Adam Black (footballer, born 1992)

Adam James Black (born 24 May 1992)[2][3] [lower-alpha 1] is an English footballer who played as a forward.[4]

For other people with the same name, see Adam Black (disambiguation).

Adam Black
Personal information
Full name Adam James Black
Date of birth (1992-05-24) 24 May 1992
Place of birth Liverpool, England[1]
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Playing position(s) Forward
Youth career
0000–2009 Accrington Stanley
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Oklahoma City Stars 52 (41)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Accrington Stanley 1 (0)
2010–2011 Alsager Town
2011–2014 Oklahoma City
2014 Austin Aztex
2015 Tulsa Roughnecks 25 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:13, 15 September 2015 (UTC)

Career

He started as a trainee with Accrington Stanley[5] and made one senior appearance for the club,[4] coming on as a substitute for John Miles on 10 October 2009 in a Football League Two match with Cheltenham Town.[6] He left the club in May 2010[4] and joined Alsager Town.[5]

USA

Black then went study at Oklahoma City University for three years where he played college soccer, scoring 41 goals during his time.[7] After leaving college, he then played for USL side Tulsa Roughnecks during the 2015 season, scoring three times in 25 games.[8]

Trivia

Whilst a sixteen-year-old with Accrington in 2008 he was selected to compete in the Skill Skool competition against his teammate Scott Craggs, as part of Accrington's appearance on Soccer AM.[9]

Notes
  1. Most sources show his birth date as 24 May 1992 but Soccerbase mistakenly shows 25 October 1986
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References
  1. Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2010). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2010–2011 (41st ed.). London: Headline. ISBN 978-0-7553-6107-6.
  2. "Football - Adam Black". Europsort.com. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  3. "28. Adam Black - Striker". Team Talk. Archived from the original on 30 August 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  4. "28. Adam Black". Soccerbase. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  5. "ACCRINGTON STANLEY : 1946/47-1961/62 & 2006/07-2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  6. Murry Toms. "Accrington vs Cheltenham". Match report 10 October 2009. Cheltenham Town FC. Archived from the original on 21 December 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  7. "BLACK FROM STARS TURNS PRO WITH TULSA ROUGHNECKS FC". Sooner Athletic Conference. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  8. Adam Black at Soccerway
  9. "Stanley to feature on Soccer AM". Vital Stanley. Vitalfootball.co.uk. 7 August 2008. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2011.


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