How FIFA Destroyed The Career of the Best Teenage Footballer in The World (Literally) 

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Saddick Adams's parents and FIFA screwed his career. First, his parents signing him to a club without informing him and secondly FIFA charging him $50,000. That's just crazy to think about.

I played under 12 with him in Sunyani before he moved to Ajax academy in Obuase. To me he's the best footballer I've ever seen and played with. That guy is a whole team. God gave him all the qualities a footballer can have. Playing with Sadick Adams (Saadi) winning is always assured.

I live in the same area with him,talent gone waste......he retired couple of weeks ago....... such a humble and respectful guy❤🇬🇭

As an African, this hurts really bad

You've made me cry. 😢😭 As a Ghanaian I still don't understand why this happened to him. The only thing to prolly smile about is that he once played for my local team.

I'm not even African and I didn't know about Sadick until now, but seeing him shoot powerful shots like that and getting wasted in the Tunisian League is so devastating. Knowing that he could've become one of the best players of our time, but he wasn't given that opportunity.

FIFA only allows player's that THEY like to become as good as they can. That is what it feels like

My heart goes out to him and others that go through this, I pray he’s able to make things better for himself and future young players like he’s working on to do

He didn't give up. Kudos to him. I hope things will be better for him.

It’s not only FIFA holding back players. I met a Ghanaian in the Army in 98 he was only 18. He was invincible. We both made all Army and had a match against a certain German club and he scored two goals in our loss. Three clubs wanted to sign him and the commander wouldn’t let him out his contract even though they were willing to pay it off. His name was Tulani. Last thing I heard he was playing for a club in ROK. I hope he’s doing well wherever he is or whatever he got into

saddick adams woow, he was so special same thing with dom adiyiah and ransford osei around that time smh so much ghanaian talent at the youth level who couldn’t make it to the biggest stage around that time man look at 2013’s squad as well😢great vid bro🔥🔥

I remember this kid from a under 17 world Cup. Extremely explosive player. This is so sad. I remember watching him from my living room in Jamaica...and you just never saw anyone else like him...

Thank you for highlighting this story Raymar. Really touching. I hope football will improve on our continent.

FIFA in blatter era screwing over somebody who doesnt fall into their UEFA/CONMEBOL family? Never heard that one before 🙄

to put things into perspective, most Ghanaians live their entire lives without making half of what FIFA fined him

What FIFA did about Sadick’s situation was truly heartless. Please help spread awareness by sharing this video with your friends 🙏 Sadick retired at 33 years old just a month ago. His retirement post legit made me tear up a little. Man did not deserve what happened to him. m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0HDvenUXk7UNFbB1WLP9ivyLR16Xm3iBMZYgjn147GmFmM9aAmuPHVBCzSyMpDn6Ql&id=100001665860566 After really looking over his career and contacting him on Facebook, Sadick truly seems like a humble and hard working guy. Dude could have some generational securing wealth smh. Life can be very unfair sometimes but Sadick is living proof that you just have to stay positive. Congrats to him for still doing what he loved and playing professionally all over the world. Respect 🙏

Man is a fighter. Reminds me of what I should be doing. Keep fighting.. Considering what he's doing today, like u ve said. Hes a LEGEND❤

Hi Raymar. I'm Muhaqqiqin from Indonesia. I watch some of your videos and it's very amazing. You don't have to do this but I actually have suggestions for 2 players to make a video about. 1) Wayne Rooney, I would love you to make a video about him because he is kinda disrespected by a lot of football fans nowadays. 2) Boaz Solossa, he is an Indonesian football player and maybe it's not a familiar names but he was once called as "The Wonder Boy". He was called up to the first team of Indonesia National Team at the age of 17 years old without even playing football professionally yet at the time (like literally he had no club and no professional contract or even a reserve team/youth contract). Before 2007 AFC Asian Cup he was injured (broken leg) and the manager of the national team said, "Our national team lost 50% of our strengths with Boaz being injured". And he was just 21 years old at that time. That was how good he was. A little more info about Boaz Solossa. He broke his leg twice throughout his career and yet everytime he came back he was easily the best player. He came from a big Island of Papua. FYI, Papua is the 2nd biggest island in the world consist of two country, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. And if you ask all the boys in the Indonesian halves at that time, every single one have a dream to be Boaz Solossa. Once again I hope you consider my suggestion but to be honest you don't really have to do it if you don't want to. Thank you very much.

Im surprised players like Essien etc at the time didnt try to step in and help him after the 4 month ban and get him out of Tunisia. That's crazy

Man, he played for Arambagh KS in my country recently. Never knew he was this special in the past.

Love your content keep it up 🙌

I love raymar but I wish hed post more often but I am not complaining nice vid.

Thank you for making this

Let's be real here... It wasn't FIFA that screwed his career... His parents did...

