Matthew Ham (born 25 July 1983) is an Australian goalkeeper.

Club career

He was signed by the

Queensland Roar Brisbane Roar Football Club is a professional Association football, soccer club based in Brisbane, Queensland. competing in Australia's premier men's competition, A-League Men, which is the top tier Australia's Australian soccer league system ...

for the 2007-2008 A-league season. He sustained a season ending shoulder injury during pre-season training, and was told he would need a full shoulder reconstruction. His replacement,

Griffin McMaster Griffin McMaster (born 2 June 1983) is an Australian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for FC Bulleen Lions in the National Premier Leagues Victoria. Club career McMaster started playing for the Palm Beach Sharks and Surfers Paradise bef ...

, went on to have a solid season, as No. 2 for the Roar, in his stead. Early into the 2009-10 A-league season, he was signed by the

North Queensland Fury Northern Fury Football Club was an Australian professional soccer club based in Townsville, Queensland. The club was founded in 2008 and competed in the A-League under the name North Queensland Fury. On 1 March 2011, the club was removed from th ...

for three weeks as an injury replacement for Justin Pasfield. On 16 December 2009 he was re-signed by the Roar having spent two seasons in the Queensland State League, replacing

Liam Reddy Liam Rhys Reddy (born 8 August 1981) is an Australian professional football player who plays as a goalkeeper for NPL WA club Perth RedStar FC. He is also currently the goalkeeping coach for the Young Socceroos. Early life Reddy comes from a ...

after he moved to

Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix Football Club is a professional football club based in Wellington, New Zealand. It competes in the Australian A-League Men, under licence from Football Federation Australia. Phoenix entered the competition in the 2007–08 ...

.Brisbane Roar sign goalkeeper Matt Ham after releasing Liam Reddy
/ref> He was later signed by

North Queensland Fury FC Northern Fury Football Club was an Australian professional soccer club based in Townsville, Queensland. The club was founded in 2008 and competed in the A-League under the name North Queensland Fury. On 1 March 2011, the club was removed from th ...

ahead of the 2010–11 season. He will compete with Justin Pasfield for the number 1 jersey.

References

External links

Brisbane Roar profile
1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Ayr, Queensland Australian men's soccer players Brisbane Roar FC players Northern Fury FC players A-League Men players Men's association football goalkeepers Sportsmen from Queensland Soccer players from Queensland Eastern Suburbs FC players 21st-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-footy-goalkeeper-stub