Samuel Adjei (born 18 January 1992) is a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

Ghanaian Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in Ghana–Ivory Coast border, the west, Burkina ...

descent.

Career

Adjei was born in

Eksjö Eksjö is a locality and the seat of Eksjö Municipality in Jönköping County, Sweden, with 9,701 inhabitants in 2010. History The city of Eksjö most likely appeared sometime in the Middle Ages when it was the centre for the ''thing'', a region ...

, Sweden. He was discovered as a 12-year-old by lower league Swedish club Waggeryds IK. In January 2009,

Premier League The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...

side

Newcastle United Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, that plays in the Premier League – the top flight of English football. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End ...

signed Adjei from Swedish Second Division club

Jönköpings Södra IF Jönköpings Södra IF, also known as J-Södra IF, J-Södra or simply Jönköping, is a Swedish football club based in Jönköping. The club, founded in 1922, returned to the Swedish second division Superettan in 2018 after relegation from the 2 ...

for a significant fee. He then quickly made an impression in his new surroundings by playing in a first team friendly against Huddersfield Town in August 2009. At Newcastle United, Adjei spent three years developing, but soon suffered a nightmare time with injury and failing to progress during the periods when he has been fit. On 2 March 2012, Adjei joined

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side

Hartlepool United Hartlepool United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. They were founded in 1908 as Hartle ...

on month-long loan deal. He made his debut for Pool on 3 March, in a 1–1 draw with

Milton Keynes Dons Milton Keynes Dons Football Club (), usually abbreviated to MK Dons, is a professional association football club based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the third tier of the English football league system. The ...

, coming on as a substitute for James Poole. However, playing 30 minutes on his debut, Adjei soon suffered an hamstring injury, which leave him out for three-four weeks and also made a return to his parent club. At the end of the season, Adjei was released by the club when his contract has expired After seven months without a club, Adjei returned to Swedish by joining

, the team he started his football career, on a two-year contract. After the move, Adjei says returning to the club made him a better player and insists he made a right decision to join Newcastle United in the press conference.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Adjei, Samuel 1992 births Living people Swedish men's footballers Swedish expatriate men's footballers Swedish expatriate sportspeople in England Swedish people of Ghanaian descent Men's association football forwards Newcastle United F.C. players Hartlepool United F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in England English Football League players