# Adam Smarte

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{{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](/source/Monrovia), Liberia
| height               = {{height|ft=5|in=11}}
| position             = [Forward](/source/Forward_(association_football)) / [Defender](/source/Defender_(association_football))
| currentclub          = 
| clubnumber           = 
| youthyears1          = 2003–2007
| youthclubs1          = [UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs](/source/UC_Santa_Cruz)
| years1               = 2005
| clubs1               = [Salinas Valley Samba](/source/Salinas_Valley_Samba)
| caps1                =  
| goals1               =  
| years2               = 2006
| clubs2               = [San Jose Frogs](/source/San_Jose_Frogs)
| caps2                =  
| goals2               =  
| years3               = 2008
| clubs3               = [San Jose Earthquakes](/source/San_Jose_Earthquakes)
| caps3                = 3 
| goals3               = 0
| years4               = 2009–2010
| clubs4               = [Ventura County Fusion](/source/Ventura_County_Fusion)
| caps4                = 15 
| goals4               = 0
| pcupdate             = 24 August 2009
| ntupdate             = 
}}

'''Adam Smarte''' (born 9 May 1987) is a [Liberia](/source/Liberia)n former [footballer](/source/association_football) who last played for [Ventura County Fusion](/source/Ventura_County_Fusion) in the [USL Premier Development League](/source/USL_Premier_Development_League).

==Career==

===College and amateur===
Smarte grew up in [Elk Grove, California](/source/Elk_Grove%2C_California), played [college soccer](/source/College_soccer_in_the_United_States) at [UC Santa Cruz](/source/UC_Santa_Cruz) from 2003 to 2007, and played for both [Salinas Valley Samba](/source/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](/source/San_Jose_Frogs) in the [National Premier Soccer League](/source/National_Premier_Soccer_League).

===Professional===
Smarte was drafted with the first overall pick in the [2008 MLS Supplemental Draft](/source/2008_MLS_Supplemental_Draft) by the [San Jose Earthquakes](/source/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](/source/Ventura_County_Fusion) of the [USL Premier Development League](/source/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](/source/Major_League_Soccer) side [D.C. United](/source/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](/source/USL_Premier_Development_League): 2009

==References==
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{{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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