Josh Daicos (born 26 November 1998) is a professional

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er playing for the

Collingwood Football Club The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. ...

in the

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(AFL). Son of Peter Daicos, who played for Collingwood in the VFL/AFL, he played for the

Oakleigh Chargers The Oakleigh Chargers is an Australian rules football club playing in the Talent League, the top statewide under-18 competition in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. They are based at Warrawee Park in Oakleigh, Victoria, representing the ...

in the

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before he was drafted with pick 57 in

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

under the

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State football

Daicos played junior football with Bulleen-Templestowe Junior Football Club and the Greythorn Falcons, both part of the

Yarra Junior Football League The Yarra Junior Football League (YJFL) is the largest junior Australian rules football competition in Australia. The league has a total of 30 clubs, who are based around northern, eastern and north-eastern Melbourne, Victoria, Melbourne. There is ...

, as well as at his school, Camberwell Grammar. He entered the

in 2016, playing for the

. During the season, he kicked 11 goals in 10 games. He also represented Vic Metro at the 2016 AFL Under 18 Championships, scoring goals against the Allies and against Western Australia. At the end of the season, Daicos was invited to the AFL Draft Combine, along with four other players, including Sam McLarty who was later drafted to Collingwood with him.

AFL career

Daicos was drafted by Collingwood with pick 57, which was their last pick, in the 2016 national draft under the

. His father wore the number 35 guernsey, which from 2010 to 2022 was given to the first draft pick every year to wear in their debut season, but Daicos chose to wear number 26 to create his own legacy. He got his first taste of AFL football, playing in the 2017 JLT Community Series, especially impressing against Essendon. Daicos made his debut in the eleven point loss to

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at the

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in round 22 of the 2017 season. He made two appearances in his debut season, before adding 10 consecutive appearances in the 2018 season. After the season, Daicos signed a two-year contract extension with Collingwood. In the 2020 season, Daicos had a breakout year, playing every one of Collingwood's 18 games between the home-and-away season and the finals. At the end of the 2020 season, Daicos was selected for the season's 22under22 team, and he signed on with Collingwood for two more years. During the 2020 Brownlow Medal ceremony, he was awarded the Goal of the Year for his single-handed effort from the boundary in Round 10 to seal a victory against

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Personal life

Daicos is the son of former Collingwood great, Peter Daicos. His brother, Nick Daicos, also played Australian rules football with

and was eligible for the

2021 AFL draft The 2021 AFL draft consisted of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) could trade and recruit players during and following the completion of the 2021 AFL season. The National Draft returned to being a t ...

being a pick 4 father–son pick for Collingwood. Daicos grew up supporting Collingwood as a child.

Statistics

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Honours and achievements

Team * AFL Premiership Winner ( Collingwood)

* AFL minor premiership:

( Collingwood) Individual *

All-Australian team The All-Australian team is an all-star team of Australian rules football in Australia, Australian rules footballers, selected by a panel at the end of each season. It represents a complete team, including an interchange bench, of the best-perfo ...

: 2023 * AFL Goal of the Year: 2020 * 22under22 team: 2020 * Copeland Trophy: 2023 * Neale Daniher Trophy: 2025

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Daicos, Josh 1998 births Living people Australian people of Macedonian descent Collingwood Football Club players Oakleigh Chargers players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) VFL/AFL premiership players All-Australians (AFL) People educated at Camberwell Grammar School People from the City of Boroondara 21st-century Australian sportsmen