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Akor Jerome Adams (born 29 January 2000) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Montpellier.
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Adams in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Akor Jerome Adams[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 29 January 2000[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 | 35 | (9) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Nigeria U20 | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:42, 29 January 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:38, 2 April 2022 (UTC) | |||
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]
Adams featured for the Nigeria under-20 team at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[7]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[lower-alpha 1] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sogndal | 2018 | NFD | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 13 | 3 | |||
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| 2021 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 28 | 10 | |||
| Total | 50 | 14 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 2 | 56 | 16 | |||
| Lillestrøm | 2022 | Eliteserien | 23 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 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 | ||
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