Adam Karim (born Adam Luke Docker; 17 November 1985) is an English former footballer who is now a restaurateur. Born in England, he was called up for Pakistan,[2] where he subsequently changed his name to Adam Karim.[3]
Born to a British Pakistani father and English mother, Karim began his professional football career with Bury, later joining Altrincham for a few months but then joined Bangor City in the 2005–06 season. He was released at the end of the 2006–07 season despite being a fairly impressive performer. He later joined Chorley, but in September 2007 linked up again with his former Bangor manager Clayton Blackmore when he joined Porthmadog.[4] At the same time, he was also playing for Rochdale club Asia F.C.[5]
Karim parted company with Porthmadog in 2008. In late 2009 he was playing for Canaries FC in the Lancashire Evening Post Sunday football league[6] and captained them to victory in the Asian Community Cup final held at Stamford Bridge.[7]
In February 2010, Karim joined Salford City[8] but after a short period asked to be released[9] and subsequently joined FC United of Manchester.[10] He played one match for the club, coming on as a substitute. He later joined Chadderton in November 2010,[11] scoring in the one and only match he played for the club.[12] Karim then joined Ashton United in November 2010,[13] playing 3 games in February 2011.[14]
International call-up
In October 2007, Karim was called up by Pakistan.[15][16][17][18][19] He was an unused substitute in a 2010 FIFA World Cup group play-off match against Iraq.[20][21] In 2010, he played for Pakistan International XI, a team made up of European based players of Pakistani origin against Woking FC.[22][23][24]
Personal life
Karim worked full-time running a restaurant in North West England while playing football simultaneously.[3] He initially founded an Indian restaurant named Karims.[25] He also became owner of Don Giovanni and CEO of Mahiki restaurant.[26][27][28][29] In November 2009, he co-founded Rosso Restaurant in Manchester along with Rio Ferdinand.[30][31]
In July 2017 he married Russian TV presenter Olga Ushakova in Cyprus, who has daughters from a previous relationship in addition to two daughters she and Karim have together, born in 2018 and 2020.[32]
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