Hamílton Hênio Ferreira Calheiros (born 26 June 1980), known simply as Hamílton, is a retired professional

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who played as a

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. Born in Brazil, he was a member, as a naturalized citizen, of the Togo national team.

Early life

Hamílton was born in

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, a

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located in the western of the

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Alagoas Alagoas () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region. It borders: Pernambuco (N and NW); Sergipe (S); Bahia (SW); and the Atlantic Ocean (E). Its capital is ...

International career

Hamílton was naturalized as Togolese in 2003 by request of fellow Brazilian

Antônio Dumas Antônio Dumas Ramalho Esteves (28 November 1955 – 30 December 2019) was a Brazilian football player and manager. Playing career He played for Esporte Clube Bahia, Desportiva Leônico, Santos, S.C. Olhanense and G.D. Chaves. Coaching care ...

, who was then the Togo national team head coach. After winning that year the

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with CS Sergipe, the

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(FTF) president agreed Dumas' petition to call up him for the next Togo international matches. Hamílton's only appearance for Togo was on 11 October 2003 in an away World Cup 2006 Qualifying match against

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. That day ''Les Eperviers'' lost (0–1). He did not play in the second leg because he had left the Togolese passport in the Federation. In early 2004, when Dumas resigned as head coach, Hamílton and most of the other Brazilian-born players who made up the Togolese squad in 2003 second half were dropped, excepting Alessandro Faria, who played some more matches in 2004. On 10 July 2009, following some Hamílton's appearances at the

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with

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, appeared a news about the FTF resumed contact with him for can be called again, almost 6 years of his unique appearance. Hamílton was called up for a friendly against

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on 12 August 2009. However, he did not attended the call as he has had a discipline problem occurred during a

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian" or "Great Brazilian"), the Série A or the Brazilian Série A (to distinguish it from the I ...

(Brasileirão) match between his club (Sport Recife) and

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a few days before. Hamílton was going to be present for the

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against

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on 6 September 2009. Nevertheless, he has not been liberated by Sport Recife because the Togolese federation did not send it a corresponding notification. The Togolese national team returned to call Hamílton for the

against

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on 10 October 2009. A few days later, he asked FTF to not attend the match as he wanted to help Sport Recife at the Brasileirão, following poor performances (the Brazilian championship was not paused at FIFA dates). In December 2009, Hamílton was included in the Togolese preliminary list for the

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but he refused to go, just because he wanted to spend the year-end holidays in the interior of Sergipe. Ultimately, he avoided be part of the

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Career statistics

Honours

;Sergipe *

: 2003 ;Sport Recife *

Campeonato Pernambucano The Campeonato Pernambucano is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. It is run by the Pernambuco Football Federation (FPF). History The first edition of the Campeonato Pernambucano was played i ...

: 2006, 2009

References

External links

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Hamílton on meuSport
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hamilton 1980 births Living people People from Murici Footballers from Alagoas Togolese men's footballers Togo men's international footballers Brazilian men's footballers Naturalized citizens of Togo Men's association football midfielders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Pernambucano players Clube Náutico Capibaribe players Sport Club do Recife players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Club Sportivo Sergipe players Mogi Mirim Esporte Clube players ABC Futebol Clube players Ceará Sporting Club players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Associação Desportiva Confiança players Campeonato Brasileiro Série D players Estanciano Esporte Clube players Süper Lig players Ankaraspor footballers Togolese expatriate men's footballers Togolese expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen 21st-century Togolese sportsmen