{{Short description|Ghanaian footballer}} {{Use British English|date=January 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Abel Hammond | image = | full_name = Abel Armah Hammond | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|6|1|df=yes}} | birth_place = Accra, Ghana | height = 1.86 m | position = Forward | currentclub = | youthyears1 = 1994–2000 | youthyears2 = 2000 | youthyears3 = 2001–2002 | youthyears4 = 2002–2003 | youthclubs1 = Salemi Aces | youthclubs2 = Accra Academy | youthclubs3 = Saint Stars | youthclubs4 = Brescia | years1 = 2003–2004 | years2 = 2003 | years3 = 2003 | years4 = 2004–2007 | years5 = 2007 | years6 = 2008 | years7 = 2008–2009 | years8 = 2009–2010 | years9 = 2011 | years10 = 2011–2012 | years11 = 2012 | clubs1 = Brescia | clubs2 = → Accra Academy (loan) | clubs3 = → Cittadella (loan) | clubs4 = Cologna Veneta | clubs5 = Sanremese | clubs6 = Liberty Professionals | clubs7 = Mumbai FC | clubs8 = Kingfisher East Bengal Club | clubs9 = Metalac Gornji Milanovac | clubs10 = in Ghana | clubs11 = Tema Youth | caps1 = | caps2 = | caps3 = | caps4 = | caps5 = | caps6 = | caps7 = | caps8 = | caps9 = 4 | goals1 = | goals2 = | goals3 = | goals4 = | goals5 = | goals6 = | goals7 = | goals8 = | goals9 = 0 }}
'''Abel Hammond''' (born 1 June 1985) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
==Career== Hammond was born in Accra. He began his career with Salemi Aces FC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ghanasports.tv/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=136&Itemid=view |title=Hammond eyes stars marks-man |publisher=Ghanasports.tv |accessdate=13 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305102153/http://www.ghanasports.tv/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=136&Itemid=view |archivedate=5 March 2012 }}</ref> He studied at Accra Academy Secondary School and played for the Saint Stars in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/soccer/artikel.php?ID=172259 |title=Indian based Ghanaian player knocks at the door of Stars |publisher=Ghanaweb.com |date=21 November 2009 }}</ref> In 2002, at the age of 17, he joined the primavera team Brescia Calcio<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mumbaifc.com/playerprofile.html |title=Player Profile |publisher=Mumbai FC |accessdate=13 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115162754/http://www.mumbaifc.com/playerprofile.html |archivedate=15 January 2012 }}</ref> and subsequently played for A.S. Cittadella, to which he was loaned to, in 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20080911/1050425.html |title=Mumbai FC unveil Ghanaian Abel Hammond as new foreign signing |publisher=News.webindia123.com |date=11 September 2008 |access-date=28 March 2010 |archive-date=7 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307132356/http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20080911/1050425.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He stayed at A.S. Cittadella for half a year and returned to Brescia Calcio in December 2003. In January 2004 his contract with Brescia Calcio expired and he then moved to Serie D club AC Cologna Veneta.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interregionale.com/comunicati_ufficiali/Interregionale/ss0506/_000132_Comunicato_Ufficiale_N_132_27032006.pdf |title=Stagione Sportiva 2005/2006 |accessdate=13 January 2012 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305102203/http://www.interregionale.com/comunicati_ufficiali/Interregionale/ss0506/_000132_Comunicato_Ufficiale_N_132_27032006.pdf |archivedate=5 March 2012 }}</ref> During his three years stint at AC Cologna Veneta, he played in 76 matches and scored 19 goals.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.virtus-international.com/clients/hammond_abel/hammond_abel.php |title=Hammond Abel |publisher=Virtus International |accessdate=13 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211092222/http://www.virtus-international.com/clients/hammond_abel/hammond_abel.php |archive-date=11 February 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> His contract with the team expired in the summer of 2007 and he signed for US Sanremese, where he played in only five games. He left the club in November 2007 to sign for Ghana Premier League club Liberty Professionals.<ref>{{cite web|author=Reported by Satanic pilgrim |url=https://mohun-bagan.blogspot.com/2008/09/mumbai-fc-ready-to-give-bagan-run-for.html |title=Mumbai FC ready to give Bagan a run for their money! |publisher=Mohun-bagan.blogspot.com |date=22 September 2008 }}</ref> On 11 September 2008, Hammond left Liberty Professionals FC to sign for the I-League club Mumbai FC. On 20 September 2009, he signed for Kingfisher East Bengal Club<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eastbengaltherealpower.com/news/337/Abel-Hammond-looks-promising-at-practice-%7c-East-Bengal-Club-%7c-Indian-Football-News |title=Abel Hammond looks promising at practice || East Bengal Club |publisher=Eastbengaltherealpower.com |accessdate=13 January 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> from Mumbai.<ref> {{cite web |url=http://eastbengaltherealpower.com/news/277/Julius-Akpele-and-Abel-Hammond-to-sign-for-East-Bengal-Club |title=Julius Akpele and Abel Hammond to sign for East Bengal |publisher=Eastbengaltherealpower.com |accessdate=13 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301114253/http://eastbengaltherealpower.com/news/277/Julius-Akpele-and-Abel-Hammond-to-sign-for-East-Bengal-Club |archive-date=1 March 2012 |url-status=dead }} </ref>
In the winter break of the 2010–11 season, Hammond moved back to Europe and signed with Metalac Gornji Milanovac and marked his debut in the Serbian SuperLiga on 2 April 2011 as a substitute in the 1–0 defeat against FK Vojvodina.<ref name="soccerway">[https://int.soccerway.com/players/abel-hammond/64518/ Abel Hammond profile] at Soccerway</ref>
==Honours== ;East Bengal *Indian Federation Cup: 2009<ref name="soccerway"/>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110407073240/http://www.srbijafudbal.net/metalac/hammond.htm Abel Hammond]}} at Srbijafudbal * {{Soccerway|abel-hammond/64518}} * [http://www.utakmica.rs/fudbaler/501-hammond-abel Abel Hammond at Utakmica.rs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605221742/http://www.utakmica.rs/fudbaler/501-hammond-abel |date=5 June 2012 }} {{in lang|sr}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hammond, Abel}} Category:1985 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen Category:Ghanaian men's footballers Category:Footballers from Accra Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Serbian SuperLiga players Category:Liberty Professionals F.C. players Category:Brescia Calcio players Category:SSD Sanremese Calcio players Category:Mumbai FC players Category:East Bengal Club players Category:FK Metalac Gornji Milanovac players Category:Alumni of the Accra Academy Category:Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers Category:Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Category:Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in India Category:Expatriate men's footballers in India Category:Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia