Karim Adeyemi

German footballer (born 2002)

Karim-David Adeyemi (born 18 January 2002) is a German professional footballer who plays as a winger, striker or attacking-midfielder for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the Germany national team.

Karim Adeyemi
Adeyemi with RB Salzburg in 2022
Personal information
Full name Karim-David Adeyemi
Date of birth (2002-01-18) 18 January 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Munich, Germany
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger, forward
Club information
Current team
Borussia Dortmund
Number 27
Youth career
2008–2010 TSV Forstenried
2010–2012 Bayern Munich
2012–2018 SpVgg Unterhaching
2018–2020 Red Bull Salzburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2022 Red Bull Salzburg 68 (27)
2018–2020Liefering (loan) 35 (15)
2022– Borussia Dortmund 42 (9)
National team
2018 Germany U16 6 (2)
2018–2019 Germany U17 7 (3)
2021– Germany U21 4 (0)
2021– Germany 4 (1)
Honours
Representing  Germany
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner 2021
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:41, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:05, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

Career change

Adeyemi played for TSV Forstenried and at the age of eight he joined local Bundesliga side FC Bayern München in 2010. He joined SpVgg Unterhaching in 2012. After the youth departments he made his debut in March 2018 for the U19 team in the A-Junioren-Bundesliga (Under 19 Bundesliga). He scored his first goal in this league in April 2018 versus Eintracht Frankfurt (U19).

2018 Adeyemi was signed by Austrian club FC Red Bull Salzburg [1] He played then for FC Liefering on loan.His debut for Lieefering was on 1 September 2018 against SC Austria Lustenau. In September he also scored his first goal versus FC Juniors OÖ. In the 2019-20 season he also played in the U19 of FC Salzburg in the UEFA Youth League.

In June 2020 he debuted in the Bundesliga versus SK Rapid Wien. Before he had played in the UEFA Euroleague and the Austrian Cup. He scored his first league goal in July 2020 versus Sturm Graz.

After the end of the 2021-22 season he went on to Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga.[2]

International change

He is a youth international for Germany, represented the under-16s, under-17s and under-21s. With the U21 he became European Champion. He made his debut for the Germany senior team in a 6–0 win over Armenia on 5 September 2021 and scored his first goal in the same match. [3]

Career statistics change

Club change

As of match played 16 April 2024[4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC Liefering (loan) 2018–19 2. Liga 20 6 20 6
2019–20 14 9 14 9
2020–21 1 0 1 0
Total 35 15 35 15
Red Bull Salzburg 2019–20 Austrian Bundesliga 10 1 1 0 1[b] 0 12 1
2020–21 29 7 4 1 5[c] 1 38 9
2021–22 29 19 5 0 10[d] 4 44 23
Total 68 27 10 1 16 5 94 33
Borussia Dortmund 2022–23 Bundesliga 24 6 2 1 6[d] 2 32 9
2023–24 18 3 1 0 9[d] 2 28 5
Total 42 9 3 1 15 4 60 14
Career total 145 51 13 2 31 9 189 62
  1. Includes Swiss Cup, DFB-Pokal
  2. Appearance in UEFA Europa League
  3. Three appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International change

As of match played 11 June 2022[5]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Germany
2021 4 1
Total 4 1
As of match played 11 October 2021. Germany score listed first, score column indicates score after each Adeyemi goal.[5]
List of international goals scored by Karim Adeyemi
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 5 September 2021 Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart, Germany   Armenia 6–0 6–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours change

Red Bull Salzburg

Germany U21

Individual

References change

  1. FC Red Bull Salzburg official website
  2. RB Salzburg Official Homepage:Karim Adeyemi wechselt zu Borussia Dortmund (German)
  3. FIFA
  4. "K. Adeyemi". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Karim Adeyemi at Soccerway  
  6. "Germany beat Portugal for third U21 EURO title". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  7. "Goldene Fritz-Walter-Medaillen an Brand, Adeyemi und Moukoko" (in German). DFB. 9 November 2022.
  8. "Fritz-Walter-Medaille in Gold an Kühn, Bühl und Adeyemi" (in German). German Football Association. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  9. "Team der Saison - ADMIRAL Bundesliga". Bundesliga.at. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  10. "Bundesliga Rookie Award". Bundesliga.com. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  11. "Karim Adeyemi named 2022/2023 Rookie of the Season". Borussia Dortmund. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  12. "IFFHS Men's World Youth (U20) Team 2022". IFFHS. 12 January 2023.