{{Short description|Nigerian footballer (born 1999)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = William Agada | image = Willie Agada 2022.png | caption = Agada with Sporting Kansas City in 2022 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1999|9|17|df=y}} | birth_place = Bauchi, Nigeria | height = 1.76 m<ref>{{cite web |title=William Agada |url=https://www.sportingkc.com/players/william-agada/ |publisher=Sporting Kansas City |access-date=23 August 2022}}</ref> | position = Forward | currentclub = Zaragoza | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2017 | youthyears2 = 2017 | youthyears3 = 2017–2018 | youthclubs1 = Mighty Jets | youthclubs2 = Hapoel Katamon | youthclubs3 = Maccabi Tel Aviv | years1 = 2018–2020 | clubs1 = Hapoel Katamon | caps1 = 66 | goals1 = 23 | years2 = 2020–2022 | clubs2 = Hapoel Jerusalem | caps2 = 31 | goals2 = 8 | years3 = 2020–2021 | clubs3 = → Hapoel Haifa (loan) | caps3 = 25 | goals3 = 6 | years4 = 2022–2025 | clubs4 = Sporting Kansas City | caps4 = 64 | goals4 = 21 | years5 = 2025 | clubs5 = Real Salt Lake | caps5 = 14 | goals5 = 2 | years6 = 2026– | clubs6 = Zaragoza | caps6 = 0 | goals6 = 0 | club-update = 26 January 2026 }}
'''William "Willy" Agada''' {{Audio|LL-Q33578 (ibo)-Obefelix-William Agada.wav|Listen|help=no}} (born 17 September 1999) is a Nigerian professional footballer who most recently played as a forward for Segunda División club Zaragoza.
== Career == Agada began his playing career with Mighty Jets of the Nigeria National League.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mustapha |first1=Wale |title=John John Bags Brace As Kogi United Crash Mighty Jets In Lokoja |url=https://kogireports.com/john-john-bags-brace-as-kogi-united-crash-mighty-jets-in-lokoja/ |website=Kogi Reports |access-date=3 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003000421/https://kogireports.com/john-john-bags-brace-as-kogi-united-crash-mighty-jets-in-lokoja/ |archive-date=3 October 2022 |date=23 Jul 2017 |quote=...the likes of William Agada...}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Birthday boy Agada nets seventh goal in MLS |url=https://scorenigeria.com.ng/birthday-boy-agada-nets-seventh-goal-in-mls/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918085304/https://scorenigeria.com.ng/birthday-boy-agada-nets-seventh-goal-in-mls/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=18 September 2022 |website=SCORE Nigeria |access-date=3 October 2022 |date=18 Sep 2022}}</ref>
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 Maccabi Tel Aviv youth team. Agada finished the season with a total of 22 league goals for both clubs.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Player details in Israeli FA website (2017/18)|url=https://www.football.org.il/en/players/player/?player_id=192477&season_id=19|website=football.org.il|language=en-GB}}</ref>
In 2018–19 season he returned to Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem in the Israeli Liga Leumit, and completed two seasons with 8 and 15 league goals.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Player details in Israeli FA website (2018/19)|url=https://www.football.org.il/en/players/player/?player_id=192477&season_id=20|website=football.org.il|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Player details in Israeli FA website (2019/20)|url=https://www.football.org.il/en/players/player/?player_id=192477&season_id=21|website=football.org.il|language=en-GB}}</ref>
In 2020/21 season he moved to Hapoel Haifa on loan,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lesley|first=Angu|date=31 July 2020|title=William Agada joins Hapoel Haifa|url=https://www.kick442.com/william-agada-joins-hapoel-haifa/|access-date=6 August 2020|website=KICK442|language=en-GB}}</ref> and scored 6 league goals.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Player details in Israeli FA website (2020/21)|url=https://www.football.org.il/en/players/player/?player_id=192477&season_id=22|website=football.org.il|language=en-GB}}</ref><br> In 2021/22 Agada returned to Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem, that just changed its name to Hapoel Jerusalem. Agada scored 8 league goals, being the club top scorer, and helped the club staying in the first division.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Player details in Israeli FA website (2021/22)|url=https://www.football.org.il/en/players/player/?player_id=192477&season_id=23|website=football.org.il|language=en-GB}}</ref>
At the end of 2021-22 season, Agada was transferred to Major League Soccer club Sporting Kansas City.<ref>{{Cite web|date=23 June 2022|title=Sporting Kansas City sign forward William Agada from Israeli side Hapoel Jerusalem|url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/sporting-kansas-city-sign-forward-william-agada-from-israeli-side-hapoel-jerusal|website=MLS|language=en-GB}}</ref>
On 23 April 2025, Agada was traded to Real Salt Lake in exchange for up to $850,000 in General Allocation Money.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsl.com/news/real-salt-lake-acquires-striker-willy-agada-from-sporting-kansas-city|title=Real Salt Lake Acquires Striker Willy Agada from Sporting Kansas City | Real Salt Lake|website=rsl}}</ref> On 26 January 2026, he signed for Real Zaragoza of the Spanish Segunda División until the end of the season.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tena |first=Miguel Gay-Pobes |date=2026-01-26 |title=William Agada, segundo fichaje invernal del Real Zaragoza |url=https://www.aragondigital.es/articulo/real-zaragoza/william-agada-segundo-fichaje-invernal-real-zaragoza/20260126113507962787.html |access-date=2026-01-26 |website=Aragón Digital |language=es}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Soccerway|566056}}
{{Real Zaragoza squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Agada, William}} Category:1999 births Category:Living people Category:Nigerian men's footballers Category:Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem F.C. players Category:Hapoel Jerusalem F.C. players Category:Hapoel Haifa F.C. players Category:Sporting Kansas City players Category:Real Salt Lake players Category:Real Zaragoza players Category:Liga Leumit players Category:Israeli Premier League players Category:Major League Soccer players Category:Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Category:Men's association football forwards Category:21st-century Nigerian sportsmen
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