Biography & Career Of Che Adams

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Biography & Career Of Che Adams

Ché Zach Everton Fred Adams is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Southampton and the Scotland national team. Adams 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.

Early Career

Adams was born in Leicester, where he played football as a youngster for Highfield Rangers. He joined Coventry City’s youth academy as a seven-year-old, and was released at fourteen.

He then played youth football for Leicester club St Andrews before joining Oadby Town in 2012. Initially playing for their youth team, Adams soon moved into the first team; over the 2012–13 season, the sixteen-year-old made 33 appearances for Oadby in the United Counties League, of which 27 were in the starting eleven, and scored five goals.

Adams took up a scholarship with Ilkeston’s academy, and helped their team win their section of the Football Conference Youth Alliance and reach the second round proper of the 2013–14 FA Youth Cup. He was also playing first-team football in the Northern Premier League.

Adams 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 Championship club Birmingham City in August 2016. After three seasons with Birmingham, he moved to Southampton in 2019.

Adams represented his native England at under-20 level in 2015, and made his debut for Scotland, for which he qualified by descent, in 2021.

On 14 November 2014, Sheffield United of League One beat off competition from clubs in higher divisions to sign Adams on a two-year deal. The fee was officially undisclosed, but the Sheffield Star reported it as a six-figure deal.

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, and he signed a three-year contract with the club on 8 August 2016.

On 1 July 2019, Adams joined Southampton for a fee reported to be £15 million, signing a five-year contract. Adams made his Premier League debut on 10 August in a 3–0 defeat against Burnley.

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.

He was then called up to the England C squad – the team that represents the country at semi-professional level – 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.

Net Worth

Che Adams net worth is $60 million. Adams 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 Championship club Birmingham City in August 2016. After three seasons with Birmingham, he moved to Southampton in 2019.