Brad Fisher

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**Bradley Fisher**
Personal information

Birth	April 9, 1984 (1984-04-09) (age 24),
Recruited from	East Burwood / Eastern U18
Height and weight	192cm / 82kg
Playing career¹
Debut	Round 2, April 4, 2003, Carlton vs. Collingwood, at M.C.G.
Team(s)	Carlton (2003-) 80 games, 103 goals
¹ Statistics to end of Rnd 11, 2008 season
Career highlights
Carlton NAB AFL Rising Star nominee 2003.

Bradley Fisher (born April 9, 1984) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.

Fisher was recruited in the 2002 AFL Draft from East Burwood by the Carlton Football Club with its fifth round selection (#72 overall). He was the third-last player selected in that draft, with the two later selections, Karl Norman and Mick Martyn, also taken by Carlton, who had that year been stripped of early draft picks due to salary cap breaches. Fisher made his AFL debut for the Carlton Football Club in the second round of his first season, 2003, against Collingwood.

Fisher plays both in the forward line and at half-forward. He is recognised as an excellent and safe one-grab overhead mark, perhaps the best at the club, and regularly takes strong contested marks in forward packs. Throughout his career, his marking has been let down by his kicking for goal, particularly due to the short range of his kicking, but also due to inaccuracy; however, he has improved in both of these areas. As a supporting forward, he is yet to score more than three goals in a game, but remains a valuable part of the Blues' forward structure.

Fisher's career has been delayed by several injuries. He missed nineteen games in 2004 and 2005 with a knee reconstruction in 2004, nine games in 2006 with shoulder injuries, and the start of the 2008 with a broken thumb.