Derek Adams
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Derek Watt Adams | ||
| Date of birth | 25 June 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Plymouth Argyle (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–1992 | Aberdeen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1995 | Aberdeen | 0 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | Burnley | 2 | (0) |
| 1996–1998 | Ross County | 72 | (41) |
| 1998–2004 | Motherwell | 159 | (18) |
| 1999–2000 | → Ayr United (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Aberdeen | 20 | (4) |
| 2005–2006 | Livingston | 25 | (0) |
| 2006–2009 | Ross County | 36 | (4) |
| Total | 318 | (67) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2007–2010 | Ross County | ||
| 2010–2011 | Hibernian (assistant) | ||
| 2011–2014 | Ross County | ||
| 2015– | Plymouth Argyle | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Derek Watt Adams (born 25 June 1975) is a Scottish football manager and former player. He has been the manager of Football League Two club Plymouth Argyle since 2015. Adams played professionally for six different clubs, including Ross County and Motherwell, where he made over 100 league appearances for both teams.
Adams became manager of Ross County in 2007, winning promotion from the Scottish Second Division in his first season, before reaching the Scottish Cup Final two years later. He joined Hibernian as assistant manager in 2010 before returning to Ross County the following year, where he won the Scottish First Division and was voted PFA Scotland Manager of the Year for the 2011–12 season. Having left County in 2014, Adams became manager of Plymouth Argyle in June 2015.
Adams started his professional career with Aberdeen, but failed to make a first-team appearance. He moved to English side Burnley, making a couple of league appearances in the mid-1990s before returning to Scotland with Ross County in 1996.
Adams was transferred to Motherwell in a deal worth £200,000 in 1998 and spent six years at Fir Park, including a short loan spell with Ayr United. Adams was one of a number of players affected by the club's administration problems, accepting a pay cut in April 2002. Adams failed to win any trophies during his time with Well, although he scored in the 2002–03 Scottish Cup semi-final defeat against Rangers. In 2004, Adams agreed a pre-contract move to his home town club Aberdeen, spending a year at Pittodrie before being transfer-listed and leaving for Livingston in 2005.
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