Personal information | |||
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Full name | Brendan Michael Hamill | ||
Date of birth | 18 September 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Centre back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Western Sydney Wanderers | ||
Number | 5 | ||
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) |
2013 | → Gangwon (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2014– | Western Sydney Wanderers | 35 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2007–2009 | Australia U-17 | 16 | (4) |
2009–2011 | Australia U-20 | 14 | (1) |
2012 | Australia U-23 | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 April 2017. ‡ 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 Sydney Wanderers in the A-League.
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.
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. On 5 August 2010, he became the youngest player to play for Heart, at 17 years and 321 days old.
On the 16 July 2012, Hamill joined K-League side Seongnam.
On 26 June 2014, Hamill signed for Western Sydney Wanderers.
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.
On 7 March 2011 he was selected to represent the Australia Olympic football team in an Asian Olympic Qualifier match against Iraq.