Steve Adams
Personal information
Full name	Stephen Marc Adams
Date of birth	25 September 1980 (1980-09-25) (age 29)
Place of birth	Plymouth, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Torquay United
Number	24
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999–2005 2005–2007 2007–2008 2008– 2009–2009 2009	Plymouth Argyle Sheffield Wednesday Swindon Town Torquay United Forest Green Rovers (loan) Truro City (loan)	157 (7) 020 (0) 002 (0) 015 (0) 7 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:38, 9 March 2009 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Stephen Marc "Steve" Adams (born 25 September 1980 in Plymouth) is an English footballer who plays for Torquay United. A defensive midfielder, he is extremely adept at breaking up attacks thanks to his ball-winning tackles and ability to read opposition passes.

Contents 1 Club career 2 Honours 2.1 Plymouth Argyle 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Club career

Adams began his career as a trainee with Plymouth Argyle, his hometown team, turning professional in August 1998. His first team debut came on 8 December 1998 when he was a second half substitute (for Mike Heathcote) as Plymouth lost 2-0 away to Brentford in the first round of the Football League Trophy. He had to wait until 6 May 2000 for his league debut, playing in the 2-2 draw away to Mansfield Town. He was an ever-present member of the Argyle side that won the Third Division Championship in 2001-2002 and was rewarded with a new two-year contract at the end of the season.^[1]

He was also a vital member of the Argyle sides that won the Division Two title in 2003-2004.^[2][3]

He went on to make 176 appearances, scoring 7 goals for Argyle before moving to Sheffield Wednesday, managed by former Plymouth manager Paul Sturrock, in March 2005 for an undisclosed fee. He signed a deal that would keep him at Hillsborough till 2007.^[4] His 2005-2006 season was hampered by an Achilles injury problem and Adams managed to make only eight appearances. Despite his injuries, former manager Sturrock rated him as one of his very best players. He was released by Sturrock's successor, Brian Laws, in May 2007.^[5] Adams had made 21 appearances in all competitions for Sheffield Wednesday.

Adams joined up with Sturrock again, signing for Swindon Town in August 2007 after a successful trial.^[6] In January 2008, Adams was offered a new short-term contract with Swindon until the end of the season but turned it down when Torquay United offered him a better contract.^[7] He had made six appearances in all competitions for Swindon.

Adams joined Torquay United along with fellow Swindon Town midfielder Kaid Mohamed in January 2008.^[7] He made his debut on January 28 2008 in the 1-0 win at home to Histon.

Since then, he has failed to cement a starting place at Plainmoor and has made just one start all season.

Adams signed for Forest Green Rovers on loan in August 2009 making seven appearances in a one month loan spell.

In October 2009 Adams signed a 3 month loan deal with Truro City.

[edit] Honours

[edit] Plymouth Argyle

• 2001-02 Division Three Champions
• 2003-04 Division Two Champions

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Steve Adams career stats at Soccerbase

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Persondata
NAME	Adams, Steve
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Adams, Steve
SHORT DESCRIPTION
DATE OF BIRTH	25 September 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH	Plymouth, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH