Ben Bucovaz (born 2 November 1990) is a former professional

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er who played for the

Fremantle Football Club The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Dockers or colloquially Freo, is a professional Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The team was founded in 1994 to represen ...

in the

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(AFL). He was selected with the 56th selection in the 2008 AFL National Draft. Bucovaz was a member of Victoria Country's National Under-18s Championships side and played for the

Geelong Amateur Football Club The Geelong Amateur Football & Netball Club, nicknamed the ''Ammos'', is an Australian rules football and netball club situated in the regional city of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. GAFNC teams currently play in the Bellarine Football League. ...

in the

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and the

Geelong Falcons The Geelong Falcons is a youth Australian rules football representative club in the Talent League, the Victorian statewide under-18s competition in Victoria, Australia. The club takes in talented junior players from the Geelong, Colac and Warr ...

in the

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. Since moving to Western Australia, he mainly played for

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in the WAFL. At the end of the 2010 season he was delisted, but he was then re-drafted by Fremantle in the 2011 Rookie Draft. He was upgraded to the senior list when Viv Michie was placed on the long-term injury list in June 2011. Bucovaz made his AFL debut in Fremantle's loss to

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at the

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in Round 13 of the

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.Bucovaz reborn, Docker doubts over Mayne
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WAFL Online statistics
1990 births Living people Fremantle Football Club players East Fremantle Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Geelong Falcons players 21st-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1990s-stub