William Agada

Last updated

William Agada
Willie Agada 2022.png
Agada with Sporting Kansas City in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-09-17) 17 September 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Bauchi, Nigeria
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Sporting Kansas City
Number 23
Youth career
–2017 Mighty Jets
2017 Hapoel Katamon
2017–2018 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2020 Hapoel Katamon 66 (23)
2020–2022 Hapoel Jerusalem 31 (8)
2020–2021 → Hapoel Haifa (loan) 25 (6)
2022– Sporting Kansas City 62 (23)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 September 2024

William "Willy" Agada (born 17 September 1999) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Major League Soccer club Sporting KC.

Contents

Career

Agada began his playing career with Mighty Jets F.C. of the Nigeria National League. [2] [3]

Agada started his international career in Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem's youth team in 2017/18 season. In the middle of the season he was loaned to Maccabi Tel Aviv youth team. Agada finished the season with a total of 22 league goals for both clubs. [4]
In 2018/19 season he returned to Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem in the Israeli Liga Leumit, and completed two seasons with 8 and 15 league goals. [5] [6]
In 2020/21 season he moved to Hapoel Haifa on loan, [7] and scored 6 league goals. [8]
In 2021/22 Agada returned to Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem, that just changed its name to Hapoel Jerusalem. Agada scored 8 league goals, being the club top scorer, and helped the club staying in the first division. [9]
In the end of 2021/22 season, Agada was transferred to Sporting KC of MLS, from the Israeli Premier League. [10]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael Zandberg</span> Israeli footballer

Michael Zandberg is an Israeli former football player. He is the current head coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv's youth team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Israeli Premier League</span> Top-division mens association football league in Israel

The Israeli Premier League is a professional association football league, that operates as the highest-division of the Israeli football league. This top tier league is contested by 14 clubs, and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with its second division Liga Leumit. Seasons run from August to May, with teams playing between 33 and 36 matches each, totalling 240 matches in every season.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hapoel Jerusalem F.C.</span> Association football club in Israel

Hapoel Jerusalem Football Club is an Israeli professional football club based in Jerusalem. It competes in the Israeli Premier League, the top flight of Israeli football. Founded in 1926, their home ground is the Teddy Stadium. As a protest against the conduct of the club's owners since the 1990s, the Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem football club was established in 2007, the first football club in Israel owned by its fans. The club was named after Katamon Stadium, which was formerly used by Hapoel Jerusalem. The club existed in parallel with Hapoel Jerusalem for 12 years.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shay Holtzman</span> Israeli footballer

Shay Holtzman is an Israeli former professional footballer who played as a striker in the top level of Israeli league football for Maccabi Netanya, Maccabi Haifa, Tzafririm Holon, Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Beitar Jerusalem, Hapoel Haifa, Maccabi Petah Tikva, Ironi Rishon leZion, F.C. Ashdod and for the Israel national team. He also played for Austrian club Austria Wien for one season. He is both F.C. Ashdod's and the Israeli Premier League's record goalscorer. After retiring as a player, Holtzman worked as an assistant manager in F.C. Ashdod and Maccabi Netanya.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem F.C.</span> Israeli former football club

Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem F.C. was the name of the club that is currently called Hapoel Jerusalem, an Israeli fan-owned association football club in Jerusalem. It was conceived and founded in 2007 by Hapoel Jerusalem fans unhappy with the team's management.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eitan Tibi</span> Israeli footballer

Eitan Tibi is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Be'er Sheva and the Israel national team.

Golan Hermon was an Israeli footballer (Defender) who currently works as a youth manager at Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eran Levi</span> Israeli footballer

Eran Levi is an Israeli footballer who plays as a striker for F.C. Or Akiva.

The 2009–10 Toto Cup Al was the twenty-eighth season of the third most important football tournament in Israel since its introduction and sixth under the current format. It was held in two stages. First, sixteen Premier League teams were divided into four groups. The winners and runners-up, were advanced to the knockout phase. Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final was held as one-legged matches, with the Final played at the Ramat Gan Stadium.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hapoel Afula F.C.</span> Association football club in Israel

Hapoel Afula is an Israeli football club based in Afula. The club is currently in Liga Leumit and plays at the Afula Illit Stadium. Their main rivals are Hapoel Asi Gilboa.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Omer Atzili</span> Israeli footballer (born 1993)

Omer Yosef Atzili is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or as a winger for Omonia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dia Saba</span> Israeli association football player

Dia Saba is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for UAE Pro League club Emirates Club.

The 2015–16 season is Maccabi Haifa's 58th season in Israeli Premier League, and their 34th consecutive season in the top division of Israeli football.

Janet Egyir is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a defender for Israeli Women's Premier League club Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem FC and the Ghana women's national team. She was part of the team at the 2014 African Women's Championship. In 2018, she was adjudged the best player of the tournament at the 2018 WAFU Women's Cup.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jake Rozhansky</span> American-Israeli soccer player

Jake Michael Rozhansky is an American soccer player who plays as a midfielder for MLS Next Pro club New York City FC II. During his career, he has previously appeared for D.C. United U-23, Maccabi Netanya, Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem, Hapoel Afula, and Maccabi Herzliya.

The 2018–19 Toto Cup Leumit was the 29th season of the second tier League Cup since its introduction. It was divided into two stages. First, sixteen Liga Leumit teams were divided into four regionalized groups, with the winners advancing to the semi-finals, while the rest of the clubs were scheduled to play classification play-offs. However, the classification matches were only partly played.

The 2018–19 Israel State Cup is the 80th season of Israel's nationwide Association football cup competition and the 65th after the Israeli Declaration of Independence.

The 2020–21 Israeli Basketball Premier League, for sponsorship reasons Ligat Winner, was the 67th season of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.

The 2022–23 Toto Cup Al is the 38th season of the third-important football tournament in Israel since its introduction and the 16th tournament involving Israeli Premier League clubs only.

References

  1. ↑ "William Agada". Sporting Kansas City. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  2. ↑ Mustapha, Wale (23 July 2017). "John John Bags Brace As Kogi United Crash Mighty Jets In Lokoja". Kogi Reports. Archived from the original on 3 October 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022. ...the likes of William Agada...
  3. ↑ "Birthday boy Agada nets seventh goal in MLS". SCORE Nigeria. 18 September 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "Player details in Israeli FA website (2017/18)". www.football.org.il.
  5. ↑ "Player details in Israeli FA website (2018/19)". www.football.org.il.
  6. ↑ "Player details in Israeli FA website (2019/20)". www.football.org.il.
  7. ↑ Lesley, Angu (31 July 2020). "William Agada joins Hapoel Haifa". KICK442. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  8. ↑ "Player details in Israeli FA website (2020/21)". www.football.org.il.
  9. ↑ "Player details in Israeli FA website (2021/22)". www.football.org.il.
  10. ↑ "Sporting Kansas City sign forward William Agada from Israeli side Hapoel Jerusalem". MLS. 23 June 2022.


Flag of Nigeria.svg Soccerball mask.svg

This biographical article related to a football forward from Nigeria is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.