Austin Hamlet

Austin Hamlet (born 20 January 1979) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He spent the majority of his career in Poland.

Austin Hamlet

Personal information
Full name	Austin Hamlet
Date of birth	(1979-01-20) 20 January 1979
Place of birth	Lagos, Nigeria
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
0000–1997	Rangers International
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997	Rangers International
1997–2000	ŁKS Łódź	41	(3)
1998	→ Polonia Gdańsk (loan)
1998	→ Piotrcovia P. T. (loan)
1998	→ Lechia-Polonia Gdańsk (loan)	6	(1)
1999	→ Piotrcovia P. T. (loan)
2000	Stomil Olsztyn	9	(1)
2001	Stal Stalowa Wola
2001	ŁKS Łódź
2002	Chojniczanka Chojnice
2002–2004	Pelikan Łowicz
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Football

Hamlet started his career in Nigeria with Rangers International. In 1997, he moved to Poland after being convinced by a friend, and spent the rest of his playing career there. He joined ŁKS Łódź playing a few games in their 1997–98 Ekstraklasa winning season. In total over three years, Hamlet made 36 league appearances and scored 3 goals. While contracted with ŁKS, Hamlet went on loan to three clubs; Piotrcovia Piotrków Trybunalski, Polonia Gdańsk, and Lechia-Polonia Gdańsk. During the summer of 2000, Hamlet joined Stomil Olsztyn in which would be the start in a series of short spells at different clubs. He spent time with Stal Stalowa Wola, returned to ŁKS Łódź, and played for Chojniczanka Chojnice before finishing off his career with Pelikan Łowicz after agreeing to leave the club in January 2004. In 2004 Hamlet had some issues related to his stay in the country. He left Poland and retired from football aged 24. After returning to Nigeria, Hamlet focused on training youth players club academies.

Honours

ŁKS Łódź

• Ekstraklasa: 1997–98