{{short description|Liberian footballer (born 1987)}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Adam Smarte | image = | fullname = Adam Smarte | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|05|09|df=y}} | birth_place = Monrovia, Liberia | height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}} | position = Forward / Defender | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 2003–2007 | youthclubs1 = UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs | years1 = 2005 | clubs1 = Salinas Valley Samba | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2006 | clubs2 = San Jose Frogs | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 2008 | clubs3 = San Jose Earthquakes | caps3 = 3 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2009–2010 | clubs4 = Ventura County Fusion | caps4 = 15 | goals4 = 0 | pcupdate = 24 August 2009 | ntupdate = }}
'''Adam Smarte''' (born 9 May 1987) is a Liberian former footballer who last played for Ventura County Fusion in the USL Premier Development League.
==Career==
===College and amateur=== Smarte grew up in Elk Grove, California, played college soccer at UC Santa Cruz from 2003 to 2007, and played for both Salinas Valley Samba<ref>{{cite web|url=http://svsamba.com/sambabigweekend.htm |title=Samba Host Sol |accessdate=2009-05-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502212949/http://svsamba.com/sambabigweekend.htm |archivedate=2009-05-02 }}</ref> and the San Jose Frogs in the National Premier Soccer League.
===Professional=== Smarte was drafted with the first overall pick in the 2008 MLS Supplemental Draft by the San Jose Earthquakes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityonahillpress.com/2008/01/31/slug-soccer-star-gets-drafted-to-the-quakes/|title=Slug Soccer Star Gets Drafted to the Quakes {{!}} City on a Hill Press|last=Press|first=City on a Hill|website=www.cityonahillpress.com|date=31 January 2008|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-04}}</ref>
He was released by the Earthquakes at the end of 2008, having played just 3 games for the team, and subsequently signed for Ventura County Fusion of the USL Premier Development League for the 2009 season, where he appeared as a right-back in the defence instead of his usual forward role. He also went on trial with Major League Soccer side D.C. United in August 2009.<ref>{{cite web|last=Goff |first=Steve |url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/2009/08/dc_united_news_notes_8.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829195109/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/2009/08/dc_united_news_notes_8.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 29, 2012 |title=Soccer Insider - D.C. United News & Notes |publisher=Voices.washingtonpost.com |date=2009-08-24 |accessdate=2022-07-02}}</ref>
==Personal life== He founded the apparel brand Modern Pharaoh in 2013.<ref>http://fufuandsoupmagazine.com/liberian-adam-smarte-challenges-perceptions-of-greatness-with-lifestyle-brand-modern-pharaoh/ {{Dead link|date=March 2022}}</ref>
==Honors== '''Ventura County Fusion''' *USL Premier Development League: 2009
==References== {{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Smarte, Adam}} Category:1987 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Monrovia Category:Liberian men's footballers Category:21st-century Liberian sportsmen Category:Major League Soccer players Category:San Jose Earthquakes players Category:San Jose Frogs players Category:Ventura County Fusion players Category:UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs men's soccer players Category:USL League Two players Category:Sportspeople from Elk Grove, California Category:Soccer players from Sacramento County, California Category:San Jose Earthquakes draft picks Category:Men's association football forwards
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