Brendan Hamill
Hamill with WSW in 2017
Personal information
Full name Brendan Michael Hamill[1]
Date of birth (1992-09-18) 18 September 1992
Place of birth Sydney, Australia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Mohun Bagan SG
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)
2014–2019 Western Sydney Wanderers 80 (4)
2019–2021 Western United 20 (0)
2021–2022 Melbourne Victory 19 (3)
2022– Mohun Bagan SG 29 (1)
International career‡
2007–2009 Australia U-17 16 (4)
2009–2011 Australia U-20 14 (1)
2011–2012 Australia U-23 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:26, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ 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 Indian Super League club Mohun Bagan SG.

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.[2]

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.[3] 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.[4]

Western Sydney Wanderers

On 26 June 2014, Hamill signed for Western Sydney Wanderers.[5]

Western United

On 15 May 2019, after rejecting a contract extension from Western Sydney Wanderers, Hamill signed for new A-League club Western United.[6]

Melbourne Victory

In July 2021, after playing 20 games over two seasons with Western United, Hamill re-united with coach Tony Popovic, joining Melbourne Victory on a two-year deal.[7][8]

Mohun Bagan SG

On 23 June 2022, Indian Super League club Mohun Bagan SG announce the signing of Brendan Hamill on a two-year deal.[9] He made his debut for the club as substitute on 20 August against Rajasthan United at the 131st edition of Durand Cup; his team lost the match by 3–2.[10]

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.[11]

On 7 March 2011 he was selected to represent the Australia Olympic football team in an Asian Olympic Qualifier match against Iraq.[12]

Career statistics

As of 25 November 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Melbourne Heart 2010–11 A-League Men 1200000120
2011–12 2310000231
Heart total3510000351
Seongnam 2012 K League Classic 81000081
2013 00000000
2014 00000000
Seongnam total81000081
Gangwon (loan) 2013 K League Classic 00000000
Western Sydney Wanderers 2014–15 A-League Men 1500070220
2015–16 60210081
2016–17 1403150221
2017–18 2131000223
2018–19 2214100262
Wanderers total7841031201007
Western United 2019–20 A-League Men 50000050
2020–21 1500000150
Western United total2000000200
Melbourne Victory 2021–22 A-League Men 1930000193
Mohun Bagan 2022–23 Indian Super League 2001010220
2023–24 614060161
Mohun Bagan total2615070381
Career total1861011313021013

Honours

Mohun Bagan

Western Sydney Wanderers

Melbourne Victory

Australia U16

Australia U19

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2014: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 15 December 2014. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Come Play XI squad named for Muscat Testimonial". SportsAustralia. 12 May 2010. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  3. ↑ Heart Sign Qantas Young Socceroo Trio Archived 20 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Hamill completes Korea move : A League : The World Game on SBS". theworldgame.sbs.com.au. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  5. ↑ "Wanderers lure Hamill home". footballaustralia.com.au. Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "Signing news: Hamill joins Hyundai A-League newcomers Western United FC". Hyundai A-League. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  7. ↑ "Brendan Hamill departs Western United". Western United. 26 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "Melbourne Victory signs Brendan Hamill". Melbourne Victory. 26 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "ATK Mohun Bagan announce the signing of centre-back Brendan Hamill". Khel Now. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  10. ↑ Bhattacharjee, Neeladri (20 August 2022). "Durand Cup HIGHLIGHTS ATK Mohun Bagan loses 2–3 to Rajasthan United, ATKMB vs RUFC; Mariners lose first match". sportstar.thehindu.com. Kolkata, West Bengal: Sportstar. The Hindu. Archived from the original on 20 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  11. ↑ "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.
  12. ↑ "Vidmar names U23s squad to face Iraq @ Football Australia 2011". Archived from the original on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
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