Mark Mercuri

Mark Mercuri
Personal information
Date of birth	21 February 1974
Original team(s)	Keilor Park
Debut	Round 10, 23 May 1992, Essendon v. Carlton, at Princes Park
Height/Weight	178 cm / 77 kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1992–2004	Essendon	207 (242)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2004 season.
Career highlights
2nd in the Brownlow Medal 1999 Premiership player 1993, 2000 All Australian 1999 W. S. Crichton Medal 1999 AFL ANZAC Medal 1999 VFL/AFL Italian Team of the Century 2007

Mark Mercuri (born 21 February 1974) was a professional Australian rules football player for Essendon.^[1] He played in the 1993 Grand final winning team which defeated Carlton. In the 1999 AFL season, Mercuri was one of the premier players of the competition,^[1] finishing runner-up in the Brownlow Medal, and earning a lucrative and rarely heard-of 5-year contract.

Mercuri lost form late in his career, which was put down to his brother's suicide. He retired in the 2004 season, his last game being the 2004 Semi Final against Geelong, which Essendon lost by 10 points.

In 2005, there was talk of a comeback, with Mercuri contemplating nominating for the pre-season draft. This never eventuated.

In 2006 he played in the Essendon District Football League for Airport West.

Playing Statistics

^[2]

Season	Team	#	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
			Totals								Averages (per game)
1992	Essendon	45	3	1	4	22	14	36	9	2	0.3	1.3	7.3	4.7	12.0	3.0	0.7
1993	Essendon	2	20	25	10	251	197	448	106	44	1.3	0.5	12.6	9.9	22.4	5.3	2.2
1994	Essendon	2	13	16	7	143	107	250	61	21	1.2	0.5	11.0	8.2	19.2	4.7	1.6
1995	Essendon	2	22	36	25	268	217	485	125	32	1.6	1.1	12.2	9.9	22.0	5.7	1.5
1996	Essendon	2	21	37	25	244	200	444	115	32	1.8	1.2	11.6	9.5	21.1	5.5	1.5
1997	Essendon	2	11	12	10	136	66	202	47	15	1.1	0.9	12.4	6.0	18.4	4.3	1.4
1998	Essendon	2	20	24	14	224	141	365	112	27	1.2	0.7	11.2	7.1	18.3	5.6	1.4
1999	Essendon	2	21	32	19	256	200	456	103	31	1.5	0.9	12.2	9.5	21.7	4.9	1.5
2000	Essendon	2	20	32	19	208	152	360	92	33	1.6	1.0	10.4	7.6	18.0	4.6	1.7
2001	Essendon	2	20	10	10	164	153	317	70	34	0.5	0.5	8.2	7.7	15.9	3.5	1.7
2002	Essendon	2	11	7	9	101	93	194	50	21	0.6	0.8	9.2	8.5	17.6	4.5	1.9
2003	Essendon	2	16	7	6	126	99	225	74	32	0.4	0.4	7.9	6.2	14.1	4.6	2.0
2004	Essendon	2	9	3	0	49	39	88	26	21	0.3	0.0	6.5	4.3	9.8	2.9	2.3
Career			207	242	158	2192	1678	3870	990	345	1.2	0.8	10.6	8.1	18.7	4.8	1.7

References

1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2003). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (5th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 494. ISBN 1-74095-032-1.
2. Mark Mercuri's player profile at AFL Tables

External links

• Mark Mercuri's statistics from AFL Tables