Hamilton Thorp | |
Birth Date: | 21 August 1973 |
Birth Place: | Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia |
Position: | Striker |
Youthyears1: | 1992–1993 |
Youthclubs1: | Rochdale |
Years1: | 1994 |
Years2: | 1995–1997 |
Years3: | 1997–1998 |
Years4: | 1998–1999 |
Years5: | 1999–2000 |
Years6: | 2000 |
Years7: | 2000 |
Years8: | 2000–2001 |
Years9: | 2002 |
Years10: | 2002–2003 |
Years11: | 2003–2004 |
Years12: | 2004 |
Years13: | 2004 |
Years14: | 2007 |
Clubs1: | Darwin Cubs |
Clubs2: | West Adelaide |
Clubs4: | Adelaide Sharks |
Clubs5: | Perth Glory |
Clubs6: | Tanjong Pagar United FC |
Clubs7: | Sorrento |
Clubs8: | Parramatta Power |
Clubs9: | Manly Warringah Dolphins |
Clubs10: | Northern Spirit |
Clubs11: | IFK Norrköping |
Clubs12: | IF Sylvia |
Clubs13: | Raufoss |
Clubs14: | Manly United |
Caps2: | 42 |
Caps3: | 9 |
Caps4: | 15 |
Caps5: | 17 |
Caps6: | 11 |
Caps7: | 5 |
Caps8: | 10 |
Caps10: | 7 |
Caps11: | 13 |
Caps12: | 10 |
Caps13: | 11 |
Caps14: | 28 |
Goals2: | 11 |
Goals3: | 1 |
Goals4: | 3 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Goals6: | 3 |
Goals7: | 8 |
Goals8: | 2 |
Goals10: | 0 |
Goals11: | 1 |
Goals12: | 2 |
Goals13: | 2 |
Goals14: | 25 |
Club-Update: | 00:42, 20 October 2015 (UTC) |
Nationalteam-Update: | 00:42, 20 October 2015 (UTC) |
Hamilton Thorp (born 21 August 1973) is an Australian former professional football player.
Thorp is one of a small number of professional footballers to grow up in Darwin.[1]
In the early 1990s Thorp moved to England, where he spent a season with Rochdale.[1] [2]
Thorp played in the FAS Premier League as a teenager for Darwin Cubs.[1]
In 1997, Thorp signed for English Football League First Division side Portsmouth on the recommendation of then-Australia manager Terry Venables.[3] He played seven league matches and two Football League Cup games for the side, scoring one goal.[4]
He later returned to Australia, moving from Perth Glory to Parramatta Power in 2000.[5]
In 2003, Thorp played for Swedish side Norrköping, but was released after one season when the club elected not to take up a contractual option for a second year.[6] [7]
Thorp joined Norwegian club Raufoss in 2004, making 11 appearances and scoring once in the Norwegian First Division.[8]
Thorp represented the Australian Schoolboys in the early 1990s.[9]