Marvin Hamilton


Marvin Hamilton-Omole, more generally known as Marvin Hamilton, is a footballer who plays as a defender for Whitehawk. Born in England, he was called up to the Sri Lankan national team for which he is eligible through his mother.
Hamilton began his career with Gillingham and has subsequently gone on to play for a number of non-League clubs in the south of England, as well as spending brief spells playing in Cyprus, Australia and the USA.

Career

Club career

After junior trials with Arsenal, Hamilton also played for Waltham Forest and Ridgeway Rovers before joining Gillingham as a youth player in July 2005. He signed as a professional on a one-year contract on the eve of the 2007–08 season and made his first-team debut as a substitute in an away defeat to Luton Town on 25 August 2007. After a change of manager and a loan spell at Folkestone Invicta, he was released by Gillingham on 31 March 2008 and joined Dover Athletic. Hamilton started the 2008–09 season as a trialist at AFC Wimbledon and Lincoln City before signing for Cypriot side APEP in January 2010. Hamilton played for Hemel Hempstead Town and then joined Conference South club Eastbourne Borough on 24 February 2012.
Hamilton then had a brief spell playing in Australia, first in the Victoria Premier for Southern Stars before moving in the July 2013 transfer window to Albany Creek in the Brisbane Premier League. After a trial at Chelmsford City, Hamilton joined Isthmian League club Ware, where he scored the league goal of the month in April 2014.
Hamilton returned to The Sports for the 2014–15 season before being released in February 2015 and signing for Whitehawk until the end of the season. After a spell playing in the US, Hamilton signed briefly for Dartford on 6 August 2015 and then Isthmian League side VCD Athletic
before re-joining Eastbourne Borough for the third time on 30 October.
Hamilton then re-signed for Whitehawk for the start of the 2016–17 season.
He re-signed for Whitehawk for the start of the 2019-20 season.

International career

Hamilton is eligible to represent England, Nigeria and Sri Lanka. He was first called up to the Sri Lankan national team, for which he qualifies through his mother, on 7 May 2019. This was for the upcoming FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 & AFC Asian Cup 2023 Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 1.