Adam Nditi
Personal information
Full name Adam Eric Richard Nditi[1]
Date of birth (1994-09-18) 18 September 1994
Place of birth Zanzibar, Tanzania[1]
Position(s) Left-back, midfielder
Youth career
2008 Down Grange FC
2008–2014 Chelsea
2014–2015 Fleetwood Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Farnborough 3 (0)
2015 Slough Town 1 (0)
2015–2016 Guildford City 13 (8)
2016 Badshot Lea 3 (3)
2016 Guildford City 2 (0)
2016 Woodley United 3 (1)
2017 Fleet Town 1 (0)
Chineham
Eversley & California
Cove
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adam Eric Richard Nditi (born 18 September 1994) is a Tanzanian former footballer.

Club career

Early career

Nditi was born in Zanzibar, Tanzania to Mzee Erick Nditi, a former Zanzibar international footballer.[2] His father moved to England in 1995, and Nditi moved to Basingstoke in 2008, scoring eight goals on his debut for local youth team Down Grange FC, before going on to score another four in his next three games.[2][3][4] This form at local level prompted professional side Chelsea to sign him in 2008.[3] Initially a forward at Chelsea, he transitioned to left-back, citing Ashley Cole as a player he looked up to.[5]

He signed a professional contract with Chelsea in July 2012, being assigned the number 47 shirt.[6] He was offered a contract with The Blues in 2014, but stated "I want to be a professional and play first-team football. It’s very hard to do that at Chelsea, so there’s a chance that I might move on this summer."[7] He left the club in July 2014, going on to trial in the Netherlands, as well as an extended trial with Basingstoke Town,[8] before joining Fleetwood Town, who were then in League One.[2][9]

Career in non-league

He only stayed with Fleetwood Town for a year, before joining Farnborough in the Isthmian League, playing five games in all competitions before leaving only four months after signing.[2][10] He had a very brief spell with Slough Town, playing in a 2–1 home win against Bideford on 3 October 2015.[11] Following his departure from Slough Town, he played for Guildford City between October 2015 and March 2016, scoring eight goals in sixteen appearances in all competitions, across two spells.

He joined Badshot Lea in February 2016.[12] Later in the same year, he was at Woodley United, where he made four appearances in all competitions, scoring once.[13] He played for Fleet Town, where he played three games in all competitions in the 2017–18 season.[14] By September 2018, he was playing in the Basingstoke and District Sunday League for Chineham.[15] In 2019, he moved from Eversley & California to Cove.[16]

International career

Nditi raised a dispute against the Tanzania Football Federation, accusing them of failing to call him up to the Tanzania senior squad, despite his eligibility.[17]

Personal life

Nditi has three younger half-brothers; Roberto (born 2000), and twins Zion and Paulo (born 2005).[2] All three started their footballing careers in the Reading academy, with Roberto going on to forge a career in the lower divisions of Scotland.

References

  1. 1 2 Adam Nditi at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Adam Nditi : Yaani kapotezwa kama utani vile" [Adam Nditi : That is, it was lost like a joke]. mwanaspoti.co.tz (in Swahili). 12 November 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  3. 1 2 Boyman, John (28 June 2008). "Blue is the colour for schoolboy hot-shot". basingstokegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  4. ↑ BBC South Today News on YouTube
  5. ↑ "Adam Nditi hopes for Chelsea future". tribalfootball.com. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  6. ↑ "Mtanzania Adam Nditi asaini mkataba wa kuchezea timu ya wakubwa ya Chelsea" [Tanzanian Adam Nditi signs a contract to play for Chelsea's senior team]. binzubeiry.co.tz (in Swahili). 6 July 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  7. ↑ Boyman, John (23 May 2014). "Basingstoke footballer Adam Nditi weighs up move away from Chelsea". basingstokegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  8. ↑ Boyman, John (7 December 2014). "Basingstoke footballer Adam Nditi signs for League One Fleetwood Town". basingstokegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  9. ↑ Stocks, Rob (15 October 2015). "Former Chelsea ace one of Barry's rising stars". blackpoolgazette.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  10. ↑ "Farnborough – Appearances – Adam Nditi – 2015-2016". footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  11. ↑ "Adam Nditi". sloughtownfc.net. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  12. ↑ "Badshot Lea Sign Three". combinedcounties.pitchero.com. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  13. ↑ "Adam Nditi". woodleyunitedfc.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  14. ↑ "Adam Nditi". aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  15. ↑ Spencer, Tony (8 September 2018). "Sunshine football means almost seven goals a game". basingstokegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  16. ↑ "Latest Moves..." nonleague.today. 29 December 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  17. ↑ "Nditi, Mtanzania aliyeshindwa kutimiza ndoto Chelsea" [Nditi, a Tanzanian who failed to fulfill his Chelsea dream]. mwanaspoti.co.tz (in Swahili). 14 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
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