I remember Saddick Adams very well I remember how he would teach us how to shoot balls I was 12 then when I first met him During that U17 WC in 2007 Adams was just on fire especially his equaliser against SPain

Sadick Adams has his own RU-vid channel now, he discusses (in English and Twi) the football situation in Ghana and associated analysis.

(true story) I signed this guy on FM 2008 back in the day for Fk Vojvodina where he played in Serbia later irl wich was mind blowing for me when i saw that.I signed him a James Rodriguez in the same save ofc i didn't know anything about them back then they where both good but not world class and there carriers turned out as they did irl.

I think its pretty unfair to say his parents "screwed him over." They obviously acted out of desperation because of their situation. I live in Africa and i see with my own eyes how bad some people's situation is. Dirt poor would be an understatement. Their level of desperation clouded their judgement but there's no way you can convince me their intentions were evil.

Much love Sadiq I was your biggest fan since infancy

love yo vids bro hit 500k soon

Seems kinda shitty that Athletico didn't at least try to come to an agreement with the Tunisian club, maybe paying them a fee for the guy 😐

Can you make a video on Santiago Giménez, I feel like he’s gonna be a top striker fr fr

Wow this was sad thanks for sharing

Fifa just screw over football

A really sad story,,,even as a Ghanaian I've never heard of him before...

as a ghanaian, him and freddy adu's stories hurt, these guys would've put us on the map along with more of africa

Sadiq Adams, Ransford Osei, Daniel Nii Adjei, Nii Adi etc. Those guys were gems

I was wondering where this guy has been, never knew he was screwed over,this guy was do good

So...his parents sold him like a slave, and we should not blame them but blame FIFA??? I am too straightforward to be like that... It's unfortunate.

Organizations like FIFA shouldn’t exist beyond just organizing the World Cup. The idea that they have the power to fine players and ruin their lives is insane. Players should be able to go wherever they are wanted, not held prisoner by clubs.

Thank you couch I really find this helpful.I hope I get picked on Tuesday 12 September.thank you

Sadick and Ransford Osei's Partnership was fire 🔥

So it wasn't FIFA, but his parents.

i will watch this but u never dissapoint i luv ur vids

Fifa wouldn't haven't treated him like this if his name was sadick adaminho

Can you do a video on ismail aissati? He was number 2 on that list

FIFA should have just adapted the penalty to his wage in Tunesia

I wouldn't trust any magazine that calls Football ,, Soccer,,

Ive got another one for you. Souleymane Coulibaly and Lulinha both were tearing up in their own times during their U17 tenures

1:33 the next sentece really didn't match the opportunity man 😂😂😂

Did I get it right? His father signed a contract for him? So why has FIFA ruined his career? His father destroyed his career imho.

As an Eastern european I kinda chukled at the racism part(eastern europe never changes) Sad that he had such a traumatic career

Tbh his father shouldn't have signed that contract specially before the u17 tournament which is a very big deal for a bright talent like him. The sad thing is he didn't know at the time.

Always ssad when your own parents screw you. Could have just waited until after the tournament.

A great example of making a decision in haste without thinking things through and i blame the parents regardless of their situation. i only have one regret in life where the outcome was negative due to me making a decision quickly and if i had just been patient, the outcome would have been better.

FIFA didn't ruin his career. They upheld a legal contract signed by his parents, who had legal control over his career. Everything else is clickbait.

This is legit one of the saddest stories ive ever seen it made me feel 😅... It would make a good movie or documentary

The Fine was so unfair especially considering that he wasn't an established player yet. In the case of Mikel Obi of Nigeria, Chelsea paid compensation to Manchester United and his agent was fined. That is what should have been done for Saddick as well, his father should have been fined and compensations paid by Atletico Madrid. Even though we know he would have been involved in the paying, Atletico might also have helped out. Again, the amount of the fine was too much. Etoile de Sahel of Tunisia was and is one of the bigger clubs in Africa, so I don't really blame the father for rushing to sign the contract, but Etoile could have also called the father and the kid before calling FIFA. I am sure they would do things differently now. Knowing that they have killed a promising career.

Damn, he got screwed.

Raymar is the goat

The list is FIRE btw. They got so many right

Love from Ghana ❤❤

there's way more to the story, atlético could just buy his contract yet they didn't so there was more to it than just a contract lol

The fact is that not all players who were so good at youth stage continue with the same level of performance at the senior stage . Some just fade away as they get older

I wouldn't really say FIFA screwed him over, since it's his parents who are mainly to blame. Of course they couldn't have known Adams would blow up after the WC, but they didn't have to hide it from him or Athletico either. FIFA just enforced the rules of the contract imo, which in the end is a legal agreement signed by Adams' parents and the Tunisian club. The $50k fine was a bit much tho :/

The mental break down, no one to turn to for help. This life is as psychological indeed as it is physical. I commend his spirit.

