Akeem Adams

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Akeem Adams
Personal information
Full name Akeem Elijah Adams
Date of birth (1991-04-13)13 April 1991
Place of birth Point Fortin, Trinidad and Tobago
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Place of death Budapest, Hungary
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Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008 W Connection
2009 United Petrotrin
2010–2011 W Connection
2011–2012 T&TEC SC
2012–2013 Central
2013 Ferencváros 6 (0)
International career
Trinidad & Tobago U17
Trinidad & Tobago U20
2008–2012 Trinidad & Tobago 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Akeem Elijah Adams (13 April 1991 – 30 December 2013)[1] was a Trinidadian international footballer who played as a defender.[2]

Club career

Early career

Adams spent his early career in Trinidad with W Connection, T&TEC SC, United Petrotrin and Central.[1]

Akeem received a trial with the Seattle Sounders of Major League Soccer and played the second half of an international friendly against Chivas de Guadalajara on October 12, 2010 in Seattle.[3]

Ferencváros, illness and death

In 2013 Akeem signed a contract with Hungarian club Ferencváros.[4]

On 25 September 2013, Adams suffered a heart attack.[5][6][7] His condition didn't improve quickly enough and his left leg had to be amputated on October 8 in a life-saving surgery.[8][9]

His doctor stated that his body wasn't ready for a heart transplant that would be necessary to keep him alive.[10][11]

On 28 December 2013, Adams suffered a stroke while at the Városmajori Heart Clinic and fell into a coma.[12] He died in Budapest on 30 December 2013.[13][14][15]

International career

Adams played youth international football with the Trinidad and Tobago under-17 team, participating in the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup and was part of the under-20 squad at 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[16] Adams made his full international debut in March 2008 at age 16, in a 1-0 victory against El Salvador.[1][17]

Personal life

His brother is fellow player Akini Adams.[17]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Akeem Adams at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
  2. ↑ Akeem Adams at Soccerway
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  4. ↑ Transfer on Ferencvárosi TC official page
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  13. ↑ Gyász: elhunyt Akeem Adams, a Ferencváros labdarúgója (Hungarian)
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. ↑ Akeem Adams – FIFA competition record
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Caribbean Football Database

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