Akor Adams

Akor Adams
Adams with Montpellier in 2024
Personal information
Full name Akor Jerome Adams[1]
Date of birth (2000-01-29) 29 January 2000 (age 24)[1]
Place of birth Benue State, Nigeria
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward[1]
Team information
Current team
 Montpellier
Number 8
Youth career
Jamba Football Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Sogndal 50 (14)
2022–2023 Lillestrøm 38 (23)
2023– Montpellier 45 (11)
International career‡
2019 Nigeria U20 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:38, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

Akor Jerome Adams (born 29 January 2000) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Montpellier.

Club career

In August 2018, he joined Norwegian side Sogndal from Jamba Football Academy in Nigeria.[2] He made his debut for the club on 28 August 2018.[3] He missed much of the 2020 season due to injury. His contract with Sogndal expired at the end of the 2021 season.[4] He ended the season with 10 goals in 28 games.[3] On 2 December 2021, he signed a three-year contract with Lillestrøm.[5] He made his competitive debut in the cup, scoring against Nardo; and then his Eliteserien debut on 2 April 2022 against HamKam, scoring one of the goals in a 2–2 draw.[3] In August 2023, he joined Ligue 1 club Montpellier.[6]

International career

Adams featured for the Nigeria under-20 team at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[7]

Career statistics

As of match played 29 January 2024[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sogndal 2018 NFD 10 1 0 0 — 1[b] 0 11 1
2019 12 3 0 0 — 1[b] 0 13 3
2020 2 0 — — 2[b] 2 4 2
2021 26 10 1 0 — 1[b] 0 28 10
Total 50 14 1 0 — 5 2 56 16
Lillestrøm 2022 Eliteserien 23 8 5 2 1[c] 0 — 29 10
2023 15 15 5 3 0 0 — 20 18
Total 38 23 10 5 1 0 0 0 49 28
Montpellier 2023–24 Ligue 1 19 7 0 0 — — 19 7
Career total 107 44 11 5 1 0 5 2 125 51
  1. ^ Includes Norwegian Cup
  2. ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in Eliteserien play-offs
  3. ^ Appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League

References

  1. ^ a b c d Akor Adams at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ Sjøberg, Rune (16 August 2018). "Akor Jerome Adams blir Sogndal-spelar". Sogndal Fotball (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d Akor Adams at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  4. ^ Hopen, Andreas (17 July 2021). "Stor interesse for Sogndal-talent på utgående kontrakt". Eurosport (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  5. ^ Stokstad, Morten (2 December 2021). "Akor Adams klar for LSK". Lillestrøm SK (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Akor Adams nouvel attaquant du MHSC" (in French). Montpellier HSC. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  7. ^ Akor Adams at Global Sports Archive
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