18 Facts About Alicia Eva

Alicia Eva was born on 2 April 1991 and is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the AFL Women's.

Alicia Eva previously played for the Collingwood Football Club in 2017.

Alicia Eva served as Greater Western Sydney captain from 2020 to 2023, and is Greater Western Sydney's games record holder with 68 games.

Alicia Eva grew up supporting the Melbourne Football Club, and her favourite player was their former captain David Neitz.

Alicia Eva was forced to stop playing local football at the age of thirteen when she was no longer allowed to play alongside boys, and instead took up coaching.

Alicia Eva played state league football with Melbourne University in the VFL Women's.

Alicia Eva was drafted by Collingwood with the club's seventh selection, fifty-fourth overall, in the 2016 AFL Women's draft.

Alicia Eva was appointed vice-captain at Collingwood in late January 2017.

Alicia Eva made her debut in round 1,2017, in the league's inaugural match at IKON Park against Carlton.

Alicia Eva played in all seven of Collingwood's matches that season, kicking three goals and leading the club in both total and average disposals.

Alicia Eva was named in the All-Australian squad of 40 players, but did not make the final team.

In November 2019, after inaugural Greater Western Sydney captain Amanda Farrugia announced her sudden retirement, Alicia Eva was announced as the club's new captain.

Alicia Eva missed an AFLW match for the first time in 2020, missing rounds 5 and 6 with a foot injury, before returning to play in Greater Western Sydney's semi-final loss against Melbourne.

Alicia Eva was named among Greater Western Sydney's best players in its win over Gold Coast in round 1 of the 2022 season; she won the maximum ten coaches' votes and was selected in womens.

Alicia Eva was named Greater Western Sydney's best player in its loss to North Melbourne in round 3 and was among Greater Western Sydney's best players in every other match for the season, polling five coaches' votes in round 10.

Alicia Eva has served as a development coach of Greater Western Sydney's North East Australian Football League team since 2018.

In September 2017, Alicia 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 creation of the AFL Women's, as well as her coaching aspirations post-playing.

Alicia Eva later completed a study tour in the United States at the end of the AFL season as part of her scholarship.