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Adams with Montpellier in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Akor Jerome Adams | ||
| Date of birth | 29 January 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Benue State, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sevilla | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Jamba Football Academy | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2021 | Sogndal | 50 | (14) |
| 2022–2023 | Lillestrøm | 38 | (23) |
| 2023–2025 | Montpellier | 47 | (11) |
| 2025– | Sevilla | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Nigeria U20 | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:51, 23 January 2025 (UTC) ‡ 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 La Liga club Sevilla.
Club career
In August 2018, he joined Norwegian side Sogndal from Jamba Football Academy in Nigeria. He made his debut for the club on 28 August 2018. He missed much of the 2020 season due to injury. His contract with Sogndal expired at the end of the 2021 season. He ended the season with 10 goals in 28 games. On 2 December 2021, he signed a three-year contract with Lillestrøm. 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. In August 2023, he joined Ligue 1 club Montpellier.
International career
Adams featured for the Nigeria under-20 team at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Career statistics
- As of match played 12 January 2025
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sogndal | 2018 | NFD | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | |||
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| 2021 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 28 | 10 | |||
| Total | 50 | 14 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 2 | 56 | 16 | |||
| Lillestrøm | 2022 | Eliteserien | 23 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 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 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 33 | 10 | ||
| 2024–25 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 47 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 13 | ||
| Career total | 135 | 48 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 155 | 57 | ||
- ^ Includes Norwegian Cup
- ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in Eliteserien play-offs
- ^ Appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League
References
- ^ a b c d Akor Adams at WorldFootball.net
- ^ Sjøberg, Rune (16 August 2018). "Akor Jerome Adams blir Sogndal-spelar". Sogndal Fotball (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 April 2022.
- ^ a b c d Akor Adams at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- ^ Hopen, Andreas (17 July 2021). "Stor interesse for Sogndal-talent på utgående kontrakt". Eurosport (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 April 2022.
- ^ Stokstad, Morten (2 December 2021). "Akor Adams klar for LSK". Lillestrøm SK (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 April 2022.
- ^ "Akor Adams nouvel attaquant du MHSC" (in French). Montpellier HSC. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ Akor Adams at Global Sports Archive
External links
- Akor Adams at Soccerway
