Che Adams

Che Adams

Adams with Birmingham City in 2016
Personal information
Full name Che Zach Everton Fred Adams[1][2]
Date of birth (1996-07-13) 13 July 1996
Place of birth Leicester, England[3]
Playing position Midfielder, Forward
Club information
Current team
 Birmingham City
Number 14
Youth career
0000–2010 Coventry City
2010–2012 St Andrews[4]
Oadby Town[4]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Oadby Town[5] 33 (5)
2013–2014 Ilkeston 16 (9)
2014–2016 Sheffield United 47 (11)
2016– Birmingham City 15 (3)
National team
2015 England U20 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:28, 27 November 2016 (UTC).


Che Zach Everton Fred Adams[2] (born 13 July 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward or a midfielder for Championship club Birmingham City. He began his senior career in non-league football with Oadby Town and Ilkeston before moving into the Football League with Sheffield United in late 2014. He made 47 League One appearances before signing for Birmingham in August 2016. He represented England at under-20 level in 2015.

Club career

Born in Leicester, Adams started his career at Coventry City's youth academy before moving to Ilkeston.[3][6][7] During his time in non-league football he became highly sought after by league clubs with 45 scouts reportedly watching him in one game.[2] On 14 November 2014, Sheffield United beat off competition from clubs in higher divisions to sign Adams for an undisclosed fee on a two-year deal.[8][9] On 16 December 2014, he made his professional senior debut in a 1–0 home victory over Southampton, replacing Jamal Campbell-Ryce at half time as United made it to the semi-finals of the League Cup.[10] Four days later Adams made both his first career start and his first League One appearance, in a 1–1 draw with Walsall at Bramall Lane.[11]

In the League Cup semi-final second leg against Tottenham Hotspur on 28 January 2015 at Bramall Lane, Adams replaced Campbell-Ryce after 74 minutes. Five minutes later he had scored his first goals for Sheffield United with two goals in just over two minutes, which would have taken the game to extra time had Christian Eriksen not scored for Tottenham Hotspur in the 88th minute to win 3–2 on aggregate.[2][7][12]

Adams made ten appearances as Sheffield United finished the season in the League One play-off places. In the play-off semi-final second leg away to Swindon Town on 11 May, he replaced Ryan Flynn for the final five minutes and scored an equaliser for a 5–5 draw, but his team lost 6–7 on aggregate.[13]

On 15 August 2015, Adams scored his first league goals, both in a 2–0 home win over Chesterfield which was Sheffield United's first win of the season.[14] Ten days later, he signed a new three-year-deal at United with the option of an extra year.[15] On 10 October, Adams scored twice in the first half of a 3–2 win over Rochdale, and ten days later he got another brace to defeat Fleetwood Town 3–0, opening the scoring after 54 seconds.[16] He was given a straight red card on 5 December in the second round of the FA Cup, for a foul on Liam Kelly in a 1–0 win at Oldham Athletic.[17]

Birmingham City

Amid considerable transfer speculation, Adams played in Sheffield United's opening fixture of the 2016–17 season, but a bid was accepted from Championship club Birmingham City shortly afterwards,[18] and he signed a three-year contract with the club on 8 August 2016. The fee was undisclosed,[19] although the Sheffield Star reported it to be around £2 million, and that United had turned down deals valued at £1.2m and £1.7m.[20] Adams made his Birmingham debut on 16 August, as a second-half substitute in a 1–1 draw away to Wigan Athletic. He started the next match, at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers four days later, and opened the scoring with a low angled shot across the goalkeeper; he played 61 minutes as Birmingham went on to lose 3–1.[21]

