Maxwell Frederick Riddles Hemmings (born 27 February 1997) is an English footballer who plays as a

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for

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club Weymouth.

Career

College

In 2015, Hemmings joined

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's men's soccer team who compete in the

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. Hemmings started in 71 out of 74 games for the Panthers receiving multiple honors, including First Team All-Conference and All-Tournament Team when Georgia State won both the conference regular season and tournament in 2018. Captaining the side in his final year, Hemmings was the talisman for the Panthers. Hemmings finished his Georgia State career with 19 goals and 10 assists from center midfield. Max Hemmings was part of a select few players across the country to be in the January 2019 MLS Super Draft List.

Professional

Max Hemmings signed his first professional contract in April 2019 with

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side Greenville Triumph. On 20 February 2022, Hemmings signed for

League of Ireland First Division The League of Ireland First Division ( ga, Céad Roinn Sraith na hÉireann), also known as the SSE Airtricity League First Division, is the second level division in both the League of Ireland and the Republic of Ireland football league system. Th ...

side

Galway United Galway United Football Club (Irish language, Irish: ''Cumann Peile Ghaillimh Aontaithe'') is an List of association football clubs in the Republic of Ireland, Irish association football club based in Galway. They play in the League of Ireland Fi ...

ahead of their upcoming 2022 season. Having featured seven times for the club at the end of the previous season, Hemmings agreed to remain at

club Weymouth for the 2023–24 season.

References

External links

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Profile at Georgia State Athletics
1997 births Living people English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Georgia State Panthers men's soccer players Memphis City FC players Ocean City Nor'easters players Greenville Triumph SC players Galway United F.C. players Weymouth F.C. players USL League One players USL League Two players National League (English football) players English expatriate men's footballers English expatriate sportspeople in the United States English expatriate sportspeople in Ireland Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Expatriate men's association footballers in the Republic of Ireland Footballers from Brighton {{England-footy-defender-1990s-stub