Sadick Adams

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Sadick Adams
Personal information
Full name Sadick Adams
Date of birth (1990-01-01) 1 January 1990 (age 33) [1]
Place of birth Tamale, Northern Region, Ghana [1]
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Ashanti Gold
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007 Ashanti Gold 19 (9)
2008–2009 Atlético Madrid B 22 (9)
2009–2010 Vojvodina 3 (0)
2010 Étoile du Sahel 15 (7)
2011 Hammam-Sousse
2011–2012 Al-Ansar 6 (0)
2012–2013 Berekum Chelsea 1 (0)
2013 Saham Club
2014 Al-Nahda 10 (3)
2014–2015 Al-Feiha 22 (9)
2015–2016 Berekum Chelsea 19 (8)
2016 Türk Ocağı 30 (2)
2017 Berekum Chelsea
2017–2019 Asante Kotoko 9 (14)
2019–2020 Shabab Bourj 3 (1)
2020–2021 Arambagh KS 6 (0)
International career
2007 Ghana U17 10 (9)
2007 Ghana U20 3 (1)
2008 Ghana U23 3 (2)
2017 Ghana 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 July 2021

Sadick Adams (born 1 January 1990) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He last played for Bangladesh Premier League club Arambagh KS. Adams was considered by World Soccer magazine one of the 50 Most Exciting Teenagers on the Planet in their November 2007 issue.

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Club career

Atlético Madrid

Atlético Madrid signed a pre-contract with Adams in November 2007, and allowed him to train with the reserve, as FIFA stated that no international transfer is allowed for player under-18. [2]

FK Vojvodina

On 3 December 2009, it was announced that Adams would join Vojvodina. [3] He was officially signed on 6 December 2009, on a four and a half year contract. He played half a season with the Serbian SuperLiga club, having played only 9 league matches.

Étoile Sportive du Sahel

On 16 May 2010, Adams returned to Africa [4] and he signed a three-year contract with Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club Étoile Sportive du Sahel. [5]

Al-Ansar

In January 2012, Adams signed with Saudi Professional League club Al-Ansar for the 2011–12 Saudi Professional League.

Berekum Chelsea

In October 2012, Adams signed a contract with Glo Premier League club Berekum Chelsea for the 2012–13 season. [6] On 24 October 2012, Adams made his debut for Berekum Chelsea in a 1–0 defeat to Medeama SC. [7]

Saham

In the summer of 2013, Sadick Adams joined Saham of Oman.

He then played with Turkish Cypriot club Türk Ocağı.

Asante Kotoko

Sadick Adams was signed by Asante kotoko and was handed number 99. He scored a lot of match winning goals in his first season. Mostly through penalty kicks. But what most Kumasi Asante Kotoko fans will remember him for is his first half hat trick against rivals Accra Hearts of Oak (during the 2017 MTN FA cup in Tamale which Asante Kotoko won by 3 goals to 1).

International career

2007 U-17 World Cup

He scored 4 goals in 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup for the Ghana U17 team, including a goal in their 1–2 semi-final loss to Spain. [8]

Ghana national under-23 team

During 2011, he was part of the Ghana national under-23 football team in the 2011 CAF U-23 Championship which was a qualifying tournament for the 2012 London Olympics. [9]

Ghana national team

Adams debuted for the Ghanaian main national team in 2017. [10]

International goals

Scores and results list Ghana's goal tally first. [10]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.12 August 2017 Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 1–02–2 2018 African Nations Championship qualification

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References

  1. 1 2 Interview with Sadick Adams at Soccerhene.
  2. Atlético firma al ghanés Sadick Adams
  3. Sadick Adams, del Atlético B, está en Serbia para fichar por el Vojvodina
  4. Saddick Adams linked to Etoile return
  5. Officiel – Adams Sadick étoilé pour 3 ans Archived 19 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Berekum Chelsea await ITC of striker Sadick Adams to complete signing. Goal.com. 9 October 2012.
  7. Striker Sadick Adams marks Berekum Chelsea debut. ghanasoccernet.com. 25 October 2012.
  8. Sadick Adams FIFA competition record (archived)
  9. Ghana U23 coach invites 14 foreign-based stars for crucial Olympics qualifier at GHANAsoccernet.com
  10. 1 2 Sadick Adams at National–Football–Teams.com