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Adam Docker (footballer)

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Adam Docker
Personal information
Full name Adam Luke Docker
Date of birth (1985-11-17) 17 November 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Rochdale, England
Height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
2000–2005 Bury
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005 Altrincham 0 (0)
2005–2007 Bangor City 10 (0)
2007 Chorley 0 (0)
2007–2008 Porthmadog 3 (0)
2010 Salford City 3 (0)
2010 FC United of Manchester[1] 1 (0)
2010 Chadderton 1 (1)
2010–2011 Ashton United 3 (0)
2012 Stranraer F.C.
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 March 2013

Adam Luke Docker (born 17 November 1985) is an English former footballer who is now a restaurateur. Born in England, Docker plays for the Pakistan national football team. In 2007, Docker was called up for Pakistan,[2] where he used the name of Adam Karim.[3]

Club career

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Born to a British Pakistani father and English mother, Karim began his professional football career with Bury, later joining Altrincham for a few months but then joined Bangor City in the 2005–06 season. He was released at the end of the 2006–07 season despite being a fairly impressive performer. He later joined Chorley, but in September 2007 linked up again with his former Bangor manager Clayton Blackmore when he joined Porthmadog.[4] At the same time, he was also playing for Rochdale club Asia F.C.[5]

Docker parted company with Porthmadog in 2008. In late 2009 he was playing for Canaries FC in the Lancashire Evening Post Sunday football league[6] and captained them to victory in the Asian Community Cup final held at Stamford Bridge.[7]

In February 2010, Docker joined Salford City[8] but after a short period asked to be released[9] and subsequently joined FC United of Manchester.[10] He played one match for the club, coming on as a substitute. He later joined Chadderton in November 2010,[11] scoring in the one and only match he played for the club.[12] Docker then joined Ashton United in November 2010.,[13] playing 3 games in February 2011.[14]

International call-up

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In October 2007, Docker was called up by Pakistan.[15] He was an unused substitute in a 2010 FIFA World Cup group play-off match against Iraq.[16]

Personal life

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In July 2017 he married Russian TV presenter Olga Ushakova in Cyprus, who has daughters from a previous relationship in addition to two daughters she and Docker have together, born in 2018 and 2020.[17]

Docker runs a restaurant in Manchester.[18]

References

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  1. ^ "1st Team Statistics". FCUM in Russia. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Docker gets International Call". Welsh Premier League. 16 October 2007. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  3. ^ "Call Up for Amjad and Adam". Asian Image. 7 October 2007. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  4. ^ "Welsh Premier career details for Adam Docker". Welsh Premier League. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  5. ^ "Champions of the North West". Islamic Times. 28 September 2007. Archived from the original on 14 October 2007. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  6. ^ "Another Washout as only 2 Games Survive". Lancashire Evening Post Sunday Football League. 6 December 2010. Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  7. ^ "Adam Karim guides Canaries FC to Asian Community Cup win at Stamford Bridge". Football Pakistan. 29 December 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  8. ^ "Win boost for City". Salford Advertiser. 4 February 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  9. ^ "More Ins And Outs at City". NonLeagueDaily.com. 23 February 2010. Archived from the original on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  10. ^ "United aiming for five in a row". FC United of Manchester. 26 February 2010. Archived from the original on 13 March 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  11. ^ "Evo-Stik News & Reviews". Evo-Stik League. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  12. ^ "Player Profile: Adam Karim". Chadderton FC. Retrieved 11 June 2011.[permanent dead link]
  13. ^ "Latest News". Non League Daily. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  14. ^ "1st Team Statistics". Ashton United FC. Archived from the original on 3 January 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  15. ^ Ahsan, Ali (2 February 2011). "A history of football in Pakistan — Final part". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  16. ^ "Iraq 0 Pakistan 0". FIFA. 28 October 2007. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  17. ^ "Kokorin and Mamayev beat driver of FSB former deputy director's ex-wife". Archived from the original on 20 November 2018.
  18. ^ "Karims reopens as Rosso after £1.5m refit". Crain's Manchester Business. 18 November 2009. Archived from the original on 20 November 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
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