He was a dual player at club level with Portlaoise and was also a member of the Laois senior hurling team.
Fitzgerald began his club career with Portlaoise as a dual player at underage levels.
He won minor and under-21 championship titles in both hurling and Gaelic football before progressing to the club's respective senior teams as a dual player.
[1] On the inter-county scene, Fitzgerald first played hurling for Laois during a two-year tenure with the minor team in 2000 and 2001.
[2] Fitzgerald won a second Division 2 medal in 2007 before leaving the panel in March 2011 following a disagreement with team manager Brendan Fennelly.