Patrick Ada

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Patrick Ada
Personal information
Full name Patrick Ada Omgba
Date of birth (1985-01-14) 14 January 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2005 Redbridge 19 (3)
2005 Barnet 14 (0)
2005–2006 St Albans City 36 (1)
2006–2007 Exeter City 17 (2)
2007 → St Albans City (loan) 11 (0)
2007–2009 Histon 77 (5)
2009–2011 Crewe Alexandra 57 (3)
2011 Kilmarnock 3 (0)
2012 Burton Albion 9 (0)
2012 Ebbsfleet United 19 (0)
Total262(14)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Patrick Omgba Ada (born 14 January 1985) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer and convicted rapist.

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During his career, which lasted between 2004 and 2012, Ada played as a defender. He notably represented Kilmarnock in the Scottish Premier League, and played in the Football League for Barnet, Exeter City, Crewe Alexandra and Burton Albion. He also played in Non-league football with Redbridge, St Albans City, Histon and Ebbsfleet United.

Ada was released by Ebbsfleet in December 2012 after he was sentenced to five years in prison for rape. [1]

Career

Ada made 94 appearances over two years with Histon, [2] helping them chase promotion. [3]

He signed with Crewe Alexandra in the summer of 2009, making him Crewe's first signing in the summer transfer window. [4] He was released from the club in May 2011. [5]

On 21 June 2011, Ada signed for Scottish Premier League club Kilmarnock. [6] Ada made his debut on 24 July 2011 at Tannadice in a 1–1 draw with Dundee United. On 30 August, it was announced that Kilmarnock would let Ada leave on a free transfer, in order to ease the club's wage bill.

On 23 February 2012, after training for a week with Burton Albion, Ada signed a contract until the end of the season with the League Two side. [7] Ada joined Conference National side Ebbsfleet United in the summer of 2012 and went on to make 19 league appearances and played his final game on 4 December in a 4–2 home defeat by Cambridge United before being released after being jailed for rape.

Personal life

Ada was arrested in March 2012, in the connection to an allegation of rape. [8]

On 12 December Ada was sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted of raping a woman in Southwark, London on 1 March 2012. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Former Burton Albion player Patrick Ada jailed for rape". BBC News. 12 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "Patrick Ada career stats". ESPN. 21 May 2009. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
  3. ↑ Maiden, Phil (4 May 2009). "Histon 1–0 Torquay (Agg: 1–2)". BBC Sport . Retrieved 21 May 2009.
  4. ↑ "Crewe make first summer signing". Crewe Alexandra. 21 May 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
  5. ↑ "Crewe Alexandra Announce Retain List". crewealex.net. 12 May 2011. Archived from the original on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  6. ↑ "Three New Signings". Kilmarnock F.C. 21 June 2011. Archived from the original on 25 June 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  7. ↑ "Burton Albion | News | Latest News | Latest News | Burton Agree Deal with Patrick Ada". Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  8. ↑ "Met police arrest Burton Albion defender over alleged rape". This is Derbyshire. 2 March 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2012. He was sentenced to five years imprisonment on 11 December 2012, after being found guilty of the offence.
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