Oli Hammond
{{short description|Welsh footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Oli Hammond
|image =
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|fullname = Oliver Jack Hammond
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|11|13|df=y}}
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|position = Midfielder
|currentclub = Oldham Athletic
|clubnumber = 27
|youthyears1 = 2011–
|youthclubs1 = Nottingham Forest
|years1 = 2021–2024
|clubs1 = Nottingham Forest
|caps1 = 0
|goals1 = 0
|years2 = 2023–2024
|clubs2 = → Cheltenham Town (loan)
|caps2 = 9
|goals2 = 0
|years3 = 2024–
|clubs3 = Oldham Athletic
|caps3 = 17
|goals3 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2021–
| nationalteam1 = Wales U21
| nationalcaps1 = 13
| nationalgoals1 = 2
|club-update = 9 January 2025 (UTC)
|nationalteam-update = 12:38, 15 October 2024 (UTC)
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Oliver Jack Hammond (born 13 November 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for {{English football updater|OldhamAt}} club Oldham Athletic. He is a Wales under-21 international.
Club career
=Nottingham Forest=
Hammond joined the Nottingham Forest academy at the age of eight-years old.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nottinghampost.com/sport/football/transfer-news/nottingham-forest-contract-oliver-hammond-5245961|title=Praise for 'committed' teenager Hammond as Forest pro deal agreed|first=Sarah|last=Clapson|date=30 March 2021|website=NottinghamshireLive}} He went on to progress through age groups at the academy, eventually earning his first professional contract with the club on 30 March 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/news/2021/march/Hammond-signs-professional-contract/|title=Hammond signs professional contract|first=Nottingham Forest Football|last=Club|website=Nottingham Forest Football Club}} He made his professional debut for Forest on 24 August 2021, starting in an EFL Cup fixture against Wolverhampton Wanderers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/|title=Nottingham Forest - Wolverhampton Wanderers | 24 Aug 2021|first=Nottingham Forest Football|last=Club|website=Nottingham Forest Football Club}} On 20 July 2023, Hammond signed a new one-year deal with Forest.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/news/2023/july/20/hammond-signs-new-deal/|title=Hammond signs new deal|first=Nottingham Forest Football|last=Club|date=20 July 2023|website=Nottingham Forest Football Club}}
On 1 August 2023, Hammond signed for League One club Cheltenham Town on a loan deal, returning to Forest on 2 January 2024.{{cite web |date=1 August 2023 |title=Oli Hammond joins the Robins on loan |url=https://www.ctfc.com/news/2023/august/oli-hammond-joins-the-robins-on-loan/ |accessdate=1 August 2023 |website=www.ctfc.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ctfc.com/news/2024/january/six-loan-players-return-to-parent-clubs/|title=Six loan players to return to parent clubs|website=www.ctfc.com|date=2 January 2024|accessdate=2 January 2024}}
=Oldham Athletic=
On 19 January 2024, Hammond signed an 18-month deal with National League side Oldham Athletic for an undisclosed fee.{{Cite web|url=https://www.oldhamathletic.co.uk/news/2024/january/190122024-oliver-hammond/|title=Latics Sign Midfielder Hammond|website=www.oldhamathletic.co.uk}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/news/2024/january/19/hammond-departs-for-oldham/|title=Hammond departs for Oldham|first=Nottingham Forest Football|last=Club|date=19 January 2024|website=Nottingham Forest Football Club}}
International career
Hammond qualifies to play for Wales internationally through his mother.{{Cite web|url=https://dragonsoccer.co.uk/newsite/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1527150283&archive=&start_from=&ucat=4&|title=Youth players and how they qualify for Wales|website=dragonsoccer}} He was called up to the Wales under-21 squad on 4 October 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Cymru/status/1445004360694517765|title=Some changes to the squad to face Moldova and the Netherlands|website=Wales football Twitter account}}
External links
- {{Soccerbase|143841}}
- [https://athleticupdates.com/oliver-hammond-wiki-stats-net-worth/ Oliver Hammond] at Athleticupdates
References
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{{Oldham Athletic A.F.C. squad}}
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Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Welsh men's footballers
Category:Footballers from Nottingham
Category:Nottingham Forest F.C. players
Category:Cheltenham Town F.C. players
Category:Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Wales men's under-21 international footballers
Category:21st-century Welsh sportsmen
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