William "Willy" Agada (born 17 September 1999) is a Nigerian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Career

Agada began his playing career with Mighty Jets F.C. of the

Nigeria National League The Nigerian National League (formerly known as ''National Division 1'') is the second tier of club football in Nigeria. History From 1997-2011, the league has been split into 1A for Northern teams and 1B for southern teams. The top two f ...

. 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

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youth team. Agada finished the season with a total of 22 league goals for both clubs.
In 2018/19 season he returned to Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem in the Israeli

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, and completed two seasons with 8 and 15 league goals.
In 2020/21 season he moved to

Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Haifa Football Club ( he, מועדון הכדורגל הפועל חיפה, ''Moadon HaKaduregel Hapoel Haifa'') is an Israeli football club located in the city of Haifa. The club won one championship (1998–99) and 4 Israeli cups ( ...

on loan, and scored 6 league goals.
In 2021/22 Agada returned to Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem, that just changed its name to

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. Agada scored 8 league goals, being the club top scorer, and helped the club staying in the first division.
In the end of 2021/22 season, Agada was transferred to

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, from the

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* 1999 births Living people Nigerian men's footballers Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem F.C. players Hapoel Jerusalem F.C. players Hapoel Haifa F.C. players Sporting Kansas City players Liga Leumit players Israeli Premier League players Major League Soccer players Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Men's association football forwards {{Nigeria-footy-forward-stub