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{{short description|Liberian footballer (born 1987)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Adam Smarte
| image                = 
| fullname             = Adam Smarte
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1987|05|09|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Monrovia]], Liberia
| height               = {{height|ft=5|in=11}}
| position             = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]] / [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| currentclub          = 
| clubnumber           = 
| youthyears1          = 2003–2007
| youthclubs1          = [[UC Santa Cruz|UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs]]
| years1               = 2005
| clubs1               = [[Salinas Valley Samba]]
| caps1                =  
| goals1               =  
| years2               = 2006
| clubs2               = [[San Jose Frogs]]
| caps2                =  
| goals2               =  
| years3               = 2008
| clubs3               = [[San Jose Earthquakes]]
| caps3                = 3 
| goals3               = 0
| years4               = 2009–2010
| clubs4               = [[Ventura County Fusion]]
| caps4                = 15 
| goals4               = 0
| pcupdate             = 24 August 2009
| ntupdate             = 
}}

'''Adam Smarte''' (born 9 May 1987) is a [[Liberia]]n former [[association football|footballer]] who last played for [[Ventura County Fusion]] in the [[USL Premier Development League]].

==Career==

===College and amateur===
Smarte grew up in [[Elk Grove, California]], played [[College soccer in the United States|college soccer]] at [[UC Santa Cruz]] from 2003 to 2007, and played for both [[Salinas Valley Samba]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://svsamba.com/sambabigweekend.htm |title=Samba Host Sol |accessdate=2009-05-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502212949/http://svsamba.com/sambabigweekend.htm |archivedate=2009-05-02 }}</ref> and the [[San Jose Frogs]] in the [[National Premier Soccer League]].

===Professional===
Smarte was drafted with the first overall pick in the [[2008 MLS Supplemental Draft]] by the [[San Jose Earthquakes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityonahillpress.com/2008/01/31/slug-soccer-star-gets-drafted-to-the-quakes/|title=Slug Soccer Star Gets Drafted to the Quakes {{!}} City on a Hill Press|last=Press|first=City on a Hill|website=www.cityonahillpress.com|date=31 January 2008|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-04}}</ref>

He was released by the Earthquakes at the end of 2008, having played just 3 games for the team, and subsequently signed for [[Ventura County Fusion]] of the [[USL Premier Development League]] for the 2009 season, where he appeared as a right-back in the defence instead of his usual forward role. He also went on trial with [[Major League Soccer]] side [[D.C. United]] in August 2009.<ref>{{cite web|last=Goff |first=Steve |url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/2009/08/dc_united_news_notes_8.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829195109/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/2009/08/dc_united_news_notes_8.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 29, 2012 |title=Soccer Insider - D.C. United News & Notes |publisher=Voices.washingtonpost.com |date=2009-08-24 |accessdate=2022-07-02}}</ref>

==Personal life==
He founded the apparel brand Modern Pharaoh in 2013.<ref>http://fufuandsoupmagazine.com/liberian-adam-smarte-challenges-perceptions-of-greatness-with-lifestyle-brand-modern-pharaoh/ {{Dead link|date=March 2022}}</ref>

==Honors==
'''Ventura County Fusion'''
*[[USL Premier Development League]]: 2009

==References==
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[[Category:1987 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Footballers from Monrovia]]
[[Category:Liberian men's footballers]]
[[Category:21st-century Liberian sportsmen]]
[[Category:Major League Soccer players]]
[[Category:San Jose Earthquakes players]]
[[Category:San Jose Frogs players]]
[[Category:Ventura County Fusion players]]
[[Category:University of California, Santa Cruz alumni]]
[[Category:UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs men's soccer players]]
[[Category:USL League Two players]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Elk Grove, California]]
[[Category:Soccer players from Sacramento County, California]]
[[Category:San Jose Earthquakes draft picks]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]


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