Brendan Michael Hamill (born 18 September 1992) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Indian Super League club ATK Mohun Bagan.
![]() Hamill with WSW in 2017 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Brendan Michael Hamill | ||
Date of birth | (1992-09-18) 18 September 1992 (age 30) | ||
Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | ATK Mohun Bagan | ||
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– | ATK Mohun Bagan | 7 | (0) |
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 18:40, 2 December 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 March 2016 |
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]
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.
On 16 July 2012, Hamill joined K-League side Seongnam.[3]
On 26 June 2014, Hamill signed for Western Sydney Wanderers.[4]
On 15 May 2019, after rejecting a contract extension from Western Sydney Wanderers, Hamill signed for new A-League club Western United.[5]
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.[6][7]
On 23 June 2022, Indian Super League club ATK Mohun Bagan announce the signing of Brendan Hamill on a two-year deal.[8] 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.[9]
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.[10]
On 7 March 2011 he was selected to represent the Australia Olympic football team in an Asian Olympic Qualifier match against Iraq.[11]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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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 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
Western United total | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
Melbourne Victory | 2021–22 | A-League Men | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Career total | 142 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 164 | 8 |
Western Sydney Wanderers
Melbourne Victory
Australia U16
Australia U19
ATK Mohun Bagan FC – current squad | |
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