Adam Idah

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Adam Idah
Adam Idah 2021-08-07 1.jpg
Idah playing for Norwich City in 2021
Personal information
Full name Adam Idah[1]
Date of birth (2001-02-11) 11 February 2001 (age 21)
Place of birth Cork, Ireland
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Norwich City
Number 35
Youth career
2007–2017 College Corinthians
2017–2019 Norwich City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Norwich City 46 (4)
National team‡
2016 Republic of Ireland U16 2 (0)
2016–2018 Republic of Ireland U17 22 (14)
2017–2018 Republic of Ireland U18 5 (2)
2018 Republic of Ireland U19 5 (2)
2019– Republic of Ireland U21 12 (5)
2020– Republic of Ireland 13 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:26, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2021 (UTC)

Adam Idah (born 11 February 2001) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Norwich City and the Republic of Ireland national team.

Early career[]

Idah was born in Cork and grew up in the city, attending Douglas Community School.[3] He started playing football with College Corinthians in 2007 at the age of six.[4] He stayed with the Corinthians for 10 years progressing through the youth levels before joining Norwich City as an academy scholar in 2017.[5] In his first season at Norwich Idah played in the Professional Development League in Norwich's Premier League Under-18 side, scoring nine goals in 15 games. He completed a 10-minute hat-trick against Barnsley in the FA Youth Cup before scoring another hat-trick against Tottenham Hotspur in the U18 league.[6] At the end of the season Idah won both the Norwich Under-18 player of the season and the academy player of the year awards.[7]

During his second season at Norwich, Idah was just as productive in the youth team. He played in the club's under-23 side in Premier League 2, scoring 12 goals in 19 games. At the end of the season Idah was one of the eight nominations for Premier League 2 player of the season.[8] On 4 July 2019, he signed his first professional contract with the club, signing a contract until 2023.[9][10] In the 2019 pre-season, Idah trained with the first team,[11] and was chosen to be part of Norwich's squad on their pre-season tour to Germany.[12][13] In the first game of the tour he came on as a substitute in the 2–2 draw with Arminia Bielefeld,[14] starting his first senior game for Norwich three days later in the friendly against Bonner SC, scoring two goals.[15][16] Idah again featured in Norwich's final game of the tour, coming on as a substitute against Schalke 04.[17]

Senior career[]

Idah made his first senior appearance on 27 August 2019, playing the full 90 minutes as Norwich lost 1–0 to Crawley Town in the EFL Cup.[18] He made his Premier League debut as a substitute against Crystal Palace on 1 January 2020[18] before starting Norwich's 2019–20 FA Cup third round match at Preston North End on 4 January, making his FA Cup debut. He scored his first professional hat-trick in the match, his third senior appearance for Norwich.[19] On 15 January 2022, Idah scored his first Premier League goal for Norwich City in a 2-1 win against Everton.[20] It was his first start for Norwich City in the Premier League and his first start for the Canaries at Carrow Road.

International career[]

Idah was born in Cork to a Nigerian father and Irish mother. He has been a youth international for Ireland.[21] Following Idah's hat-trick for Norwich City against Preston North End on 4 January 2020, Republic of Ireland manager Mick McCarthy hinted that Idah may soon earn a full cap, commenting "He might have just got himself one", while working as a pundit for BT Sport's coverage of the match.[22] On 24 August 2020, Idah was named in the Republic of Ireland senior squad for the first time for the UEFA Nations League games against Bulgaria and Finland, in what was his manager at under 21 level, Stephen Kenny's first squad as senior manager.[23]

On 3 September 2020, on his first call-up for the senior team, he made his debut in a 1–1 draw away to Bulgaria in the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League.[24]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 9 February 2022[25]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Norwich City 2019–20 Premier League 12 0 3 3 1 0 — 16 3
2020–21 Championship 17 3 0 0 0 0 — 17 3
2021–22 Premier League 17 1 2 0 2 0 — 21 1
Career total 46 4 5 3 3 0 0 0 54 7

International[]

As of match played 11 November 2021[26]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Republic of Ireland 2020 5 0
2021 8 0
Total 13 0

Honours[]

Norwich City

References[]

  1. ^ "Premier League clubs publish 2019/20 retained lists". Premier League. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Adam Idah - FIFA 19 - Player Stats". www.fifaindex.com.
  3. ^ Freezer, David (8 January 2020). "'Everyone is buzzing for Adam' - City starlet inspires in Ireland but success comes as no surprise". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Fantastic week for former Corinthians Star Adam Idah". collegecorinthians.com. 17 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Ireland under-17 striker Adam Idah joins Norwich City". extratime.ie.
  6. ^ "Another hat-trick for Idah as Republic of Ireland youth international continues to impress for Norwich U18s". edp24.co.uk.
  7. ^ "Adam Idah Sweeps Norwich Awards As Wes Hoolahan Signs Off". punditarena.com. 30 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Canaries youngster nominated for PL2 Player of the Season award". pinkun.com.
  9. ^ "Adam Idah signs new Norwich City contract and joins up with first-team squad". canaries.co.uk.
  10. ^ "Norwich City star makes first-team jump with new Canaries contract". pinkun.com.
  11. ^ "City keen to give young striker a chance this summer". edp24.co.uk.
  12. ^ "Club confirms travelling squads for Germany tour". canaries.co.uk.
  13. ^ "See for yourself – Norwich City confirm first-team squad for Germany pre-season tour". edp24.co.uk.
  14. ^ "Norwich City draw 2–2 with Arminia Bielefeld in pre-season opener". canaries.co.uk.
  15. ^ "Idah scores twice in pre-season win as Norwich City gear up for Premier League return". the42.ie.
  16. ^ "Adam Idah nets brace in Norwich City friendly victory over Bonner SC". canaries.co.uk.
  17. ^ "MATCHDAY RECAP: Schalke 1 Norwich City 2 – Bundesliga opponents beaten by Canaries". pinkun.com.
  18. ^ a b "Crawley Town vs. Norwich City 1 - 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  19. ^ "Preston North End 2-4 Norwich City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  20. ^ "Norwich 2 Everton 1". BBC Sport. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  21. ^ Fennessy, Paul. "18-year-old Ireland starlet enhances growing reputation". The42.
  22. ^ "McCarthy: Idah in mix for senior cap after Cup heroics". RTÉ News. 4 January 2020.
  23. ^ "Stephen Kenny names squad for Bulgaria and Finland matches". Football Association of Ireland. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  24. ^ "Late Duffy header spares Kenny a debut defeat in Bulgaria". The 42. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  25. ^ "Republic of Ireland – A.Idah". Ie.soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  26. ^ "Adam Idah". eu-football.info. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
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