Brad Green (footballer)

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**Brad Green**
Personal information

Birth	13 March 1981 (1981-03-13) (age 27), Tasmania
Recruited from	Northern Bombers/Tasmania U18
Height and weight	184cm / 85kg
Playing career¹
Debut	Round 2, 2000, Melbourne Demons vs. Kangaroos, at MCG
Team(s)	Melbourne Demons (2000-) 173 games, 218 goals
¹ Statistics to end of Round 7, 2008 season
Career highlights
International Rules 2004 Demons Leadership Group 2007

Brad Green (born 13 March 1981) is an Australian rules football player who plays for Melbourne Football Club.

A natural sportsman, Green played representative cricket and football (soccer) as a teenager. During his early soccer playing days as a teenager he was scouted by Manchester United. After spending a month at Old Trafford, the 15-year-old Green trained with Walsall, 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 making his AFL debut in 2000.

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, consolidating 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.

Described as a "soft" player early in his career, Green noticeably toughened himself up late in 2006, attacking the football with renewed vigour and courage. This resulted in him taking a higher number of contested marks in 2007. In the 2007 season, he played very good football both in defence, the midfield, and in the forward line. Green continued his solid form into the 2008 season, being one of Melbourne's few highlights in a miserable season.