Noah Adedeji-Sternberg
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Noah Adedeji-Sternberg | ||
| Date of birth | 19 June 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Germany[1] | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Genk | ||
| Number | 32 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Royal Antwerp | |||
| Excelsior Mouscron | |||
| –2019 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | ||
| 2019–2023 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023– | Jong Genk | 27 | (5) |
| 2024– | Genk | 56 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022 | Belgium U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2023 | Belgium U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2025– | Belgium U21 | 6 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 March 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 08:31, 31 March 2026 (UTC) | |||
Noah Adedeji-Sternberg is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Belgian Pro League club K.R.C. Genk. Born in Germany, he plays for the Belgium national under-19 football team.
Adedeji-Sternberg was born in Germany on 19 June 2005 to a Nigerian father and German mother.[3] He moved to Belgium and began playing for Royal Antwerp as a youth player. He then moved to fellow Belgian club Excelsior Mouscron, and then German club Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, before moving to Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2019. Adedeji-Sternberg played for Borussia Monchengladbach until 2023 when he moved back to Belgium with Genk, signing a contract until 2027.[4]
Club career
Genk
Adedeji-Sternberg began the season with the club's reserve team, playing for the club in the Challenger Pro League, making his debut in a 5–2 win over Francs Borains, coming on as a substitute.[5] Adedeji-Sternberg scored his first professional goal in a 3–2 loss to RFC Liège in the 89th minute.[6] He went on to make a total of 24 appearances in the league that season, scoring 5 goals.
During that season he also made his debut for the first team, playing in his first match in a 3–1 win over RWD Molenbeek. He made 2 further league appearances, as well as 2 more appearances during the championship play-offs.
Adedeji–Sternberg scored his first goal for the first team in a 2-0 away league win versus Anderlecht.[7]
International career
Adedeji-Sternberg is eligible to represent Germany, Nigeria, as well as Belgium, who he represents at U19 level.[3] He made his first appearance for the team in a 5–1 loss to Netherlands.[8]