International career

Adams, whose father is from Antigua, was invited to join the Antigua and Barbuda squad for Caribbean Cup qualifiers in October 2014, but decided against accepting the invitation.[22] He was then called up to the England C squad – the team that represents the country at semi-professional level[23] – but he signed for Sheffield United before the 18 November fixture and thus became ineligible. He was called up to the England U20 squad for two matches against the Czech Republic in early September 2015.[24] He made his debut on 5 September in a 5–0 win at St George's Park, replacing Tyler Walker for the final 17 minutes,[25] and started the second match, a 1–0 defeat.[26]

Style of play

Manager Kevin Wilson of Adams' former club Ilkeston described Adams as having "pace in abundance, but he's really powerful too" and said that "his biggest asset is that knack of changing games in the blink of an eye".[1][2]

Career statistics

As of match played 26 November 2016
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Division Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sheffield United 2014–15[27] League One 10000221[lower-alpha 1]1133
2015–16[28] League One 361120201[lower-alpha 1]14112
2016–17[29] League One 10———10
Total 47112042225515
Birmingham City 2016–17[29] Championship 153—00—153
Career total 62142042227018
  1. 1 2 Appearances in Football League play-offs

References

  1. 1 2 "Sheffield United: A revolution of youth: The story of Che Adams' rise to the Blades, told by the man who knows him best". Sheffield Star. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Che Adams: He scored twice in three minutes, but who is he?". BBC Newsbeat. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Blades clinch Adams deal". Ilkeston F.C. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Che Adams". Full Contact. Full Contact. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "ChromaSport & Trophies United Counties League 2012/13 Oadby Town: Player season totals League only". full-time.thefa.com. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Sheffield United beat off Premier League competition to sign Ilkeston starlet Che Adams". Sheffield Star. 15 November 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  7. 1 2 "Che Adams' two goals stunned Tottenham, but who is Sheffield United's teen sensation who lit up Capital One Cup semi-final?". Daily Mail. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Sheffield United: Che Adams joins Blades from Ilkeston". BBC Sport. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  9. ↑ "Blades land non-league star". Sheffield United F.C. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  10. ↑ "Sheffield United sink Southampton thanks to Marc McNulty's goal". The Guardian. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  11. ↑ "Sheff Utd 1–1 Walsall". BBC Sport. 20 December 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  12. ↑ "Sheff Utd 2–2 Tottenham". BBC Sport. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  13. ↑ Hassan, Nabil (11 May 2015). "Swindon 5–5 Sheff Utd". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  14. ↑ "Sheff Utd 2-0 Chesterfield". BBC Sport. 15 August 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  15. ↑ "Che Adams: Sheffield United striker signs new contract". BBC Sport. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  16. ↑ "Sheff Utd 3-0 Fleetwood". BBC Sport. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  17. ↑ "Oldham 1-0 Sheff Utd". BBC Sport. 5 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  18. ↑ Shield, James (8 August 2016). "Sheffield United forward Che Adams set to sign for Birmingham City". Sheffield Star. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  19. ↑ "Official: Che Adams joins Blues". Birmingham City F.C. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  20. ↑ Shield, James (9 August 2016). "Sheffield United: Why the Blades agreed to let Che Adams join Birmingham City". Sheffield Star. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  21. ↑ Dick, Brian (20 August 2016). "Birmingham City 1 Wolves 3: Che Adams debut goal counts for nothing in derby defeat". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  22. ↑ "Ilkeston teenager turns down chance to play for Antigua & Barbuda". Derby Telegraph. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  23. ↑ "Sheffield United: Young prospect gets his chance to shine". Sheffield Star. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  24. ↑ Veevers, Nicholas (27 August 2015). "England U20s squad selected ahead of Czech test". The Football Association. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  25. ↑ Veevers, Nicholas (5 September 2015). "England U20s kick-off with 5–0 win at St. George's Park". The Football Association. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  26. ↑ "England U20s fall to narrow defeat in Shrewsbury". The Football Association. 7 September 2015. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  27. ↑ "Games played by Che Adams in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  28. ↑ "Games played by Che Adams in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  29. 1 2 "Games played by Che Adams in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 November 2016.

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