Gary Ablett Jnr

Gary Ablett Jr.
Ablett in June 2017
Personal information
Full name	Gary Ablett Jr.
Nickname(s)	"Gazza", "Son of God"
Date of birth	(1984-05-14) 14 May 1984 (age 33)
Place of birth	Moriac, Victoria, Australia
Original team(s)	Geelong Falcons (TAC Cup)
Draft	No. 40 (F/S), 2001 national draft
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	87 kg (192 lb)
Position(s)	Midfield
Club information
Current club	Geelong
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2002–2010	Geelong	192 (262)
2011–2017	Gold Coast	110 (124)
2018–	Geelong	000 00(0)
Total		302 (386)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2017.
Career highlights
2× AFL Premiership: 2007, 2009 2× Brownlow Medal: 2009, 2013 5× AFLPA MVP: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013 8× All-Australian team: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 2× Carji Greeves Medal: 2007, 2009 4× Gold Coast Suns Club Champion: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017 2× Gold Coast leading goalkicker: 2012, 2013 Geelong leading goalkicker: 2006 2× Marcus Ashcroft Medal: 2012, 2014 Gold Coast captain: 2011–2016
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Gary Ablett Jr. (born 14 May 1984) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

The eldest son of Australian Football Hall of Fame member and former Geelong player Gary Ablett Sr., Ablett was drafted to Geelong under the father-son rule in the 2001 AFL draft. He made his debut in 2002 and has since become recognised as one of the all-time great VFL/AFL midfielders. Regarded by many as the greatest player of the modern era, Ablett is a dual premiership player, a dual NAB Cup winner, a dual Brownlow Medallist, a record five-time recipient of the Leigh Matthews Trophy as the AFL Players Association's Most Valuable Player, a three-time recipient of the AFL Coaches Association 'Champion Player of the Year' award, and an eight-time All-Australian. Following his departure from Geelong, Ablett was a two-time Carji Greeves Medallist, a recipient of the club leading goalkicker award, a life member of the club, and had been inducted into the club's Hall of Fame.

Ablett became the inaugural captain of the Gold Coast Football Club in 2011, and held the role until the end of the 2016 season. He is a four-time winner of the Gold Coast Best & Fairest award, receiving the first three editions of the award and again in 2017. He won the club's first and only Brownlow Medal in 2013. Since 2014, Ablett has suffered a number of setbacks through injury. Despite this, Ablett played his 300th career game during the 2017 season.