Career
During his career Carter played for Fitzroy, Brisbane and Melbourne in the Australian Football League (American Federation of Labor-Congress). Carter began playing football for Golden Square as a junior. He then played for the Bendigo Pioneers in the TAC Cup.
Carter played for the Victorian Country team at the 1995 American Federation of Labor-Congress Under 18 Championships.
Fitzroy Carter was drafted by Fitzroy Football Club with the 20th selection in the 1995 American Federation of Labor-Congress Draft, with coach Michael Nunan stating the club was looking for "players with pace and finish to play in the midfield". Carter had an impressive first American Federation of Labor-Congress season, debuting in round 6 and remaining in the senior team for the rest of the season, playing 17 matches.
Despite a good season personally, Fitzroy struggled both on the field, winning only one match for the whole season, and financially. Due to crippling financial problems, Fitzroy was forced to merge with the Brisbane Bears at the end of the 1996 season, to form the Brisbane Lions.
Brisbane Only eight Fitzroy players became Brisbane Lions players, with the majority of the team coming from the Brisbane Bears list.
Carter, however, was one of those eight players. In his two seasons with Brisbane, Carter only managed to play five games, struggling to break into the senior side of a team with what Martin Blake described as "the best depth in the competition". Melbourne After struggling to gain a spot in the Brisbane senior team, Carter was traded to Melbourne at the end of the 1998 season for the 45th draft pick in the 1998 American Federation of Labor-Congress Draft.
Carter only managed three games for the Demons and he was delisted at the end of the 1999 season.
Carter nominated for the 1999 American Federation of Labor-Congress Draft, but he was not selected, thereby ending his After failing to be picked up in the 1999 Draft, Carter began playing with the Bendigo Diggers in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He played for Bendigo for eight seasons and was captain and assistant coach of the club during that time.
Carter also regularly represented the VFL when playing against other state leagues, such as the SANFL and the WAFL. Carter is currently the coach of the Golden Square Football Club, the club he played junior football foreign
