Patrick Omgba Ada (born 14 January 1985) is a

Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...

ian former professional footballer and convicted

rapist Rape is a type of sexual assault involving sexual intercourse, or other forms of sexual penetration, carried out against a person without consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority, or against a person wh ...

. During his career, which lasted between 2004 and 2012, Ada played as a defender. He notably represented

Kilmarnock Kilmarnock ( ; ; , ), meaning "the church of Mernóc", is a town and former burgh in East Ayrshire situated in southwest Scotland. The town has served as the administrative centre of East Ayrshire Council since 1996 and is the region's main ...

in the

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, and played in the

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for

Barnet Barnet may refer to: People *Barnet (surname) *Barnet (given name) Places United Kingdom *Chipping Barnet or High Barnet, commonly known as Barnet, one of three focal towns of the borough below. *East Barnet, a district of the borough below; anc ...

Exeter City Exeter City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Exeter, Devon, England. The team play in , the third level of the English football league system. Known as "the Grecians", the origin of their nickname is subject to ...

Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Crewe, Cheshire, England. Its first team competes in League Two, the fourth level of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Railwaymen' ...

and

Burton Albion Burton Albion Football Club is a professional association football club in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third level of the English football league system. The club moved its home g ...

. He also played in Non-league football with Redbridge, St Albans City,

Histon Histon is a village and civil parish in the South Cambridgeshire district, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is immediately north of Cambridge – and is separated from the city – by the A14 road (England), A14 road which runs eas ...

and

Ebbsfleet United Ebbsfleet United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Northfleet, Kent, England. The club compete in the National League South, the sixth level of the English football league system. Founded in 1946 from the merger ...

. Ada was released by Ebbsfleet in December 2012 after he was sentenced to five years in prison for rape.

Career

Ada made 94 appearances over two years with

, helping them chase promotion. He signed with

in the summer of 2009, making him Crewe's first signing in the summer transfer window. He was released from the club in May 2011. On 21 June 2011, Ada signed for

club

. Ada made his debut on 24 July 2011 at

Tannadice Tannadice Park, officially known as The CalForth Construction Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Dundee, Scotland. It is the home ground of Dundee United F.C., who have played at Tannadice since the club was founded as Du ...

in a 1–1 draw with

Dundee United Dundee United Football Club is a Scotland, Scottish professional association football, football club based in the city of Dundee. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1923. United are nickname ...

. On 30 August, it was announced that Kilmarnock would let Ada leave on a free transfer, in order to ease the club's wage bill. On 23 February 2012, after training for a week with

, Ada signed a contract until the end of the season with the League Two side. Ada joined

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side

in the summer of 2012 and went on to make 19 league appearances and played his final game on 4 December in a 4–2 home defeat by

Cambridge United Cambridge United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Cambridge, England. They currently compete in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed the U’s, the club h ...

before being released after being jailed for rape.

Personal life

Ada was arrested in March 2012, in the connection to an allegation of rape. He was sentenced to five years imprisonment on 11 December 2012, after being found guilty of the offence. On 12 December Ada was sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted of raping a woman in

Southwark Southwark ( ) is a district of Central London situated on the south bank of the River Thames, forming the north-western part of the wider modern London Borough of Southwark. The district, which is the oldest part of South London, developed ...

, London on 1 March 2012.

References

External links

Crewe Alexandra profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ada, Patrick 1985 births Living people Cameroonian men's footballers Men's association football defenders People convicted of rape Sportspeople convicted of crimes Barnet F.C. players Histon F.C. players Exeter City F.C. players Crewe Alexandra F.C. players Kilmarnock F.C. players Burton Albion F.C. players Ebbsfleet United F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Scottish Premier League players