Marvin Hamilton

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::summary Sri Lankan former footballer (born 1988) ::

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Field	Value
name	Marvin Hamilton
image	Marvin Hamilton.jpg
caption	Hamilton playing for Whitehawk in 2019
fullname	Marvin Hamilton-Omole
birth_date	{{cite book
editor-last	Hugman
editor-first	Barry J.
title	The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008-09
publisher	Mainstream
year	2008
isbn	978-1-84596-324-8}}
birth_place	Leytonstone, England
height
position	Midfielder
youthyears1	2005–2007
years1	2007–2008
years2	2008
years3	2008
years4	2010
years5	2011–2012
years6	2012–2013
years7	2013
years8	2013
years9	2014
years10	2014–2015
years11	2015
years12	2015
years13	2015
years14	2015–2016
years15	2016–2017
years16	2017
years17	2017–2018
years18	2018
years19	2018–2019
years20	2019–2021
years21	2021
years22	2021–2022
years23	2022–2023
years24	2023
years25	2023–
clubs1	Gillingham
clubs2	→ Folkestone Invicta (loan)
clubs3	Dover Athletic
clubs4	APEP
clubs5	Hemel Hempstead Town
clubs6	Eastbourne Borough
clubs7	Southern Stars
clubs8	Albany Creek
clubs9	Ware
clubs10	Eastbourne Borough
clubs11	Whitehawk
clubs12	Dartford
clubs13	VCD Athletic
clubs14	Eastbourne Borough
clubs15	Whitehawk
clubs16	→ Margate (loan)
clubs17	Ware
clubs18	Haringey Borough
clubs19	Eastbourne Borough
clubs20	Whitehawk
clubs21	Burgess Hill Town
clubs22	Sittingbourne
clubs23	Hythe Town
clubs24	FC Baresi
clubs25	Hythe Town
caps1	15
caps2	4
caps3	4
caps4	26
caps5	4
caps6	33
caps7	5
caps8	8
caps9	6
caps10	35
caps11	8
caps12	1
caps13	8
caps14	12
caps15	19
caps16	10
caps17	11
caps18	1
caps19	16
caps20	33
caps21	3
caps22	8
caps23	32
caps24	29
caps25	1
club-update	10 December 2023
nationalyears1	2021–2022
nationalteam1	Sri Lanka
nationalcaps1	10
nationalgoals1	2
ntupdate	07:28, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
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| name = Marvin Hamilton | image = Marvin Hamilton.jpg | caption = Hamilton playing for Whitehawk in 2019 | fullname = Marvin Hamilton-Omole | birth_date = {{cite book |editor-last = Hugman |editor-first = Barry J. | title = The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008-09 | publisher = Mainstream | year = 2008 | isbn = 978-1-84596-324-8}} | birth_place = Leytonstone, England | height = | currentclub = | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = 2005–2007 | youthclubs1 = Gillingham | years1 = 2007–2008 | years2 = 2008 | years3 = 2008 | years4 = 2010 | years5 = 2011–2012 | years6 = 2012–2013 | years7 =2013 | years8 = 2013 | years9 = 2014 | years10 = 2014–2015 | years11 = 2015 | years12 = 2015 | years13 = 2015 | years14 = 2015–2016 | years15 = 2016–2017 | years16 = 2017 | years17 = 2017–2018 | years18 = 2018 | years19 = 2018–2019 | years20 = 2019–2021 | years21 = 2021 | years22 = 2021–2022 | years23 = 2022–2023 | years24 = 2023 | years25 = 2023– | clubs1 = Gillingham | clubs2 = → Folkestone Invicta (loan) | clubs3 = Dover Athletic | clubs4 = APEP | clubs5 = Hemel Hempstead Town | clubs6 = Eastbourne Borough | clubs7 = Southern Stars | clubs8 = Albany Creek | clubs9 = Ware | clubs10 = Eastbourne Borough | clubs11 = Whitehawk | clubs12 = Dartford | clubs13 = VCD Athletic | clubs14 = Eastbourne Borough | clubs15 = Whitehawk | clubs16 = → Margate (loan) | clubs17 = Ware | clubs18 = Haringey Borough | clubs19 = Eastbourne Borough | clubs20 = Whitehawk | clubs21 = Burgess Hill Town | clubs22 = Sittingbourne | clubs23 = Hythe Town | clubs24 = FC Baresi | clubs25 = Hythe Town | caps1 = 15 | goals1 = 0 | caps2 = 4 | goals2 = 2 | caps3 = 4 | goals3 = 0 | caps4 = 26 | goals4 = 5 | caps5 = 4 | goals5 = 0 | caps6 = 33 | goals6 = 0 | caps7= 5 |goals7= 4 | caps8 = 8 | goals8 = 5 | caps9 = 6 | goals9 = 1 | caps10 = 35 | goals10 = 2 | caps11 = 8 | goals11 = 1 | caps12 = 1 | goals12 = 0 | caps13 = 8 | goals13 = 0 | caps14 = 12 | goals14 = 0 | caps15 = 19 | goals15 = 2 | caps16 = 10 | goals16 = 0 | caps17 = 11 | goals17 = 1 | caps18 = 1 | goals18 = 0 | caps19 = 16 | goals19 = 0 | caps20 = 33 | goals20 = 3 | caps21 = 3 |goals21 = 0 | caps22 = 8 |goals22 = 0 | caps23 = 32 | goals23 = 1 | caps24= 29 |goals24= 10 | caps25 = 1 |goals25 = 0 | club-update =10 December 2023 | nationalyears1 = 2021–2022 | nationalteam1 = Sri Lanka | nationalcaps1 = 10 | nationalgoals1 = 2 | ntupdate = 07:28, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

