age ten, picking up the sport in the playground of his Adelaide school. Markov played his first junior football for Gepps Cross before moving to the North Adelaide Under-13s side.
In 2014 Markov played Under-18's football with the North Adelaide Football Club. His season was limited however by two significant collar-bone injuries.
Markov ultimately went undrafted in 2014 and instead returned to North Adelaide for the 2015 season. He appeared in matches in the club's reserves and senior side. He played for the South Australian side at 2015's National Under-18 championships. Markov appeared in five matches for the side. In the second round of the tournament he kicked five goals and recorded 16 disposals in an impressive performance against Vic Metro.
AFL career
Markov was drafted by Richmond with the club's second selection and 50th selection overall in the 2015 draft.
Markov made his AFL debut in Round 16 of the 2016 season in a match against the Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium. He recorded 18 disposals and nine marks for the match. Markov kicked his first career goal in a Round 17 victory against Essendon. Markov finished the season having played eight consecutive matches to close out the season and holding averages of 15.4 disposals and 6.3 marks per game. He also ranked 9th at the club for metres gained per match.
He signed a contract extension in August 2016, keeping him tied to the club until the end of the 2018 season.
Statistics
Statistics are correct to the end of the 2016 seasonPersonal life
Oleg is the son of world champion pole vaulter Dmitri Markov and mother Valentina .