| Brad Green | |||
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 Brad Green playing for Melbourne during the2007 AFL season | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Brad Green | ||
| Born | (1981-03-13)13 March 1981 (age 44) George Town, Tasmania | ||
| Original team | Tassie Mariners | ||
| Draft | No. 19,1999 National Draft | ||
| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 83 kg (13 st 1 lb; 183 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2000–2012 | Melbourne | 254 (350) | |
| International team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2004–2011 | Australia | 6 (1) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2012. 2 Representative statistics correct as of 2011. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Brad Green (born 13 March 1981) is a formerAustralian rules football player and current executive. He played for 13 seasons with theMelbourne Football Club in theAustralian Football League (AFL). Drafted with the 19th selection in the1999 AFL draft, Green played in alosing Grand Final in his first season. In 2010 he won the club's best and fairest award and was the club's leading goalkicker, with many commentators stating he was unlucky to miss out onAll-Australian selection. Green was named Melbourne's captain for the next season, but the appointment was short-lived as he held the position for only one year. He also represented theAustralian International rules football team in 2004, 2010 and 2011, captaining the side in 2011.
Green was an assistant coach at theCarlton Football Club from 2013 to 2015.[1][2] He then served as an assistant atNorth Melbourne through 2017.[3]
As of 6 September 2024, Green serves as President of the Melbourne Football Club.[4]
Green was born in Georgetown, Tasmania. A natural sportsman, Green played representativecricket andsoccer as a teenager and captained the Australian under-15 cricket team. Green is an alumnus fromVictoria University.
While still a teenager, Green was selected for the seniorsoccer side atLaunceston United SC in theTasmanian soccer championship. Green attended theLaunceston Church Grammar School in Tasmania, and laterVictoria University andLa Trobe University. During his early soccer-playing days as a teenager, he was scouted byManchester United.[5] After spending a month at on trial with the club, the 15-year-old Green trained withWalsall, a lower division English club, and was offered a contract but turned it down, choosing to finish his schooling inTasmania.
Green remains a soccer fan and supporter ofMelbourne Victory.[6]
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 playing for theTassie Mariners andNorth Launceston. He was subsequently drafted to Melbourne in the1999 AFL draft.[7]
Green made his AFL debut in 2000. Melbourne had a highly successful year in 2000 and in his first year of AFL football Green played an important role in the Melbourne forward line. Melbourne made theGrand Final, but were ultimately unsuccessful, losing toEssendon.
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 wore the number 18 guernsey for Melbourne.
Described, as a "soft" player early in his career, Green became renowned for his acts of courage mid-career, attacking the football with 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. It took time for Green to decide if he wanted to go on and play with the Demons in 2009 but eventually signed a contract and agreeing to stay red and blue for another three years.
In 2010, Green had his best season to date, kicking 55 goals and taking 153 marks, both ranked sixth in the AFL, in a young Melbourne side to make the All-Australian squad and win his firstKeith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal. Green finished on 295 votes to win the award fromJames Frawley (277) andMark Jamar (231). He also won the Ron Barrassi Leadership Award and the "Heart and Soul" Award, pushing his case to be the next captain of the Demons, after the retirement ofJames McDonald.[8]
Green was named the new Melbournecaptain in January 2011, succeedingJames McDonald, who retired at the end of 2010. He described being named captain as a "surreal experience".[9] He was also named captain of theAustralia international rules football team for the2011 Series in Australia,[10] and was the only Australian to kick a goal during the 2011 International Rules Series; many commentators named this goal a "captain's goal".
Before the 2012 season, under new coachMark Neeld, Green was removed from the captaincy and the leadership group altogether in favour of a new and younger group of whom only two were retained from the previous year.
Green played his 250th AFL game in Round 18 againstNorth Melbourne, coincidentally the same team against whom he made his AFL debut back in 2000.[11] On 8 August 2012, Green announced that he would retire at the conclusion of the 2012 season.[12] He was the last remaining player from the club's2000 Grand Final side to retire.[13]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
| 2000 | Melbourne | 18 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 104 | 32 | 136 | 50 | 18 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 5.2 | 1.6 | 6.8 | 2.5 | 0.9 |
| 2001 | Melbourne | 18 | 21 | 37 | 15 | 103 | 52 | 155 | 53 | 25 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 4.9 | 2.5 | 7.4 | 2.5 | 1.2 |
| 2002 | Melbourne | 18 | 21 | 29 | 23 | 164 | 66 | 230 | 85 | 27 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 7.8 | 3.1 | 11.0 | 4.0 | 1.3 |
| 2003 | Melbourne | 18 | 21 | 35 | 19 | 201 | 102 | 303 | 93 | 46 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 9.6 | 4.9 | 14.4 | 4.4 | 2.2 |
| 2004 | Melbourne | 18 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 270 | 151 | 421 | 106 | 41 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 12.9 | 7.2 | 20.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 |
| 2005 | Melbourne | 18 | 21 | 28 | 14 | 224 | 145 | 369 | 127 | 54 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 10.7 | 6.9 | 17.6 | 6.0 | 2.6 |
| 2006 | Melbourne | 18 | 23 | 11 | 17 | 308 | 191 | 499 | 159 | 60 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 13.4 | 8.3 | 21.7 | 6.9 | 2.6 |
| 2007 | Melbourne | 18 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 220 | 164 | 384 | 117 | 49 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 12.2 | 9.1 | 21.3 | 6.5 | 2.7 |
| 2008 | Melbourne | 18 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 271 | 186 | 457 | 140 | 60 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 13.6 | 9.3 | 22.9 | 7.0 | 3.0 |
| 2009 | Melbourne | 18 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 152 | 109 | 261 | 73 | 20 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 12.7 | 9.1 | 21.8 | 6.1 | 1.7 |
| 2010 | Melbourne | 18 | 22 | 55 | 27 | 295 | 129 | 424 | 153 | 58 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 13.4 | 5.9 | 19.3 | 7.0 | 2.6 |
| 2011 | Melbourne | 18 | 21 | 37 | 25 | 205 | 128 | 333 | 106 | 61 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 9.8 | 6.1 | 15.9 | 5.0 | 2.9 |
| 2012 | Melbourne | 18 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 96 | 39 | 135 | 55 | 29 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 7.4 | 3.0 | 10.4 | 4.2 | 2.2 |
| Career | 254 | 350 | 201 | 2613 | 1494 | 4107 | 1317 | 548 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 10.3 | 5.9 | 16.2 | 5.2 | 2.2 | ||
| Brownlow Medal votes | |
| Season | Votes |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 |
| 2004 | 5 |
| 2005 | 0 |
| 2006 | 3 |
| 2007 | 3 |
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2009 | 0 |
| 2010 | 6 |
| 2011 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 |
| Total | 23 |
On 5 November 2012,Carlton Football Club announced that Green had been appointed as a development coach underMick Malthouse.[15] After three years at Carlton, Green joined theNorth Melbourne Football Club as their defensive coach.[3]
On 6 September 2024, Green became President of the Melbourne Football Club.[4][16]
Green is a supporter ofA-League Men soccer clubMelbourne Victory.[17]
Green's wife, Anna, died on 27 May 2019. The couple have two sons.[18]
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