Wahab Adams

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Wahab Adams
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-11-25) 25 November 1993 (age 29)
Place of birth Kumasi, Ghana
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Wolkite Ketema
Number 24
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2017 Aduana Stars 52+ (0)
2018–2021 Asante Kotoko 29 (0)
2021– Wolkite Ketema 50 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wahab Adams (born 25 November 1993) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as defender for Ethiopian Premier League side Wolkite Ketema. He previously played for Ghanaian clubs Aduana Stars and Asante Kotoko.

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Club career

Sekondi Hasaacas

Adams featured for Sekondi Hasaacas before securing a move to play for Aduana Stars. [1] [2]

Aduana Stars

Adams played for Aduana Stars for 8 years from 2009 to 2017. [3] [4] He was a member of the first title winning campaign in 2009–2010 season. He featured in 29 matches out of 30 to help to second place in the 2016 Ghanaian Premier League season. [5] During the 2017 Ghanaian Premier League, he continued to play a key role in the team, playing a 23 league matches to help them clinch the league title for the second time in the club's history. [6] [3] [5] He won the league twice whilst playing for the club. [4]

Asante Kotoko

After spending 8 years with Aduana Stars, he showed interest in joining Kumasi Asante Kotoko after his contract with Aduana Stars run out in 2017. [6] [7] He signed a two-year deal with the club in December 2017 ahead of the 2018 Ghanaian Premier League season. He made his debut on 17 March 2018 in a 1–1 draw against West African Football Academy (WAFA). [8] He featured in 13 league matches that season before the league was brought to an abrupt end due to dissolution of the GFA in June 2018, as a result of the Anas Number 12 Expose. [5] In December 2019, he signed a new 2-year contract with the club set to expire in December 2021. [9] In March 2021, there were reports that he had handed in a transfer request to exit the club due to limited play time due to the presence of defensive pair Ismail Abdul Ganiu and Yussif Mubarik who were being played by coach Johnson Smith. [10] [4] His agent later came out to deny the reports. [11] [1] On 17 September 2021, he was released by the club with 3 months left on his contract. [12]

Wolkite Ketema

In August 2021 Adams illegally joined Ethiopian club Wolkite Ketema in August 2021, despite the fact that his contract with Asante Kotoko had not yet expired. [13] As a result, Asante Kotoko issued a club statement regarding the investigation into his conduct and directed Adams to confirm or deny the deal, which violated GFA and FIFA rules. [14] He denied all allegations of misconduct, but he was later released by the club the following month. [15] [16] He went on to sign officially for Wolkite Ketema. [17] He revealed that his salary in Ethiopia was roughly seven times that of Asante Kotoko, and he urged club owners and administrators in Ghana to financially support their players. [18]

Adams claimed that the Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) approached him about changing his nationality from Ghana to Ethiopia. In a tweet, the Federation's General Secretary refuted all claims and warned Adams to stop making false statements and misleading Ghanaians. [19]

Personal life

In May 2020, Adams mentioned in an interview with Light FM that, in 3 years of joining Asante Kotoko, he used his salaries to build a house and set up businesses which was bringing him relevant income. [20]

Honours

Aduana Stars

Asante Kotoko

Wolkite Ketema

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  2. ↑ "'No Kotoko player can make Aduana starting line-up' – Board member". Footy-GHANA.com. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
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  8. ↑ "Match Report of West Africa Football Academy SC vs Asante Kotoko SC – 2018-03-17 – Zylofon Cash Premier League – Global Sports Archive". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  9. ↑ "Wahab Adams inks new Kotoko deal". Footy-GHANA.com. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
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  11. ↑ Amoako, Yaw Opoku (16 March 2021). "Wahab Adams is not seeking an exit from Kotoko – Agent". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 30 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ↑ "OFFICIAL: Asante Kotoko release defender Wahab Adams". GhanaSoccernet. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  13. ↑ "Dire Dawa, Wolkite City make Ghanaian signings". SuperSport. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  14. ↑ "Kotoko to investigate alleged misconduct of Wahab Adams". Ghana News Agency. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  15. ↑ "Wahab Adams responds to Asante Kotoko letters on alleged foreign trials". GhanaWeb. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  16. ↑ Tahiru, Fentuo (20 September 2021). "#Donkomi: Asante Kotoko officially release Wahab Adams". Citi Sports Online. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  17. ↑ "Former Asante Kotoko Wahab Adams set to join Ethiopian Club- Report". Ghanasoccernet. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
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