Jamie Hamilton (footballer)

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Jamie Hamilton
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Hamilton with Hamilton U19s, 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-03-01) 1 March 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Newton Mearns, Scotland [1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Hamilton Academical
Number 6
Youth career
Hamilton Academical
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019– Hamilton Academical 67 (2)
International career‡
2017–2018 Scotland U16 4 (1)
2018–2019 Scotland U17 8 (1)
2018–2019 Scotland U18 3 (0)
2018–2019 Scotland U19 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:18, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:06, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

Jamie Hamilton (born 1 March 2002) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Hamilton Academical, as a defender. [2]

Contents

Club career

Hamilton began his career with Hamilton Academical. In November 2019 he signed a new contract with Hamilton, until summer 2022. [3] In November 2021 he was hospitalised with chest pains. [4] [5] [6] In March 2022 he spoke about the club's form and play-off ambitions. [7] In April 2022 he was linked with a move away from the club. [8]

In August 2022 he signed a contract extension until 2023, [9] [10] and in September of the same year he expressed his hope to return to first-team action in a month, having been out injured since April with a thigh problem; [11] however, he was still unavailable in March 2023, missing the team's relegation struggles in the 2022–23 Scottish Championship and their progression to the 2023 Scottish Challenge Cup final. [12]

International career

He has represented Scotland at under-16, under-17 and under-18 youth levels. [13] In August 2019 he represented Scotland in the under-19 squad. [14]

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References

  1. 1 2 Jamie Hamilton at Soccerway
  2. ↑ Jamie Hamilton at Soccerbase
  3. ↑ "Done Deal for Lewis/Hamilton". Hamilton Academical Website. 24 November 2019.
  4. ↑ Thomson, Paul (6 November 2021). "Hamilton Accies defender being assessed after chest pains". Daily Record.
  5. ↑ Thomson, Paul (9 November 2021). "Accies boss provides Jamie Hamilton update after hospital stay over chest pains". Daily Record.
  6. ↑ Banks, Ben (5 December 2021). "Hamilton star explains 'scary' chest situation following heart tightening". Daily Record.
  7. ↑ McGilvray, Andy (27 March 2022). "Accies star insists play-off is the target, now they're effectively safe". Daily Record.
  8. ↑ Thomson, Paul (21 April 2022). "Accies await Jamie Hamilton's 'big decision' after pushing boat out to keep star". Daily Record.
  9. ↑ Thomson, Paul (17 August 2022). "Rankin: Game-time over watching Soccer Saturday brought Hamilton back to Accies". Daily Record.
  10. ↑ McGilvray, Andy (15 August 2022). "Hamilton Accies secure defender on contract extension". Daily Record.
  11. ↑ Thomson, Paul (8 September 2022). "Jamie Hamilton's Accies return timeline set as defender bulks up". Daily Record.
  12. ↑ Thomson, Paul (16 February 2023). "Hamilton Accies defender suffers setback as injury comeback keeps stalling". Daily Record.
  13. ↑ Jamie Hamilton at the Scottish Football Association
  14. ↑ "Jamie Hamilton Selected For Scotland U19s Squad". Hamilton Academical Website. 21 August 2019.


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