Adam Idah

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Adam Idah
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Idah playing for Norwich City in the 2021–22 season.
Personal information
Full name Adam Uche Idah [1]
Date of birth (2001-02-11) 11 February 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Cork, Ireland
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Celtic
Number 9
Youth career
2007–2017 College Corinthians
2017–2019 Norwich City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2024 Norwich City 100 (12)
2024 → Celtic (loan) 15 (8)
2024– Celtic 20 (5)
International career‡
2016 Republic of Ireland U16 2 (0)
2016–2018 Republic of Ireland U17 22 (14)
2017–2018 Republic of Ireland U18 5 (2)
2018 Republic of Ireland U19 5 (2)
2019 Republic of Ireland U21 12 (5)
2020– Republic of Ireland 29 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:20, 14 January 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:07, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

Adam Uche Idah (born 11 February 2001) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Scottish Premiership club Celtic and the Republic of Ireland national team.

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Early career

Born in Cork to a Nigerian father and an Irish mother, Idah attended Douglas Community School. [3] [4] He started playing football with College Corinthians in 2007 at the age of six. [5] He stayed with the Corinthians for ten years progressing through the youth levels before joining Norwich City as an academy scholar in 2017. [6] In his first season at Norwich Idah played in the Professional Development League in Norwich's Premier League Under-18 side, scoring nine goals in 15 games. He completed a 10-minute hat-trick against Barnsley in the FA Youth Cup before scoring another hat-trick against Tottenham Hotspur in the U18 league. [7] At the end of the season Idah won both the Norwich Under-18 player of the season and the academy player of the year awards. [8]

During his second season at Norwich, Idah was productive in the youth team. He played in the club's under-23 side in Premier League 2, scoring 12 goals in 19 games. At the end of the season Idah was one of the eight nominations for Premier League 2 player of the season. [9] On 4 July 2019, he signed his first professional contract with the club, signing a contract until 2023. [10] [11] In the 2019 pre-season, Idah trained with the first team, [12] and was chosen to be part of Norwich's squad on their pre-season tour to Germany. [13] [14] In the first game of the tour he came on as a substitute in the 2–2 draw with Arminia Bielefeld, [15] starting his first senior game for Norwich three days later in the friendly against Bonner SC, scoring two goals. [16] [17] Idah again featured in Norwich's final game of the tour, coming on as a substitute against Schalke 04. [18]

Senior career

Norwich City

Idah made his first senior appearance on 27 August 2019, playing the full 90 minutes as Norwich lost 1–0 at Crawley Town in the EFL Cup. [19] He made his Premier League debut as a substitute against Crystal Palace on 1 January 2020 [19] before starting Norwich's 2019–20 FA Cup third round match at Preston North End on 4 January, making his FA Cup debut. He scored his first professional hat-trick in the match, his third senior appearance for Norwich. [20] On 15 January 2022, Idah scored his first Premier League goal for Norwich City in a 2–1 win against Everton. [21] It was his first start for Norwich City in the Premier League and his first start for the Canaries at Carrow Road.

Celtic

Idah moved on loan to Celtic on 1 February 2024. [22] He scored two penalties against Hibernian at Easter Road. [23] He also scored the winning goal in the 2024 Scottish Cup final at Hampden Park against Rangers, sealing the League and Cup double. [24]

On 14 August 2024, Idah returned to Celtic on a permanent transfer, signing a five-year contract. [25] He was instrumental in Celtic's final two UEFA Champions League league stage matches against Young Boys and Aston Villa, setting up Celtic's winning goal in the former and scoring twice in the latter. [26] [27]

International career

Idah was born in Cork to an Igbo-Nigerian father and Irish mother. [28]

He has been a youth international for Ireland. [29] Following Idah's hat-trick for Norwich City against Preston North End on 4 January 2020, Republic of Ireland manager Mick McCarthy hinted that Idah may soon earn a full cap, commenting "He might have just got himself one", while working as a pundit for BT Sport's coverage of the match. [30] On 24 August 2020, Idah was named in the Republic of Ireland senior squad for the first time for the UEFA Nations League games against Bulgaria and Finland, in what was his manager at under 21 level, Stephen Kenny's first squad as senior manager. [31]

On 3 September 2020, on his first call-up for the senior team, he made his debut in a 1–1 draw away to Bulgaria in the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League. [32]

On 19 June 2023, he scored his first goal for Ireland in a 3–0 win against Gibraltar in a UEFA Euro 2024 qualifier. [33]

On 10 September 2023, he scored the opener for Ireland in an eventual 2–1 defeat to Netherlands in a UEFA Euro 2024 qualifier. [34]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 29 January 2025 [35]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Norwich City 2019–20 Premier League 1203310—163
2020–21 Championship 1730000—173
2021–22 Premier League1712020—211
2022–23 Championship2521011—273
2023–24 Championship2863130—347
2024–25 Championship10—00—10
Total100129471—11617
Celtic (loan) 2023–24 Scottish Premiership 15841——199
Celtic 2024–25 Scottish Premiership20510428 [c] 33310
Total35135142835219
Career total135251451138316836

International

As of match played 10 October 2024 [36]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Republic of Ireland 202050
202180
202393
202471
Total294
Scores and results list the Republic of Ireland's goal tally first.
List of international goals scored by Adam Idah [37]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
119 June 2023 Aviva Stadium, Dublin, IrelandFlag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 3–03–0 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
210 September 2023 Aviva Stadium, Dublin, IrelandFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1–01–2 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
321 November 2023 Aviva Stadium, Dublin, IrelandFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1–01–1 Friendly
44 June 2024 Aviva Stadium, Dublin, IrelandFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1–02–1 Friendly

    Honours

    Norwich City

    Celtic

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