Adam Reach

Adam Michael Reach (born 3 February 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays for EFL Championship club West Bromwich Albion, primarily as a winger. He also can play as a full back.

Club Career

Middlesbrough

Born in Chester-le-Street, England, Reach began his football career at Middlesbrough after being scouted by the club while attending Gateshead College. He progressed through the academy while studying towards a BTEC national diploma in Performance and Excellence and then through reserve team.

Reach was called up to the first team for the first time in his career, appearing as an unused substitute, in a 2–1 win against Coventry City on 25 April 2011. In a follow–up match on 7 May 2011, he scored his first goal for Middlesbrough on his debut, coming on as a substitute in the 53rd minute and scoring Middlesbrough's third goal in injury-time in a 3–0 win over Doncaster Rovers. On 17 May 2011, Reach and six other youngsters signed their first professional contracts with Middlesbrough, keeping him until the summer of 2014. After his loan spell at Darlington ended, Reach made his first appearance of the 2011–12 season, coming on as a 68th-minute substitute, in a 3–0 loss against Blackpool on 2 January 2012. A month later on 8 February 2012, he made another appearance for the side, coming on as a 78th-minute substitute, in a 2–1 loss against Sunderland in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

At the start of the 2012–13 season, Reid continued to appear as a substitute in the first two matches of the season before scoring a stunning 25 yard screamer against Burnley on 21 August 2012 on his full Middlesbrough home debut, with as the club went on to win the game 3–2. A month later on 25 September 2012, he signed a contract extension with Middlesbrough, keeping him until 2016. Reach continued to appear in the first team in the first two months of the 2012–13 season until he was dropped from the first team, due to competitions and his own injury concern. However, he