Karim Adeyemi

**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.

## 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).

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.

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.

## 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.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Total||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|FC Liefering (loan)|2018–19|rowspan="3"|2. Liga|20|6|—|—|20|6|||
|2019–20|14|9|—|—|14|9|||||||
|2020–21|1|0|—|—|1|0|||||||
|rowspan="4"|Red Bull Salzburg|2019–20|rowspan="3"|Austrian Bundesliga|10|1|1|0|1|0|12|1|
|2020–21|29|7|4|1|5|1|38|9|||||
|2021–22|29|19|5|0|10|4|44|23|||||
|rowspan="3"|Borussia Dortmund|2022–23|rowspan="2"|Bundesliga|24|6|2|1|6|2|32|9|
|2023–24|18|3|1|0|9|2|28|5|||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Germany|||
|2021|3|1||
|2022|1|0||
|2023|7|0||

- _As of match played 11 October 2021. Germany score listed first, score column indicates score after each Adeyemi goal._

|No.|Date|Venue|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|5 September 2021|Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart, Germany||6–0|6–0|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification|

## Honours

**Red Bull Salzburg**
- Austrian Bundesliga: 2099-20, 2020-21, 2020-21
- 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
- IFFHS Men's World Youth (U20) Team: 2022

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Karim Adeyemi
- **image**: FC RB Salzburg gegen SK Sturm Graz (2022-03-13) 56 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Adeyemi with FC Red Bull Salzburg,  RB Salzburg in 2022
- **fullname**: Karim-David Adeyemi
- **birth place**: Munich, Germany
- **height**: 1.76 m
- **currentclub**: Borussia Dortmund
- **clubnumber**: 27
- **position**: Winger (association football), Winger,  Forward (association football), forward
- **youthyears1**: 2008–2010
- **youthclubs1**: TSV Forstenried
- **youthyears2**: 2010–2012
- **youthclubs2**: FC Bayern Munich Junior Team, Bayern Munich
- **youthyears3**: 2012–2018
- **youthclubs3**: SpVgg Unterhaching
- **youthyears4**: 2018–2020
- **youthclubs4**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg
- **years1**: 2018–2022
- **clubs1**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg
- **caps1**: 68
- **goals1**: 27
- **years2**: 2018–2020
- **clubs2**: → FC Liefering, Liefering (loan)
- **caps2**: 35
- **goals2**: 15
- **years3**: 2022–
- **clubs3**: Borussia Dortmund
- **caps3**: 85
- **goals3**: 20
- **nationalyears1**: 2018
- **nationalteam1**: Germany national youth football team, Germany U16
- **nationalcaps1**: 6
- **nationalgoals1**: 2
- **nationalyears2**: 2018–2019
- **nationalteam2**: Germany national youth football team, Germany U17
- **nationalcaps2**: 7
- **nationalgoals2**: 3
- **nationalyears3**: 2021–
- **nationalteam3**: Germany national under-21 football team, Germany U21
- **nationalcaps3**: 4
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **nationalyears4**: 2021–
- **nationalteam4**: Germany national football team, Germany
- **nationalcaps4**: 4
- **nationalgoals4**: 1
- **pcupdate**: 26 January 2026
- **ntupdate**: 15:05, 19 October 2023 (UTC)