Adam Docker (footballer)

Adam Karim (born Adam Luke Docker; 17 November 1985) is an English former footballer who is now a restaurateur. Born in England, he was called up for Pakistan,^[2] where he subsequently changed his name to Adam Karim.^[3]

Adam Docker

Personal information
Full name	Adam Luke Docker
Date of birth	(1985-11-17) 17 November 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Rochdale, England
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
2000–2005	Bury
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005	Altrincham	0	(0)
2005–2007	Bangor City	10	(0)
2007	Chorley	0	(0)
2007–2008	Porthmadog	3	(0)
2010	Salford City	3	(0)
2010	FC United of Manchester[1]	1	(0)
2010	Chadderton	1	(1)
2010–2011	Ashton United	3	(0)
2012	Stranraer
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born to a British Pakistani father and English mother, Karim began his professional football career with Bury, later joining Altrincham for a few months but then joined Bangor City in the 2005–06 season. He was released at the end of the 2006–07 season despite being a fairly impressive performer. He later joined Chorley, but in September 2007 linked up again with his former Bangor manager Clayton Blackmore when he joined Porthmadog.^[4] At the same time, he was also playing for Rochdale club Asia F.C.^[5]

Karim parted company with Porthmadog in 2008. In late 2009 he was playing for Canaries FC in the Lancashire Evening Post Sunday football league^[6] and captained them to victory in the Asian Community Cup final held at Stamford Bridge.^[7]

In February 2010, Karim joined Salford City^[8] but after a short period asked to be released^[9] and subsequently joined FC United of Manchester.^[10] He played one match for the club, coming on as a substitute. He later joined Chadderton in November 2010,^[11] scoring in the one and only match he played for the club.^[12] Karim then joined Ashton United in November 2010,^[13] playing 3 games in February 2011.^[14]

International call-up

In October 2007, Karim was called up by Pakistan.^{[15][16][17][18][19]} He was an unused substitute in a 2010 FIFA World Cup group play-off match against Iraq.^[20][21] In 2010, he played for Pakistan International XI, a team made up of European based players of Pakistani origin against Woking FC.^[22][23][24]

Personal life

Karim worked full-time running a restaurant in North West England while playing football simultaneously.^[3] He initially founded an Indian restaurant named Karims.^[25] He also became owner of Don Giovanni and CEO of Mahiki restaurant.^{[26][27][28][29]} In November 2009, he co-founded Rosso Restaurant in Manchester along with Rio Ferdinand.^[30][31]

In July 2017 he married Russian TV presenter Olga Ushakova in Cyprus, who has daughters from a previous relationship in addition to two daughters she and Karim have together, born in 2018 and 2020.^[32]