Dean Hammond

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Personal information
Dean Hammond
Full name	Dean Hammond
Date of birth	March 7, 1983 (age 24)
Place of birth	Hastings, England
Height	6'0" (183cm)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Brighton & Hove Albion
Number	11
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000- 2003 2003	Brighton & Hove Albion → Aldershot Town (loan) → Leyton Orient (loan)	106 (16) 007 0(0) 008 0(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:16, 19 February 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Dean Hammond (born March 7, 1983 in Hastings) is a British football player for Brighton & Hove Albion.

In his younger days at the club, he left the club on loan twice in 2003, first to Aldershot during September, and secondly to Leyton Orient in October, and he was given a six-month ultimatum at the start of the 2004-05 season by then manager Mark McGhee, Hammond impressed and was awarded a new deal that summer.

At the beginning of the 2005-06 season he was handed the vacant number 11 shirt at the club, and became a first-team regular, either playing on the left hand side of midfield or in his preferred natural position of central midfield. In the 2006-07 season he was handed the captain's armband at the club after injuries to both Richard Carpenter and Charlie Oatway. At the end of January 2007, Carpenter was released by Brighton, so Hammond became the new official club captain.