Elvis Hammond

Elvis Zark Hammond (Born 6 October 1980) is a retired Ghanaian Footballer who last played for Kingstonian as a Striker.

Elvis Hammond
Personal information
Full name Elvis Zark Hammond[1]
Date of birth (1980-10-06) 6 October 1980
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
000?–2000 Fulham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2005 Fulham 11 (0)
2001–2002 → Bristol Rovers (loan) 7 (0)
2003 → Norwich City (loan) 4 (0)
2005 → RBC Roosendaal (loan) 14 (2)
2005 → Leicester City (loan) 6 (0)
2005–2008 Leicester City 58 (8)
2008–2010 Cheltenham Town 46 (9)
2010 Sutton United 3 (1)
2010–2012 Woking 60 (22)
2012–2014 Farnborough 37 (5)
2013 → Hastings United (loan) 4 (0)
2014 Eastbourne Borough 20 (7)
2014–2015 Kingstonian 41 (6)
Total 311 (60)
National team‡
2006 Ghana 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:26, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:10, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Accra (Ghana), Hammond was a product of the Fulham Academy. He made his debut for Fulham on 19 September 2000 against Chesterfield at the Recreation Ground. Hammond join Bristol Rovers on Loan for the start of 2001-02 Season in order to get first team experience.[3] After his loan spell with Bristol Rovers, Hammond signed a one-year contract with Fulham.[4] Hammond looked to have made his break into the first team towards the end of the 2002-03 Season, under Chris Coleman, only to have an injury put him out for the rest of that season. Despite the injury, Hammond signed a two-year contract with the club.[5] At the beginning of the 2003-04 Season, he spent a month on Loan at Norwich City,[6] making four league appearances during their 2003-04 Season after which they were promoted to the Premier League as First Division Champions in his absence.[7] He joined Dutch Eredivisie side RBC Roosendaal on Loan in January 2005, where he scored twice in 14 matches playing in the Dutch Eredivisie – the top Division of Dutch Football.[8] He then went on loan before transferring permanently to Leicester City from Fulham for a fee of £250,000 in September 2005.[9]

He made his first start for Leicester City in a 2–2 draw away at Crewe, hitting a post late on in the game, and kept his place for the subsequent League Cup tie away at Bury, which Leicester City won 3–0.

Hammond grabbed his first Leicester City goal in a 2–1 home defeat to QPR in September 2005. He was also on target in the 3–2 victory over Tottenham Hotspur in the FA Cup third round tie later that season. He got off the mark for the 2006-07 Championship campaign in a 1–1 draw away to Birmingham City at St Andrews.

On 04 June 2007, Hammond was placed on the transfer list by his then manager Martin Allen.[10] In May 2008, Hammond was one of six players released by the club after his contract was not renewed. Hammond joined Cheltenham Town on 11 November 2008 on a short-term contract until January 2009.[11] Hammond left Cheltenham Town by mutual consent in March 2010.[12] Hammond joined Sutton United later that year during October 2010, he scored on his debut against Margate. Hammond would then go on to join Woking later in that same October 2010, seeing out the season and signing a one-year contract in the summer of 2011.[13] Hammond was released by Woking in May 2012, after having helped Woking to the Conference South Championship.

He was subsequently jailed for his role in an international money laundering scam. [14]

International career

Hammond received his first and only cap for Ghana against Mexico on 1 March 2006 in a pre-2006 FIFA World Cup friendly.[15]

References
  1. "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/05/2011 and 31/05/2011" (PDF). The Football Association. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  2. "Elvis Hammond profile". ESPN Soccernet. 8 March 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
  3. "Hammond on Loan". Fulham Official Website. 31 August 2001. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  4. "Hammond and Cornwall". Fulham Official Website. 11 July 2002. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  5. "Hammond Stays". Fulham Official Website. 27 May 2003. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  6. "Hammond on hold". Fulham Official Website. 9 March 2004. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  7. "Games played by Elvis Hammond in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  8. "Hammond goes Dutch". Fulham Official Website. 31 January 2004. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  9. "Elvis Leaves". Fulham Official Website. 31 August 2005. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  10. "Trio Transfer Listed". Archived from the original on 6 June 2007. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  11. "Cheltenham Town – News – Latest News – Latest News – Hammond looking for kick start". world.ctfc.com. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  12. "Elvis Hammond signs new Woking contract". BBC Sport. 24 May 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  13. "Ex-Card Elvis Hammond jailed for money laundering". Get Surrey. 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  14. Ghana fall to Mexico, BBC Sport 1 March 2006. Retrieved on 6 September 2007.
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