Marvin Hamilton-Omole (born 8 October 1988) is a professional footballer who plays for Hythe Town. Born in England, he represented the Sri Lanka national team.

Born in England to a Nigerian father and a Sri Lankan 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.{{cite news | title = More Squad Additions on eve of Staines Fixture | url = http://www.ebfc.co.uk/news/more-squad-additions-on-eve-of-520428.html | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130422045250/http://www.ebfc.co.uk/news/more-squad-additions-on-eve-of-520428.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 22 April 2013 | publisher = Eastbourne Borough F.C. | date = 24 February 2012 | access-date = 25 February 2012

Hamilton then had a brief spell playing in Australia, first in the Victoria Premier for Southern Stars (now known as Dingley 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 {{cite news | title = Sinclair among four Boro signings | url = http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/nonleague/blue_square_bet_south/eastbourneborough/11396905.Sinclair_among_four_Boro_signings/ | publisher = The Argus | date = 8 August 2014 | access-date = 11 August 2015}} before being released in February 2015{{cite news | title = Eastbourne Borough part with two players | url = http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/nonleague/blue_square_bet_south/eastbourneborough/11820142.Eastbourne_Borough_part_with_two_players/ | publisher = The Argus | date = 26 February 2015 | access-date = 11 August 2015}} and signing for Whitehawk until the end of the season.{{cite news | title = South American among three signings for Whitehawk | url = http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/13582725.South_American_among_three_signings_for_Whitehawk/ | publisher = The Argus | date = 8 August 2015 | access-date = 11 August 2015}} After a spell playing in the US, Hamilton signed briefly for Dartford on 6 August 2015 {{cite news | title = Dartford FC sign Mark Onyemah on loan from Luton Town and fellow full-back Marvin Hamilton | url = http://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/sport/darts-make-double-swoop-41180/ | publisher = Kent Online | date = 6 August 2015 | access-date = 11 August 2015}} and then Isthmian League side VCD Athletic before re-joining Eastbourne Borough for the third time on 30 October.{{cite news | title = Hamilton Returns to Eastbourne | url = http://www.thenationalleague.org.uk/news/details.php?news_id=16414 | publisher = Vanarama National League | date = 30 October 2015 | access-date = 30 October 2015

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 but announced he was leaving at the end of the curtailed 2020–21 season, to pursue opportunities in Sri Lanka.

