Stephen Adams (footballer)

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Stephen Adams
Personal information
Full name Stephen Adams[1]
Date of birth (1989-09-28) 28 September 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Hearts of Oak
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2009 Real Sportive 0 (0)
2009–2017 Aduana Stars 54 (0)
2018–2019 Nkana 0 (0)
2019–2020 Accra Great Olympics 0 (0)
2021 Karela United 0 (0)
International career‡
2014–2015 Ghana 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 December 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 December 2022

Stephen Adams (born 28 September 1989) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.[2]

Club career

In 2010, Adams' club Aduana Stars won the Ghana Premier League. He was named Ghana's best domestically based goalkeeper in the same year.[3]

International career

Adams earned his first call-up for Ghana on 13 May 2010 for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[4]

On 13 January 2014, he made his debut for the Black Stars against Congo at the 2014 African Nations Championship. He was the team's first choice goalkeeper at the tournament, conceding only one goal in six matches as Ghana finished as runner-up to Libya.[3]

On 2 June 2014, Adams was named in Ghana's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[5]

References

  1. ^ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 June 2014. p. 17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  2. ^ Aduana Stars, The New Empire Of Ghana Football | General Sports Archived 2010-05-25 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b "Stephen ADAMS". FIFA. Archived from the original on 16 June 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  4. ^ FIFA World Cup List
  5. ^ "Ghana World Cup 2014 squad". The Telegraph. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.


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