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William Agada

William Agada
Agada with Sporting Kansas City in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-09-17) 17 September 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Bauchi, Nigeria
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Real Salt Lake
Number 9
Youth career
–2017 Mighty Jets
2017 Hapoel Katamon
2017–2018 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Hapoel Katamon 66 (23)
2020–2022 Hapoel Jerusalem 31 (8)
2020–2021Hapoel Haifa (loan) 25 (6)
2022–2025 Sporting Kansas City 64 (21)
2025– Real Salt Lake 14 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 5 August 2025

William "Willy" Agada (born 17 September 1999) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Major League Soccer club Real Salt Lake.

Career

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Agada began his playing career with Mighty Jets of the Nigeria National League.[2][3]

Agada started his international career in Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem's youth team in 2017/18 season. In the middle of the season he was loaned to Maccabi Tel Aviv youth team. Agada finished the season with a total of 22 league goals for both clubs.[4]

In 2018–19 season he returned to Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem in the Israeli Liga Leumit, and completed two seasons with 8 and 15 league goals.[5][6]

In 2020/21 season he moved to Hapoel Haifa on loan,[7] and scored 6 league goals.[8]
In 2021/22 Agada returned to Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem, that just changed its name to Hapoel Jerusalem. Agada scored 8 league goals, being the club top scorer, and helped the club staying in the first division.[9]

At the end of 2021-22 season, Agada was transferred to Sporting Kansas City of MLS, from the Israeli Premier League.[10]

On 23 April 2025, Agada was traded to Real Salt Lake in exchange for up to $850,000 in General Allocation Money.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "William Agada". Sporting Kansas City. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  2. ^ Mustapha, Wale (23 July 2017). "John John Bags Brace As Kogi United Crash Mighty Jets In Lokoja". Kogi Reports. Archived from the original on 3 October 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022. ...the likes of William Agada...
  3. ^ "Birthday boy Agada nets seventh goal in MLS". SCORE Nigeria. 18 September 2022. Archived from the original on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Player details in Israeli FA website (2017/18)". football.org.il.
  5. ^ "Player details in Israeli FA website (2018/19)". football.org.il.
  6. ^ "Player details in Israeli FA website (2019/20)". football.org.il.
  7. ^ Lesley, Angu (31 July 2020). "William Agada joins Hapoel Haifa". KICK442. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Player details in Israeli FA website (2020/21)". football.org.il.
  9. ^ "Player details in Israeli FA website (2021/22)". football.org.il.
  10. ^ "Sporting Kansas City sign forward William Agada from Israeli side Hapoel Jerusalem". MLS. 23 June 2022.
  11. ^ "Real Salt Lake Acquires Striker Willy Agada from Sporting Kansas City | Real Salt Lake". rsl.
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