Hamílton (footballer, born 1980)

Hamílton

Personal information
Full name	Hamílton Hênio Ferreira Calheiros
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder, right midfielder
Team information
Current team	Boca Júnior-SE
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:41, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Hamílton Hênio Ferreira Calheiros (born June 26 1980), known simply as Hamílton, is a naturalized Togolese football midfielder, who plays for Boca Júnior-SE.

Biography

Hamílton was born in Murici, a municipality located in the western of the Brazilian state of Alagoas.

International career

Hamílton has been naturalized Togolese in 2003 across of Antônio Dumas, which this one was Togo's coach. In that time, Hamílton won the Campeonato Sergipano with Sergipe and Dumas has spoken with the president of the Fédération Togolaise de Football (FTF) and the latter agreed. [1].

Hamílton, up to the date, was one time Togo national team's player. It was on October 11 2003 in a World Cup 2006 Qualifying match against Equatorial Guinea in Malabo. That day Les Eperviers (the nickname of Togo national football team) lost by 1-0. Hamílton couldn't have played in the second leg because he had left the Togolese passport in the Federation. [2].

In early 2004, when Dumas resigned as head coach, Hamílton, and the others Brazilian-born who made up the Togolese squad, were never called. [3].

On July 10, 2009 appeared a news about the Fédération Togolaise de Football resumed contact with Hamílton for can be called again, almost 6 years of his unique appearance. [4].

Hamílton, finally, was included in the list of players called for a friendly match, against Angola on August 12, 2009. [5]. But he couldn't to come because, days ago, he has had a discipline problem occurred during a match of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (Brasileirão) between his club (Sport Recife) against Palmeiras.

Hamílton was going to be present for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification against Morocco on September 6, 2009. [6]. Nevertheless, he has not been liberated by Sport Recife due to the fact that the Togolese federation didn't send it a corresponding notification.

The Togolese national team returned to call Hamílton for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification against Cameroon on October 10, 2009. [7]. A few days later, he asked permission to the FTF for not attending to the match, due to bad timing of his club in the Brasileirão (Brazilian championship calendar is not interrupted by the FIFA days) and his intention to help it.

Honours (3)

• Sergipe
  • Campeonato Sergipano
    • Winner (1): 2003

• Sport Recife
  • Campeonato Pernambucano
    • Winner (2): 2006, 2009

Career statistics

Season	Club	Competition	Apps	Goals	Competition	Apps	Goals	Competition	Apps	Goals	Competition	Apps	Goals	Total	Apps	Goals
2009	Sport	Série A	28	0	Copa do Brasil	-	-	Copa Libertadores	4	0	Campeonato Pernambucano	18	0	=	50	0

Trivia

• As of 18 February 2009, he's the first footballer of Togolese nationality in play the Copa Libertadores. This day played against Colo-Colo in Santiago de Chile, he received a yellow card and had opportunities of goal, but didn't scored. And since 6 May 2009, also is the first footballer of Togolese nationality in receiving the red card in this tournament (against Palmeiras in the Round of 16).

External links

• Hamílton – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Hamílton at National-Football-Teams.com
• Hamílton at ESPN FC
• Template:Pt icon CBF
• Template:Pt icon Hamílton on meuSport