Fredrik Hammar (born 26 February 2001) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for Hammarby TFF as a central midfielder. He is a product of the IF Brommapojkarna academy and has been capped by Sweden at youth level.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fredrik Hammar[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2001-02-26) 26 February 2001 (age 21) | ||
| Place of birth | Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Hammarby TFF | ||
| Number | 33 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2017 | IF Brommapojkarna | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | IF Brommapojkarna | 1 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Akropolis IF | 12 | (4) |
| 2019–2021 | Brentford | 0 | (0) |
| 2021 | Akropolis IF | 25 | (0) |
| 2022– | Hammarby TFF | 26 | (7) |
| 2022– | Hammarby IF | 1 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2016–2018 | Sweden U17 | 25 | (4) |
| 2018–2019 | Sweden U19 | 5 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:30, 6 November 2022 (UTC) | |||
A holding midfielder,[3] Hammar began his career in the academy at IF Brommapojkarna and received his maiden call into the first team squad for a Superettan match versus Åtvidabergs FF on 23 September 2017.[4] With the match safe at 3–1, he made his senior debut as an injury time substitute for Jacob Ortmark.[4] It proved to be Hammar's only senior appearance for the club and he departed the Grimsta IP in August 2018.[5]
On 11 August 2018, Hammar dropped down to Division 1 to join Akropolis IF on an 18-month contract.[5] During the remainder of the 2018 season, he made 13 appearances and scored four goals,[4] before leaving the club in January 2019.[6]
On 29 January 2019, Hammar moved to England to join the B team at Championship club Brentford on an 18-month contract, with the option for a further year.[6] He scored one of the goals in Brentford B's 4–0 2019 Middlesex Senior Cup Final victory over Harrow Borough and finished the 2018–19 season with 16 appearances and two goals.[7][8] Hammar was a part of the first team squad throughout much of the 2019–20 pre-season and after recovering from injury,[9] he made his debut as a late substitute for Jan Žambůrek in a 1–0 FA Cup third round victory over Stoke City on 4 January 2020.[10] Hammar was promoted into the first team group for the 2019–20 season restart and the club took up the one-year option on his contract in July 2020.[11][12]
Hammar was included in the first team group for the duration of the 2020–21 pre-season.[13][14][15][16] Having failed to make a first team appearance so far during the 2020–21 regular season and with six months left on his contract,[17] Hammar departed Brentford on 25 January 2021.[18] During two years with the B team, Hammar made 51 appearances and scored seven goals.[18]
On 25 January 2021, Hammar signed a one-year contract with former club Akropolis IF for an undisclosed fee.[18][19][20] He made 30 appearances during a 2021 season which ended in relegation from Superettan through the relegation play-offs.[4][21] Hammar signed a one-year contract extension in July 2021,[22] but elected to depart the club in January 2022.[3] Across his two spells with Akropolis IF, Hammar made 43 appearances and scored four goals.[4]
On 29 January 2022, Hammar transferred to Ettan club Hammarby TFF.[3] Having joined Hammarby IF's feeder club,[3] Hammar was included in the parent club's first team group for its pre-season training camp in Marbella.[23] During the 2022 season, he made 26 appearances and scored seven goals for Hammarby TFF, in addition to two appearances for Hammarby IF.[4] On 10 August 2022, Hammar signed a 2+1⁄2-year contract with Hammarby IF.[24]
Hammar has been capped by U17 and U19 level.[25] He was a part of Sweden's 2018 UEFA European U17 Championship squad and scored two goals in three appearances at the tournament.[26]
Hammar grew up in Hässelby and also played floorball and ice hockey before deciding to concentrate on football.[27] He is a Hammarby IF supporter.[3]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| IF Brommapojkarna | 2017[4] | Superettan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2018[4] | Allsvenskan | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Akropolis IF | 2018[4] | Division 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 4 | ||
| Brentford | 2019–20[10] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020–21[17] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Akropolis IF | 2021[4] | Superettan | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Total | 37 | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 43 | 4 | |||
| Hammarby IF | 2022[4] | Allsvenskan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Hammarby TFF | 2022[4] | Ettan Norra | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 7 | ||
| Career total | 65 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 11 | ||
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