# Ché Adams
**Ché Adams** (full name Ché Zach Everton Fred Adams, born 1996) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a striker for [Serie A](https://www.edgepedia.org/serie-a) club Torino and the Scotland national team.[1](https://theanalyst.com/players/4876/che-adams) • [2](https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/en/teams/mens-team/che-adams) A right-footed forward, he has played in England's non-league and Football League, the Premier League, the [EFL Championship](https://www.edgepedia.org/efl-championship), and Italy's Serie A, and has represented Scotland at two European Championships and at a World Cup.[1](https://theanalyst.com/players/4876/che-adams) • [2](https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/en/teams/mens-team/che-adams)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Full name / born | Ché Zach Everton Fred Adams, 1996[1](https://theanalyst.com/players/4876/che-adams) |
| Club | Torino (Serie A), signed summer 2024[2](https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/en/teams/mens-team/che-adams) |
| Position | Attacker; preferred foot right[1](https://theanalyst.com/players/4876/che-adams) |
| Scotland record | 50 caps, 13 goals, 3 assists; debut 25 March 2021[2](https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/en/teams/mens-team/che-adams) |
| Southampton record | 165 league appearances, 41 goals, 17 assists[1](https://theanalyst.com/players/4876/che-adams) |
| Serie A record | 73 appearances, 17 goals, 5 assists[1](https://theanalyst.com/players/4876/che-adams) |
| Height | 175 cm[3](https://www.fmscout.com/player/90055302/che-adams.html) |
## Early career: Sheffield United and Birmingham City
Adams made his senior professional debut for League One side Sheffield United in a 2014 League Cup quarter-final, after spending the previous two seasons playing non-league football.[2](https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/en/teams/mens-team/che-adams) His first goals for the club came in the semi-final of the same competition, when he came off the bench and scored twice in two minutes against Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur.[2](https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/en/teams/mens-team/che-adams) He made 55 appearances for Sheffield United before moving to Birmingham City in 2016.[2](https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/en/teams/mens-team/che-adams)
At Birmingham, Adams won the club's Young Player of the Season award in his first season and was the club's top scorer in each of the following two seasons, which led to a transfer to Premier League club [Southampton](https://www.edgepedia.org/southampton) in 2019.[2](https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/en/teams/mens-team/che-adams)
## Southampton
Adams spent three seasons in the Premier League with Southampton, scoring 25 goals.[2](https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/en/teams/mens-team/che-adams) After the club's relegation in 2023, he scored 15 goals in the Championship as Southampton won promotion back to the Premier League at the first attempt.[2](https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/en/teams/mens-team/che-adams) Across all competitions he finished with 165 league appearances for the club, 41 goals, and 17 assists.[1](https://theanalyst.com/players/4876/che-adams)
## Torino
Adams signed for Serie A side Torino in the summer of 2024 and scored ten league goals in his first season in Italian football.[2](https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/en/teams/mens-team/che-adams) His Serie A league debut came on 17 August 2024, at the age of 28 years and 35 days, against Milan.[1](https://theanalyst.com/players/4876/che-adams) In the 2025/26 Serie A season he appeared in 33 games, scoring six goals and providing two assists.[1](https://theanalyst.com/players/4876/che-adams)
In the 2026/27 season he scored twice in his first four league appearances, tying him as the club's top league scorer: his first goal came in a 2-1 loss to Milan on 23 August, and his second in the 82nd minute of a 2-1 win over Fiorentina on 5 September.[1](https://theanalyst.com/players/4876/che-adams) Through those matches he had accumulated 257 minutes of playing time, starting three games and appearing once as a substitute.[1](https://theanalyst.com/players/4876/che-adams)
## International career with Scotland
Adams made his Scotland debut against Austria in March 2021 and scored his first international goal six days later against the [Faroe Islands](https://www.edgepedia.org/faroe-islands).[2](https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/en/teams/mens-team/che-adams) Three months after his debut he was named in [Steve Clarke](https://www.edgepedia.org/steve-clarke)'s squad for the delayed EURO 2020 tournament and played in all three of Scotland's group-stage matches.[2](https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/en/teams/mens-team/che-adams) At EURO 2024 he started Scotland's group-stage matches against Germany, Switzerland, and Hungary.[2](https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/en/teams/mens-team/che-adams)
**World Cup qualification.** After scoring his first international hat-trick against [Liechtenstein](https://www.edgepedia.org/liechtenstein) in June 2025, Adams played in all six of Scotland's World Cup qualifiers, scoring twice, both against Belarus.[2](https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/en/teams/mens-team/che-adams) Scotland qualified for the World Cup for the first time since 1998, and Adams's qualifying goals moved him into the top 20 of all-time Scotland goalscorers.[2](https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/en/teams/mens-team/che-adams) He was named in Scotland's squad for the 2026 [FIFA World Cup](https://www.edgepedia.org/fifa-world-cup).[4](https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce281/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf?gsid=28108c2b-581c-401b-b923-1d57c03f007a) His international totals stand at 50 caps, 13 goals, and 3 assists.[2](https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/en/teams/mens-team/che-adams)
## Playing style and assessment
Adams is listed as a striker who can also play as a central attacking midfielder, with his best in-possession role described as a channel forward.[3](https://www.fmscout.com/player/90055302/che-adams.html) A scouting profile describes him as a Scottish inside forward with the movement and ambition to trouble defenses.[5](https://the-goalpost.com/players/c-adams) His per-90 output in the 2026/27 season included 0.73 goals and 1.47 shots per 90 minutes with a 50 percent conversion rate in a nine-match data sample.[5](https://the-goalpost.com/players/c-adams) A comparison site placed his market value at €8.5M, with a season rating of 6.85 and 0.28 goals per 90 in the 2025/26 season.[6](https://risingtransfers.com/en/pk/a-adams-22169317-vs-c-adams)
## References
1. [Ché Adams, Opta Analyst](https://theanalyst.com/players/4876/che-adams)
2. [Ché Adams, Men's A Squad, Scottish FA](https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/en/teams/mens-team/che-adams)
3. [Che Adams FM26 Profile, FM Scout](https://www.fmscout.com/player/90055302/che-adams.html)
4. [FIFA World Cup 2026 Squad Lists, Scotland](https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce281/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf?gsid=28108c2b-581c-401b-b923-1d57c03f007a)
5. [C. Adams, Stats, Profile & World Cup 2026, GoalPost](https://the-goalpost.com/players/c-adams)
6. [Akor Adams vs Ché Adams, Rising Transfers](https://risingtransfers.com/en/pk/a-adams-22169317-vs-c-adams)
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