Brad Ottens

Brad Ottens (an haife shi a ranar 25 ga watan Janairun shekara ta 1980) tsohon kwararren dan wasan kwallon kafa ne na Australiya wanda ya buga wa Kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Geelong da Richmond Football Club a gasar kwallon kafa ta Australiya (AFL).

 Rayuwa ta farko 
An haifi Ottens a Kudancin Australia, amma ya girma a wani tashar shanu kusa da Katherine, Yankin Arewa. Ya koma Kudancin Australia don shiga Kwalejin Immanuel, Adelaide inda ya fara buga dokokin Australia. Daga baya ya buga wasan ƙwallon ƙafa tare da Glenelg Football Club inda ya zama fitaccen.

An zaɓi Ottens a zaɓi 2 a cikin shirin AFL na 1997 ta Richmond. 

 Ayyukan AFL 

 Richmond: 1998-2004 
Ottens ya fara bugawa a shekarar 1998, ya zama sananne tare da Richmond a matsayin mai karfi a sama, tare da daidaito da dogon lokaci don burin. Ya kuma kasance dan wasan Ruckman na ɗan lokaci. Koyaya lokacin da ya ƙare Raunin gwiwa na ACL (da sake ginawa) ya haifar da babban koma baya ga aikinsa. A cikin shekaru masu zuwa ya yi ƙoƙari ya dawo da yanayinsa. Ya zira kwallaye 47 a shekarar 2001 ga Richmond.

 Geelong: 2005-2011 
A cikin neman ruckman da maɓallin gaba, Geelong ya ɗauki Ottens a cikin kasuwanci don kakar 2005. Bayan ya fara a zagaye na 1, kuma ya zama dan wasa na dubu daya da ya buga wasa ga Geelong, ya sake gwagwarmaya don samun babban tasiri a shekara ta farko a sabon kulob dinsa. Ya kasance batun wani shahararren taron manema labarai bayan wasan da Mark Thompson ya yi a Shekarar 2005. A nan Thompson ya kare Ottens ta hanyar cewa "Saboda wani dalili na wauta, ku mutane suna so ku kashe shi. Kayan shara ne kawai. Ku mutane, ku duka, ku duka ne, ku bar shi kadai!" [1] Wasu suna ganin hakan a matsayin lokaci mai mahimmanci ga Brad.

Tun daga wannan lokacin Ottens ya kasance dan wasan farko da Geelong ya fi so. A shekara ta 2006 Ottens ya nuna alamun ci gaba, musamman a cikin ruck. Ya kuma dauki Alamar Shekara a zagaye na 5 a kan Sydney. Ya buga dukkan wasanni 22 a shekara ta 2006.

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Rukuni:Haihuwan 1980