Brad Green (footballer)
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| Personal Info | |
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| Birth | 13 March 1981, Tasmania |
| Recruited from | Northern Bombers/Tasmania U18 |
| Height/Weight | 184cm / 85kg |
| Playing Career¹ | |
| Debut | Round 2, 2000, Melbourne Demons vs. Kangaroos, at MCG |
| Team(s) | Melbourne Demons (2000-)
146 games, 194 goals |
| ¹ Statistics to end of R22 2006 season | |
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Brad Green (born 13 March 1981) is an Australian rules football player who plays for Melbourne Football Club. He made his debut in 2000.
Green is a natural sportsman and has played representative cricket and football (soccer). As a teenager he was scouted playing soccer and asked to trial with Manchester United. After spending a month at Old Trafford, the 15-year-old Green trained with a lower division English club and was offered a contract but turned it down, choosing to finish his schooling in Tasmania. Surprisingly Green only began playing Australian Rules seriously in his mid teens - after returning from England - but his talent was obvious. Green decided to focus his sporting attention on the local game and was subsequently drafted to Melbourne and has not looked back.
After working his way into a greater role in the midfield in 2004, Green found plenty of the ball both forward and through the midfield in 2005. His penetrating and very accurate left foot kicking was effective to leading forwards or in front of goals. He often sets up Melbourne's marking forwards. He played in 21 of a possible 23 games in 2005, and has a promising future ahead of him. He has consolidated himself as an integral part of the Demons outfit in 2006 with consistent displays in the midfield and excelling as part of the leadership group. Green wears the number 18 guernsey for Melbourne.
