Jamil Adam
{{Short description|English footballer (born 1991)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jamil Adam
| image =
| fullname = Jamil Buba Adam{{Cite book
| editor-first = Barry J.
| editor-last = Hugman
| title = The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10
| year = 2009
| publisher = Mainstream Publishing
| isbn = 978-1-84596-474-0}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|06|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bolton (borough), England
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}
| currentclub = Flint Town United
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2007
| youthyears2 = 2007–2008
| youthclubs1 = Manchester City
| youthclubs2 = Barnsley
| position = Forward
| years1 = 2008–2011 | clubs1= Barnsley |caps1= 4 |goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2011–2012 | clubs2= Baldock Town |caps2= 17 |goals2 = 10
| years3 = 2012–2013 | clubs3= Burscough |caps3= 14 |goals3 = 4
| years4 = 2013 | clubs4= Buckley Town | caps4= 15 |goals4 = 9
| years5 = 2014 | clubs5= Penycae | caps5= 22 |goals5 = 16
| years6 = 2014– | clubs6= Flint Town United |caps6= 30 |goals6 = 18
| nationalyears1 = 2009–2010
| nationalyears2 = 2010
| nationalteam1 = Republic of Ireland U19
| nationalteam2 = Republic of Ireland U21
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalcaps2 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 2
| nationalgoals2 = 2
| club-update = 20:10, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
| ntupdate =
}}
Jamil Buba Adam (born 5 June 1991) is an English footballer of Nigerian and Irish descent who plays as a striker for Flint Town United, having previously played for Championship side Barnsley.
Career
Adam began his youth career with Premiership side Manchester City where he won the club's 2008 Academy Player of the Year.[http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/barnsley/Adam-is-ready-to-set.4048339.jp Adam is ready to set benchmark for Reds] After leaving City, Jamil joined Championship side Barnsley and made his debut in the final game of the 2007–08 season against Cardiff City. Next season, Adam bagged a brace in the first friendly match in the 4–1 win at Buxton and the following day, he scored against Glossop North End for Barnsley.
At the end of the 2009–10 season, Jamil was named Barnsley's Young Player of the Year.
On 12 January 2011, Adam left Barnsley by mutual consent after making one league appearance for The Tykes and also making a brief substitute appearance in the FA Cup against West Ham.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/barnsley/9358353.stm Teenage striker Jamil Adam leaves Barnsley]
International career
Adam is eligible to play for England, Nigeria, or Ireland. He has previously been called up to Nigeria underage sides but has since made his debut for the Republic of Ireland Under-19 side and played in the UEFA Championship first qualifying stage in San Marino in November 2009 where he scored in a 5–0 victory.{{Cite web|url=http://www.soccerscene.ie/ss19/player.php?show_all_starts=1&id=184|title=Statistics: Republic of Ireland [Powered by tplSoccerStats]}} He scored his second goal for the U19 side in a 4–2 win over Poland Under-19s.{{Cite web |url=http://www.fai.ie/international/under-19/100818-ireland-under-19s-beat-poland-in-six-goal-thriller.html |title=Ireland Under 19's beat Poland in six goal thriller |access-date=7 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120705042710/http://www.fai.ie/international/under-19/100818-ireland-under-19s-beat-poland-in-six-goal-thriller.html |archive-date=5 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}
Jamil also represented the Republic of Under-19 side in the Clarion Hotels U19 Four Nations Tournament[http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/irish-u19s-face-dutch-in-four-nations-100228.html Irish U19s face Dutch in Four Nations] where he made two substitute appearances against Turkey Under-19s and Holland Under-19s.
Honours
;Barnsley
2010 Young Player of the Year
References
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External links
- {{Soccerbase}}
- [http://www.soccerscene.ie/ss19/player.php?show_all_starts=1&id=184 Republic of Ireland Under-19] career stats
- [http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/flinttownunited/s/the-team-33913.html?player_id=1297188] Profile at Flint Town United F.C.
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Category:Footballers from Farnworth
Category:Black British sportsmen
Category:21st-century Black British people
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Nigerian men's footballers
Category:Barnsley F.C. players
Category:Baldock Town F.C. players
Category:Burscough F.C. players
Category:Buckley Town F.C. players
Category:Flint Town United F.C. players
Category:English Football League players