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Brendan Hamill
Personal information
Full name Brendan Michael Hamill
Date of birth (1992-09-18) 18 September 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Sydney, Australia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
Western United
Number 3
Youth career
Marconi Stallions
Parramatta Eagles
Sydney Wanderers
2008–2009 NSWIS
2009–2010 AIS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Melbourne Heart 35 (1)
2012–2014 Seongnam 8 (1)
2013Gangwon (loan) 0 (0)
2014–2019 Western Sydney Wanderers 80 (4)
2019– Western United 5 (0)
International career
2007–2009 Australia U-17 16 (4)
2009–2011 Australia U-20 14 (1)
2012 Australia U-23 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 January 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 March 2016

Brendan Michael Hamill (born 18 September 1992) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Western United in the A-League.

Club career

Hamill played for the Australian Institute of Sport in the 2009–10 A-League National Youth League where they failed to win a single game. Hamill was selected for the 'Come Play XI' which was thrown together in order to play a friendly against Melbourne Victory as a testimonial game for Kevin Muscat.[1]

Melbourne Heart

On 23 April 2010 Hamill rejected numerous offers from English Premier League clubs to sign his first professional contract with Melbourne Heart along with fellow U-20 players, Kliment Taseski and Eli Babalj.[2] On 5 August 2010, he became the youngest player to play for Heart, at 17 years and 321 days old.

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

On 16 July 2012, Hamill joined K-League side Seongnam.[3]

Western Sydney Wanderers

On 26 June 2014, Hamill signed for Western Sydney Wanderers.[4]

Western United

On 15 May 2019, after rejecting a contract extension from the Wanderers, Hamill signed for new A-League club Western United.[5]

International career

In 2009 Hamill was called up to the Australian U-20 squad for the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship qualification as a replacement for the injured Trent Sainsbury.[6]

On 7 March 2011 he was selected to represent the Australia Olympic football team in an Asian Olympic Qualifier match against Iraq.[7]

Career statistics

As of 27 January 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Melbourne Heart 2010–11 A-League 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
2011–12 23 1 0 0 0 0 23 1
Heart total 35 1 0 0 0 0 35 1
Seongnam 2012 K League Classic 8 1 0 0 0 0 8 1
2013 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2014 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Seongnam total 8 1 0 0 0 0 8 1
Gangwon (loan) 2013 K League Classic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Western Sydney Wanderers 2014–15 A-League 15 0 0 0 7 0 22 0
2015–16 6 0 2 1 0 0 8 1
2016–17 14 0 3 1 5 0 22 1
2017–18 21 3 1 0 0 0 22 3
2018–19 22 1 4 1 0 0 26 2
Wanderers total 78 4 10 3 12 0 100 7
Western United 2019–20 A-League 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2020–21 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Western United total 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Career total 127 5 10 3 12 0 149 8

Honours

Club

Western Sydney Wanderers

International

Australia

References

  1. ^ "Come Play XI squad named for Muscat Testimonial". SportsAustralia. 12 May 2010. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  2. ^ Heart Sign Qantas Young Socceroo Trio Archived 20 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/a-league/news/1113316/Hamill-completes-Korea-move[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Wanderers lure Hamill home". footballaustralia.com.au. Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  5. ^ "Signing news: Hamill joins Hyundai A-League newcomers Western United FC". Hyundai A-League. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Brendan Hamill added to Qantas Young Socceroos Squad". Football Federation Australia. 2 November 2009. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)