Fredrik Hammar

Fredrik Hammar

Personal information
Full name	Fredrik Carl Michael Hammar [1]
Date of birth	(2001-02-26) 26 February 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	Sweden
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [2]
Position(s)	Central midfielder
Team information
Current team	Mechelen
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)
2022–2025	Hammarby IF	48	(1)
2025–	Mechelen	0	(0)
International career
2016–2018	Sweden U17	25	(4)
2018–2019	Sweden U19	5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:55, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

Fredrik Carl Michael Hammar (born 26 February 2001) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Belgian Pro League club Mechelen.

Hammar is a product of the IF Brommapojkarna academy, Hammar began his senior career in earnest with Akropolis IF, whom he joined in 2018. Two years with Brentford B in England yielded just one first team appearance, before his return to Akropolis IF in 2021. Hammar joined Hammarby IF's feeder club Hammarby TFF in 2022 and played concurrently for both clubs during the 2022 season, before graduating to the parent club. He achieved a breakthrough into first team football and transferred to Belgian club Mechelen in 2025. Hammar won 29 caps and scored four goals for Sweden at youth level.

Club career

IF Brommapojkarna

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. ^[1] With the match safe at 3–1, he made his senior debut as an injury time substitute for Jacob Ortmark. ^[1] It proved to be Hammar's only senior appearance for the club and he departed the Grimsta IP in August 2018. ^[4]

Akropolis IF

On 11 August 2018, Hammar dropped down to Division 1 to join Akropolis IF on an 18-month contract. ^[4] During the remainder of the 2018 season, he made 13 appearances and scored four goals, ^[5] before leaving the club in January 2019. ^[6]

Brentford

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 a period out injured, ^[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, he made 51 appearances and scored seven goals. ^[18]

Return to Akropolis IF

On 25 January 2021, Hammar signed a one-year contract with former club Akropolis IF for an undisclosed fee. ^{[18] [19] [20]} He made 27 appearances during a 2021 season which ended in relegation from Superettan through the relegation play-offs. ^{[5] [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. ^[1]

Hammarby IF

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 Allsvenskan appearances for Hammarby IF. ^[1] On 10 August 2022, Hammar signed a 2+1⁄2-year contract with Hammarby IF and he was included in the squad for its post-season training camp in Marbella. ^{[24] [25]}

As a result of having established himself in the starting lineup thus far during the 2023 season, Hammar signed a new 4+1⁄2-year contract on 18 August 2023. ^[26] He finished the calendar year with 29 appearances and one goal, scored in a 2–1 win over Sirius on 9 July 2023. ^[1] Hammar made 26 appearances during the 2024 season, ^[5] which culminated in a runner-up finish. ^[27] Hammar transferred out of the club in January 2025 and ended his three years at the Tele2 Arena on 59 appearances and one goal. ^{[1] [28]}

Mechelen

On 7 January 2025, Hammar transferred to Belgian Pro League club Mechelen and signed a 3+1⁄2-year contract for an undisclosed fee. ^{[28] [29]}

International career

Hammar has been capped by U17 and U19 level. ^[5] He was a part of Sweden's 2018 UEFA European U17 Championship squad and scored two goals in three appearances at the tournament. ^[30]

Personal life

Hammar grew up in Hässelby and also played floorball and ice hockey before deciding to concentrate on football. ^[31] He is a Hammarby IF supporter. ^[3]

Career statistics

As of match played 12 January 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup [a]		League cup [b]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
IF Brommapojkarna	2017 [5]	Superettan	1	0	0	0	—		—		—		1	0
	2018 [1]	Allsvenskan	0	0	—		—		—		—		0	0
	Total		1	0	0	0	—		—		—		1	0
Akropolis IF	2018 [5]	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]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	Total		0	0	1	0	0	0	—		0	0	1	0
Akropolis IF	2020 [5]	—			3	0	—		—		—		3	0
	2021 [5]	Superettan	25	0	1	0	—		—		1 [c]	0	27	0
	Total		37	4	5	0	—		—		1	0	43	4
Hammarby TFF	2022 [5]	Ettan Norra	26	7	0	0	—		—		—		26	7
Hammarby IF	2022 [5]	Allsvenskan	1	0	5	0	—		—		—		6	0
	2023 [5]	Allsvenskan	22	1	3	0	—		2 [d]	0	—		27	1
	2024 [5]	Allsvenskan	25	0	1	0	—		—		—		26	0
	Total		48	1	9	0	—		2	0	—		59	1
Mechelen	2024–25 [1]	Belgian Pro League	1	0	—		—		—		—		1	0
Career total			113	12	15	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	131	12

1. Includes Svenska Cupen, FA Cup
2. Includes EFL Cup
3. Appearance in Superettan relegation play-offs
4. Appearances in Europa Conference League

Honours

Brentford B

• Middlesex Senior Cup: 2018–19 ^[7]

References

1. Fredrik Hammar at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
2. "Fredrik Hammar". akropolis (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 16 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
3. Petersson, Martin. "Tidigare Brentford-spelare klar för Bajen – och Tomas Brolins son på väg in". Fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 January 2022.
4. "Officiellt: Fredrik Hammar till Akropolis". Fotbolltransfers.com (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 January 2019.
5. Fredrik Hammar at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
6. "It's Hammar-time". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
7. "Harrow Borough 0 Brentford B 4". www.brentfordfc.com. Archived from the original on 3 June 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
8. "B Team 18/19 Review: End of the campaign". www.brentfordfc.com. Archived from the original on 2 June 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
9. "In Focus: Fredrik Hammar, Arthur Read and Nathan Shepperd". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
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12. "Three contract options taken up". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
13. "Match Report and Match Highlights: Swindon Town 2 Brentford B 1". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
14. "Pre-season: Brentford 3–0 Derby County". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
15. "West Ham United vs Brentford on 29 Aug 20 – Match Centre". www.brentfordfc.com. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
16. "Brentford 2 Oxford United 2". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
17. "Games played by Fredrik Hammar in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
18. "Fredrik Hammar departs on permanent transfer". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
19. "Championship-svensk till superettan: "Jag vill få speltid"". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 January 2021.
20. "Winter Transfer Window Recap". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
21. "Summary – Play-offs 2/3 – Sweden". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
22. "Fredrik Hammar förlänger sitt kontrakt". akropolis (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 16 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
23. "Marbella 2022: Information om träningslägret". Hammarby Fotboll. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
24. "Hammar, Erabi och Svanberg förlänger – Engdahl lämnar". Hammarby Fotboll (in Swedish). 10 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
25. "Se träningsmatcherna – direkt från Marbella". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). 15 November 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
26. "Bajen förlänger med Fredrik Hammar" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
27. "Tables – Allsvenskan – Sweden". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
28. Jansson, Mattias. "Fredrik Hammar till KV Mechelen". Hammarby Fotboll (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 January 2025.
29. "KVM haaltFredrik Hammar binnen". KV Mechelen (in Flemish). 7 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
30. Fredrik Hammar – UEFA competition record ( archive )
31. "Veckans talang: Fredrik Hammar". ettanfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 January 2019.

External links

• Fredrik Hammar at Soccerbase
• Fredrik Hammar at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
• Fredrik Hammar – UEFA competition record ( archive )