Ben Hamer
Hamer celebrating winning the League One title with Charlton Athletic in 2012
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Benjamin John Hamer | ||
| Date of birth | 20 November 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Chard, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Leicester City | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2006 | Reading | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2011 | Reading | 0 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | → Crawley Town (loan) | 45 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | → Brentford (loan) | 20 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | → Brentford (loan) | 45 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Brentford (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Exeter City (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2011–2014 | Charlton Athletic | 114 | (0) |
| 2014– | Leicester City | 8 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Nottingham Forest (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Bristol City (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:41, 17 November 2015 (UTC). |
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Benjamin John "Ben" Hamer (born 20 November 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Leicester City.
Hamer was born in Chard, Somerset and is a Bristol City fan. His family moved to Germany at the age of 3 and, consequently, he is a fluent German speaker. However, when he was 8, his family came back to England. He attended Holyrood Community School in Chard which is near to his birthplace. His footballing ability led to a spell playing for Somerset at county level, where he was spotted by a Reading scout. He signed for Reading at the age of 15.
Having risen through the youth academy at Reading, Hamer went on loan to Crawley Town for the 2006–07 season, where he missed just one league game and was named as Player of the Season.
On 4 July 2007, Hamer signed a new one-year contract to keep him at Reading until the end of the 2007–08 season. He joined Brentford in an initial one-month loan deal on 11 August 2007, which was subsequently extended to 14 October 2007. Brentford re-signed Hamer in an emergency loan deal on 1 January 2008, following an injury to their first choice 'keeper, Simon Brown. On 28 January 2008, his loan was extended to the end of the 2007–08 season.
He signed a new one-year deal with Reading and returned to Brentford for a third loan spell on a season-long loan on 17 June, and was Andy Scott's first choice goalkeeper for the 2008–09 season, in which Brentford were champions of League Two. As well as winning a League Two Champions medal, Hamer also won the Puma Golden Glove award for League 2 having recorded 20 clean sheets within the season. He was also the only Brentford player to successfully hit the crossbar in Soccer AM's Crossbar Challenge.
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