Ben Hamer
Personal information
Full name	Benjamin John Hamer
Date of birth	20 November 1987 (1987-11-20) (age 21)
Place of birth	Taunton, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.84 m)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Reading
Number	21
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005– 2006–2007 2007 2008 2008–2009	Reading → Crawley Town (loan) → Brentford (loan) → Brentford (loan) → Brentford (loan)	00 (0) 45 (0) 06 (0) 14 (0) 45 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02 May 09. * Appearances (Goals)

Benjamin John "Ben" Hamer (born 20 November 1987) is an English professional football goalkeeper currently at Reading.

Hamer was born in Taunton, Somerset. His family moved to Germany at the age of 2 and, consequently, he is a fluent German speaker. However, when he was 8, his family came back to England. He attended Holyrood Community School in Chard which is near to his birthplace. His footballing ability led to a spell playing for Somerset at county level, where he was spotted by a Reading FC scout. He signed for Reading at the age of 15.

Having risen through the youth academy at Reading, Hamer went on loan to Crawley Town for the 2006–07 season, where he missed just one league game and was named as player of the season.^[1]

On 4 July 2007, Hamer signed a new one year contract to keep him at Reading until the end of the 2007–08 season.^[2] He joined Brentford in an initial one-month loan deal on 11 August 2007,^[3] which was subsequently extended to 14 October 2007.^[4] Brentford re-signed Hamer in an emergency loan deal on 1 January 2008 following an injury to their first choice 'keeper, Simon Brown.^[5] On 28 January 2008, his loan was extended to the end of the 2007–08 season.^[6]

He signed a new one year deal with Reading and returned to Brentford for a third loan spell on a season-long loan on 17 June, and was Andy Scott's first choice goalkeeper for the 2008–09 season, in which Brentford were champions of League Two. ^[7] As well as winning a League 2 Champions medal, Ben also won the Puma Golden Glove award for League 2 having recorded 20 clean sheets within the season. ^[8]He was also the only Brentford player to successfully hit the crossbar in Soccer AM's Crossbar Challenge.

On the 18th June 2009, Hamer signed a new 2-year contract and is expected to jostle with Adam Federici for the Number 1 jersey. ^[9][10]

[edit] Honours

Brentford

• League Two: 2008-09
• Puma Golden Glove Winner for League 2: 2008-09

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Ben Hamer profile at readingfc.co.uk
• Ben Hamer career stats at Soccerbase

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Persondata
NAME	Hamer, Ben
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	20 November 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH	Taunton, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

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