How did FIFA ruin him? They did what they were supposed to do. Everything FIFA did in this instance was legal. It's his parents who should be blamed. They took advantage of his age and signed a contract without his knowledge. If FIFA let him off the hook, then other wonderkids will also start disrespecting their contracts. Can you imagine a scenario where Endrick,a Real Madrid player, signed for City now and used the same excuse as this? This one is definitely on the parents.

Adam's dad literally signed the first contract that was thrown at him! There is no way his dad had any involvement in developing Adams like taking Saddick to train because if he did dad would have been very cautious in how he managed Saddicks career. Dad doesn't have a clue about football, all dad saw was $ signs....

He's innocent and humble and with great potential in his young age. This is pure crime done by FIFA. Football is ruined because of FIFA, UEFA because they don't punish the rich teams like mam City but instead kill the dreams and lives of the innocent and less privileged football talents

Lol the lawyers were really saying, "say less" and other cool slogans

At the end of the day there was probably so many more factors that lead his parents to sign him up for a club. Yes fifa could have definitely handled the situation much better but at the end of the day we can’t blame fifa for his parents being so naïve about their own son. I would really hope they would have asked their own son about the situation of signing him to a club where he lived so closely.

Good video, can you please do a video on Delle Alli. Watched the full interview and it seemed like a PR move, would love to know your opinions

Amazing vid

"Young talents" whenever you hear about a promising young *African* player always remember that almost all African players lie about their age.

Sadick Adams is still a 🐐

Sometimes family could be your worst enemy and nightmare in life 😢

"Hello FIFA" " yo wtf💀" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

This is so horrible to even hear. Can’t imagine what he actually went through.

his dad blew it. if fifa didn't screw him, he could have gone on to great things. the fact his dad signed him to tunisia without his knowledge should have had a part in fifas decision. as per usual, poor form fifa, poor form!!!

Good video, Raymar. I've heard of Sadeek Adam's name, but I didnt really know who he was. But I hate to see this in football. I hate FIFA, they're a corrupt foundation. And they let the people they like make it so far. I'm back! You haven't seen Fluiad in a while 😂 Great Video keep it up! ❤❤❤

And now saddick Adams is a RU-vidr talking about media about sport news

He's now a sports journalist

The crazy thing is that the parents probably never supported him playing football.. same with Iheanacho his dad never supported him playing football but as a soon as he got Mancity opportunity the dad quickly sold his name rights and collected so much money from different people.. Africans need to wake up .. poverty is not an excuse

I remember watching the u17 World Cup he was truly outstanding

What he said is perfectly true,we're frustrated here,the pressure is dreadful,even if a better league team is coming for you,it's a challenge,opportunistic behaviour 🤨

Reymar da goat has posted

As a Ghanaian myself I feel really sad for him😢

If he was really good he would have shined when he was at Tunisia or in Serbia ,1 good world cup performance doesn't mean anything. When you are skillful nothing can stop you, no matter what league you play, your skill will be spotted,

man I knew him and damn was he good at Youth level 🇬🇭 😭

Can you please make a video about Hugo Sanchez, Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Rafael Márquez

They try always to keep is down,but we way too UP TO BE DOWN,LEGEND SADICK ADAMS

Lots of players are quality at a young age but never make it for various reasons. He had to honour the contract with the Tunisian club by law. However FIFA could have banned him for 4 months with 3 months suspended if he broke the rule a second time. That would have been a win for everyone. As for the that’s FIFA they have no shame. If Atletico wanted him that badly they could have paid the fine and transfer to his club. He was the number one teenager in the world so the money would have well spent. So why didn’t they? Why did no other big club come after him? At some stage he lost his way it happens a thousand a season. Just because he was the best at 17 doesn’t mean he would be the best 5 years later. He played for 16 clubs in his career that says everything about his maturity and mentality. FIFA are a disgrace to football and I would love to blame them but sadly it’s on Adams himself. He’s an intelligent guy he knows it’s on him. Hopefully he will still achieve many great things in football and more importantly for his country and the Ghanaian people.

JUST HOW GOOD WAS BERBATOV. A VIDEO PLEASE

I was a staying near to saddick house her step mother was a good friend of mine mom. Saddick came in from Burkina Faso 🇧🇫 , northern part of Ghana with full energy and potential, you can’t stand him with physical and energy, he can dribble the whole area with energy and power , but lack education. Education was his main problem, because he can’t read and write , he had the energy and potentials , saddick was better than Falcaou but he couldn’t read

can you do a video about the new barca striker vitor roque ?

This is an extremely sad story. FIFA continues to disappoint but when there is so much money and power and so little oversight, they definitely don’t care. At least he got a chance to enjoy the game on the field, but wish the rest of the world could have enjoyed him (and vice versa) by being on the big stage. A question tho. Why didn’t he feature for Ghana after u17? Surely that would have granted him the exposure he deserved.

Well I blame the parents 😭🤷

great video

0:12 benzema being 15 is some crazy foreshadowing💀💀