Karim-David Adeyemi (born 18 January 2002) is a German professional footballer. He plays as a forward for Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg and the Germany national team.

Career

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).

Karim Adeyemi

2018 Adeyemi was signed by Austrian club FC Red Bull Salzburg 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.

Karim Adeyemi

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.

Karim Adeyemi

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

International

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.

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg

Austrian Bundesliga: 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22

Austrian Cup: 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22

Germany U21

UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 2021

Individual

Fritz Walter Medal U19 Gold: 2021

Fritz Walter Medal U17 Gold: 2019

Austrian Bundesliga Top goalscorer: 2021–22

Austrian Bundesliga Team of the Year: 2021–22

Bundesliga Rookie of the Month: January 2023

Bundesliga Rookie of the Season: 2022–23

References

2002 births

Living people

Players of FC Liefering

FC Red Bull Salzburg players

German footballers

Association football forwards

Nigerian footballers

Sportspeople from Munich

2022 FIFA World Cup players

Austrian Football Bundesliga top scorers

Austrian football champions