Nick Hammond

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Nick Hammond
Personal information
Full name Nicholas David Hammond
Date of birth (1967-09-07) 7 September 1967 (age 56)
Place of birth Hornchurch, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1985–1987 Arsenal
1986 →Bristol Rovers (loan) 3 (0)
1986 → Peterborough Utd (loan) 0 (0)
1987 → Aberdeen (loan)
1987–1995 Swindon Town 67 (0)
1995–1996 Plymouth Argyle 4 (0)
1996–2000 Reading 24 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nicholas David Hammond (born 7 September 1967 in Hornchurch, England) is an English former football goalkeeper and a current football advisor for Leeds United.

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Playing career

Hammond was an Arsenal apprentice, making his league début whilst on loan at Bristol Rovers in 1986, followed by further loan spells at Peterborough United and Aberdeen.

Hammond joined Swindon Town on a free transfer in July 1987, and while there he twice broke his leg which resulted in him taking the number 23 shirt for the 1993–94 Premier League campaign, rather than the unlucky number 13. He was one of four goalkeepers used by Swindon throughout that season alongside Fraser Digby, Jon Sheffield and Paul Heald.

A short spell at Plymouth Argyle culminated in a loan to Reading in December 1995, with the move being made permanent for £40,000 a month later. A highly regarded goalkeeping coach,[ by whom? ] Hammond was handed a coaching role by Alan Pardew and he subsequently retired from playing after suffering a recurrent back injury.

Coaching career

In October 2000, Hammond took over from John Stephenson to become Reading's Youth Academy Director, and was appointed the Club's first-ever Director of Football in September 2003. [1]

In April 2016, Hammond ended his 20-year association with Reading to become Technical Director at West Bromwich Albion. [2] In June 2019, Scottish Premiership club Celtic appointed Hammond to a recruitment consultancy role. [3] [4] Celtic then named him as their head of football operations in October 2019. [5]

In December 2021, Hammond was appointed as an interim transfer consultant by Newcastle United. [6]

His next appointment would come in June of 2023 as 'interim football advisor' for Leeds United. Hired on a short-term contract to 'help support the club during the summer transfer window'. [7]

In November 2023 it was confirmed by Phil Hay that he would be staying on as a transfer consultant at Leeds until the end of next summer.

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References

  1. ↑ "Hammond continues as coach". BBC Sport. 23 September 2003. Retrieved 11 November 2006.
  2. ↑ "Nicky Hammond leaves Reading to join West Bromwich Albion". BBC Sport. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Celtic appoint recruitment chief Nick Hammond". BBC Sport. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  4. ↑ "Nick Hammond appointment at Celtic". Celtic FC. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  5. ↑ "Celtic: Nick Hammond is appointed head of football operations". BBC Sport. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  6. ↑ "Nick Hammond: Newcastle hire former Celtic and Reading director of football as transfer consultant on short-term deal". skysports.com. 17 December 2021.
  7. ↑ "Nick Hammond appointed interim football advisor". leedsunited.com. 15 June 2023.
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