Karim Adeyemi
German footballer (born 2002)
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Karim David Adeyemi (/kəˈriːm/ kuh-REEM /ˈdɛvɪd/ DEH-vid /ˌɑːdɛˈjɛmi/ ah-deh-YEH-mee, born 18 January 2002) is a German professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the Germany national team.
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Adeyemi with Red Bull Salzburg in 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Karim David Adeyemi[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 18 January 2002 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Munich, Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Borussia Dortmund | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 27 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | TSV Forstenried | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Bayern Munich | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2018 | SpVgg Unterhaching | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | Red Bull Salzburg | 68 | (27) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | → FC Liefering (loan) | 35 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Borussia Dortmund | 95 | (22) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Germany U16 | 6 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Germany U17 | 7 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2024 | Germany U21 | 5 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Germany | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:32, 21 March 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15:44, 14 October 2025 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Red Bull Salzburg
Adeyemi played as a youth for TSV Forstenried, and at the age of eight he joined local Bundesliga side Bayern Munich youth academy in 2010. Due to an impasse in negotiating his continued stay at the club, there was a dispute and Adeyemi eventually had to leave the club, which meant that he joined SpVgg Unterhaching in 2012.[3] After progressing through 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 in a 2–3 loss to Eintracht Frankfurt U19. With Unterhaching, he suffered relegation to the A-Jugend Bayernliga (Under 19 Bayernliga) at the end of the season.
Prior to the 2018–19 season, Adeyemi was signed by Austrian club Red Bull Salzburg where he signed a three-year contract.[4] He was subsequently loaned out to their feeder club FC Liefering for the season. Adeyemi made his 2. Liga debut on 1 September 2018 against Austria Lustenau, where he played the full game as Liefering lost 1–0.[5] On 1 December 2020, he scored his first Champions League goal in a 3–1 away win over Lokomotiv Moscow during the 2020–21 season.[6]
Borussia Dortmund
On 10 May 2022, Adeyemi was announced to have joined Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund on a deal until the summer of 2027.[7] On 5 October, he scored his first Champions League goal with Borussia Dortmund in a 4–1 away win over Sevilla.[8] On 4 February 2023, he was recorded as the Bundesliga's fastest-ever player at 36.65 kilometres per hour (22.77 mph) during a match against Freiburg.[9] Later that month, on 15 February, he scored the only goal from a solo strike in a 1–0 victory over Chelsea in the Champions League round of 16 first leg.[10] On 30 March 2024, he scored the opening goal in a 2–0 away win over Bayern Munich, to be his club's first victory in Der Klassiker since 2019 and the first win at Allianz Arena in 10 years.[11]
On 1 October 2024, he scored his first hat-trick in the Champions League in a 7–1 home win over Celtic, becoming the third player in Dortmund history next to Robert Lewandowski and Marco Reus to score a hat-trick for Dortmund in the Champions League.[12][13][14]
International career
Adeyemi was born in Munich, Germany, to a Nigerian father and Romanian mother.[15] He is a youth international for Germany, having represented the Germany under-16s, under-17s and under-21s. He made his debut for the Germany senior team in a 6–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification win over Armenia on 5 September 2021, coming on as a late substitute and scoring his side's sixth goal in the first minute of second-half injury time.[16] As Adeyemi was a Red Bull Salzburg player on his debut, this marked the first time in the post-war period that a player from an Austrian club played a match for the German senior national team.[17]
In November 2022, he was named in the German squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[18] However, he did not feature in any match, as Germany were knocked out at the group stage.[19]
Personal life
In 2023 Adeyemi started dating rapper Loredana Zefi, and they married in a private ceremony in October 2024.[20]
In November 2025, Adeyemi and Loredana were fined 60 daily payments of €7,500 for illegal possession of weapons, after the Federal Police found brass knuckles and a taser in their possession.[21]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 21 March 2026[22]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| FC Liefering (loan) | 2018–19 | Austrian 2. Liga | 20 | 6 | — | — | — | 20 | 6 | |||
| 2019–20 | Austrian 2. Liga | 14 | 9 | — | — | — | 14 | 9 | ||||
| 2020–21 | Austrian 2. Liga | 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 | Austrian Bundesliga | 29 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5[c] | 1 | — | 38 | 9 | ||
| 2021–22 | Austrian Bundesliga | 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 | Bundesliga | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12[d] | 2 | — | 34 | 5 | ||
| 2024–25 | Bundesliga | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 10[d] | 5 | 5[e] | 0 | 41 | 12 | |
| 2025–26 | Bundesliga | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 9[d] | 3 | — | 36 | 9 | ||
| Total | 95 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 143 | 35 | ||
| Career total | 198 | 64 | 16 | 2 | 53 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 272 | 83 | ||
- Includes Austrian Cup, DFB-Pokal
- Appearance in UEFA Europa League
- Three appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
International
- As of match played 13 October 2025[23]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Germany | |||
| 2021 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | |
| Total | 11 | 1 | |
- As of match played 23 March 2025. Germany score listed first, score column indicates score after each Adeyemi goal.[23]
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 5 September 2021 | Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart, Germany | 1 |  Armenia | 6–0 | 6–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
Borussia Dortmund
- UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2023–24[24]
Red Bull Salzburg
- Austrian Bundesliga: 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22[citation needed]
- Austrian Cup: 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22[citation needed]
Germany U21
Individual
- Fritz Walter Medal U19 Gold: 2021[26]
- Fritz Walter Medal U17 Gold: 2019[27]
- Austrian Bundesliga Top scorer: 2021–22
- Austrian Bundesliga Team of the Year: 2021–22[28]
- Bundesliga Rookie of the Month: January 2023[29]
- Bundesliga Goal of the Month: September 2025[30]
- Bundesliga Rookie of the Season: 2022–23[31]
- IFFHS Men's World Youth (U20) Team: 2022[32]
