George Hummel | |
Birth Date: | 9 February 1976 |
Birth Place: | Mariental, South West Africa |
Height: | 1.80 m |
Position: | Defender |
Youthclubs1: | Tornado FC |
Clubs1: | Orlando Pirates |
Clubs2: | NamPol |
Years3: | 1998–1999 |
Clubs3: | Chief Santos |
Years4: | 1999–2003 |
Caps4: | 65 |
Goals4: | 3 |
Clubs4: | Hellenic |
Years5: | 2003–2004 |
Caps5: | 13 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Clubs5: | Moroka Swallows |
Years6: | 2004 |
Caps6: | 7 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Clubs6: | Luch-Energiya Vladivostok |
Years7: | 2005–2008 |
Caps7: | 23 |
Goals7: | 1 |
Clubs7: | Moroka Swallows |
Years8: | 2008–2009 |
Clubs8: | Jomo Cosmos |
Years9: | 2009–2011 |
Clubs9: | Eleven Arrows |
Clubs10: | Blue Waters |
Nationalyears1: | 1995–2009 |
Nationalcaps1: | 41 |
Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
Nationalteam1: | Namibia |
Manageryears1: | 2013 |
Managerclubs1: | Blue Boys |
George Hummel (born 9 February 1976) is a Namibian retired professional footballer who played as a defender.
Born in Mariental, Hummel started his career at Orlando Pirates before joining Chief Santos where he impressed to earn him a move to and a career in South Africa.[1] Nicknamed Road Block, the burly defender started as a forward and is the only Namibian footballer to play in Russia.[2]
Hummel made his debut for Namibia in a January 1995 Africa Nations Cup qualification match away against Guinea and earned a total of 41 caps, scoring 2 goals. He retired from the national team in 2007 after being accused to be a disruptive influence in the Brave Warriors ' camp,[3] but returned in 2008.
Hummel is married to Shandel and the couple has five children. He worked as a policeman while playing for Santos, but now works mainly in the construction business.[1] He briefly managed Swakopmund outfit Blue Boys, earning promotion to the NPL with them.[4]