| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adam James Hammill | ||
| Date of birth | 25 January 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–2006 | Liverpool | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2006–2009 | Liverpool | 0 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Dunfermline Athletic (loan) | 13 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | → Southampton (loan) | 25 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Blackpool (loan) | 22 | (1) |
| 2009 | → Barnsley (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2009–2011 | Barnsley | 64 | (12) |
| 2011– | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 14 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006–2007 | England U19 | 7 | (2) |
| 2011 | England U21 | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:47, 27 October 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Adam James Hammill (born 25 January 1988) is an English footballer of Irish descent who plays as a winger for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Hammill is a product of the Liverpool academy, but failed to make a league appearance for the club, before leaving to join Championship side Barnsley in 2009. After a successful period at Barnsley, he went on to join Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2011. Hammill has represented England at Under-21 level, but he also has qualification to play for the Republic of Ireland.
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Hammill was born in Liverpool and was a member of the Youth Academy at Liverpool, and after appearing for the youth and reserves teams, he was promoted to Melwood on a full-time basis. He was part of the Liverpool team that defeated Manchester City in the 2006 FA Youth Cup final.
In January 2007, he got his first taste of senior football when he was loaned to Scottish side Dunfermline Athletic until the end of the season.[2] He played eighteen games for Dunfermline, including the Scottish Cup final.
He spent the 2007-08 season on loan at Championship side Southampton,[3] where he made 28 appearances in total.
Returning to Anfield, he signed a new five-year contract with Liverpool in July 2008, before being sent out on loan for a sixth time; joining Blackpool in a six month deal.[4] He made his debut for the Seasiders on 9 August in a 1–0 home defeat to Bristol City. He scored his first goal in English football for the Seasiders on 16 November in the West Lancashire derby 3–1 home defeat to Preston. After a successful loan spell he returned to Liverpool on 30 December,[5] where Rafael Benítez would decide whether or not Hammill would return to Bloomfield Road.
He did have a second loan deal during the 2008–09 season, but it was instead with Barnsley, whom he joined in February 2009 for the remainder of the campaign.[6]
Following his loan spell at Oakwell in Spring 2009, Barnsley launched a bid which was turned down as Liverpool wanted to see what Hammill could offer during pre-season. Barnsley then made a second, successful, bid and Hammill signed a three-year contract on 10 August 2009.[7]
Hammill made his debut for Barnsley in a 1–0 win at Lincoln City in a League Cup first round tie on 11 August 2009. He scored his first goal of the 2009 season for Barnsley, away at Derby County, as the Reds got their first win of the season under new manager Mark Robins, 3–2. Hammill's goal was a curling effort from the edge of the box and earned the Goal of the Year award for 2009.
On 20 January 2011, Hammill signed for Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers on a three-and-a-half year contract after Wolves triggered a £500,000 buy-out clause in his contract.[8] Hammill made his Wolves debut as a substitute against boyhood and former club Liverpool two days later.[9] He made his first start for Wolves on 2 February 2011, playing 89 minutes in the 1–0 defeat to fellow Premier League side Bolton Wanderers at the Reebok Stadium. In total Hammill made nine appearances for Wolves, but found himself on the sidelines towards the end of the campaign as manager Mick McCarthy recalled the more experienced Stephen Hunt. On 20 September 2011, he scored his first goal for Wolves with a free-kick in the League Cup against Millwall.
Along with then Liverpool teammates Craig Lindfield and Paul Anderson, Hammill was called up for the England under-19 team in 2006, and scored his first Under-19 international goal in the win against Switzerland in November 2006.[10]
On 27 March 2011, Hammill was called up to the England U21 squad for the first time, as Stuart Pearce had a number of injuries and made the decision to rest some key players. He is in the squad to face both Denmark and Iceland. He went on to make his U21 debut against Iceland, coming on as a substitute in the 74th minute.
On 28 March 2011, it was confirmed that Hammill is eligible to play for the Republic of Ireland national side through his late grandfather.[11][12]
| Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Dunfermline | 2006–07 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 18 | 1 |
| Club Total | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 1 | |
| Football League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| Southampton | 2007–08 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 28 | 0 |
| Club Total | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 0 | |
| Blackpool | 2008–09 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 23 | 1 |
| Club Total | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 1 | |
| Barnsley | 2008–09 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 14 | 1 |
| 2009–10 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 43 | 4 | |
| 2010–11 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 27 | 8 | |
| Club Total | 78 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 84 | 13 | |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2010–11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 10 | 0 |
| 2011–12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 7 | 1 | |
| Club Total | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 17 | 1 | |
| Career totals | 152 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1 | – | – | 168 | 16 | |
| Last updated 27 October 2011 | |||||||||||
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