In September 2022, Hamilton signed for Hythe Town, but missed the Isthmian League South East Division play-off final defeat against his former club Whitehawk through injury. He then left Reachfields to sign for FC Baresi in the Essex Alliance Football League Senior Division (step 7), returning to Hythe Town in November 2023.

International career

Hamilton was 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. However, he could not make it to the Sri Lankan squad at that time due to certain formalities and procedures being uncompleted. He played in a friendly warmup match against Qatar in 2018.

In May 2021, he received a call-up from the Football Federation of Sri Lanka to play in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Lebanon and South Korea. He made his senior international debut on 5 June 2021, in a 3–2 defeat against Lebanon. Then on 4 October, Hamilton scored his first goal against Nepal in a 3–2 defeat at the 2021 SAFF Championship.

Coaching career

Hamilton began his coaching journey after completing his UEFA B Licence in 2015. The following year, he joined the Leyton Orient Academy, where he spent a season working with youth players and developing his coaching methodology. In subsequent years, Hamilton broadened his experience through a placement scheme with The Football Association, where he had a stint at the Queens Park Rangers Academy, further sharpening his skills in youth development and elite training environments. In late 2024, Hamilton took his coaching credentials abroad and managed Scottland, a first-division side in Zimbabwe. During his tenure from October to December 2024, he led the team to an unbeaten record of 12 wins from 12 matches, securing the league championship.

As of 2025, Hamilton was enrolled on the UEFA A Licence course, part of the Seniors Pro pathway. He joined Grays Athletic's coaching staff in September.

Career statistics

International

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National team	Year	Apps	Goals	Total	10	2
Sri Lanka	2021	10	2
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:Scores and results list Sri Lanka's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hamilton goal.

::data[format=table title="List of international goals scored by Marvin Hamilton"]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1		National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives		1–2	2–3	2021 SAFF Championship
2		Colombo Racecourse, Colombo, Sri Lanka		1–0	3–3	Friendly
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References

References

1. "Marvin Hamilton – Whitehawk FC".
2. (29 January 2018). "New Trio for Haringey".
3. Hassimdeen, Irshard. (2020-05-21). "Marvin Hamilton – from England to Sri Lanka Football".
4. (25 June 2023). "Playing for Sri Lanka is a memory I won't forget: Marvin Hamilton". themorning.lk.
5. (16 May 2020). "Hamilton set to lift country's morale". sundayobserver.lk (Archived).
6. [http://www.gillinghamfootballclub.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Squad/Youth/0,,10416~705245,00.html Official Gillingham website] {{webarchive. link. (18 June 2007)
7. "HOME PAGE".
8. "Hamilton-Omole thankful for his time on loan at Folkestone".
9. (February 2022)
10. (April 2008). "Pacey Marvin Signs in – Dover Athletic Fc".
11. "Marvin Hamilton-Omole - Player Statistics".
12. "Richmond leapfrog Stars with first points {{!}} Football Federation Victoria".
13. "2013 Transfer Window {{!}} Football Federation Victoria".
14. "Marvin Hamilton wins April Goal of the Month".
15. "Marvin Hamilton - 1st Team - VCD Athletic Football Club".
16. (27 June 2016). "Hawks make first summer signings". Pitchero Non League.
17. (30 March 2021). "Abdulla and Hamilton Depart the Hawks".
18. (28 September 2022). "Marvellous Marvin new at Hythe".
19. (17 May 2023). "Marv departs Cannons".
20. "Archived copy".
21. "Hythe Town F.C. – Home of the Cannons".
22. (2020-05-16). "Sri Lankan football crusader Hamilton set to lift country's morale".
23. (7 May 2019). "31 player Sri Lanka Pool for World Cup Qualifiers". ThePapare.com.
24. (9 May 2021). "UK-based Hamilton 'super excited' to play for Sri Lanka".
25. "Lebanon vs. Sri Lanka - 5 June 2021".
26. {{NFT player. 82820
27. "Sri Lanka vs. Nepal".
28. "Sri Lanka vs. Seychelles".

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