Chukwubuike Adamu

**Chukwubuike Junior Adamu** (born 6 June 2001) is a professional footballer. He  plays as a forward for Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg. He was born in Nigeria but plays for the Austria national team.

## Career

He started his career in the youth teams of GSV Wacker and GAK in Graz. From 2015 to 2019 he played in the Red Bull Salzburg Academy. In 2017 he was a member of the FC Liefering team for the first time and made his professional debut  against WSG Wattens in November 2018 when he came in for Karim Adeyemi.

In September 2020 he made his debut for FC Red Bull Salzburg in the Cupmatch versus SW Bregenz when he came in for Masaya Okugawa. In February 2021 he went on loan to the Swiss team FC St. Gallen.  Adamu scored his first goal for Red Bull Salzburg in a 1–0 league win over Admira on 14 August 2021. His first international match was versus  Brøndby in the first leg of the Champion League play-off round.

In June 2023 he went to SC Freiburg in the Bundesliga.

## International career

He played for the Austrian U18, U19 and U21 national team. For the U21 he played 10 matches and scored 9 goals. His first senior match was in November 2021 when he came on in the 89th minute for Marko Arnautovic in the World Cup qualifier against Israel.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Liefering|2018–19|Austrian Second League|16|5|—|—|—|16|5||||
|2019–20|Austrian Second League|20|14|—|—|—|20|14||||||
|2020–21|Austrian Second League|13|7|—|—|—|13|7||||||
|rowspan="4"|Red Bull Salzburg|2020–21|Austrian Bundesliga|0|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|
|2021–22|Austrian Bundesliga|30|7|4|1|9|1|0|0|43|9|||
|2022–23|Austrian Bundesliga|28|10|4|3|8|1|0|0|40|14|||
|St. Gallen (loan)|2020–21|Swiss Super League|14|6|4|2|—|—|18|8||||
|SC Freiburg|2023–24|Bundesliga|14|0|1|0|6|1|—|21|1|||
|SC Freiburg II|2023–24|3. Liga|1|0|—|—|—|1|0|||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Austria|2021|1|0|
|2022|2|0|||
|2023|3|0|||
|2024|3|0|||

## Honours

**Red Bull Salzburg**
- Austrian Bundesliga: 2022,  2023
- Austrian Cup:  2022

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Junior Adamu
- **image**: FC RB Salzburg gegen FK Austria Wien (2022-04-24) 40.jpg
- **caption**: Adamu with FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg in 2022
- **full name**: Chukwubuike Junior Adamu
- **birth place**: Kano (city), Kano, Nigeria
- **height**: 1.82 m
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward
- **currentclub**: SC Freiburg
- **clubnumber**: 20
- **youthyears1**: 2011–2014
- **youthclubs1**: GSV Wacker
- **youthyears2**: 2014–2015
- **youthclubs2**: Grazer AK
- **youthyears3**: 2015–2018
- **youthclubs3**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg
- **years1**: 2017–2020
- **clubs1**: FC Liefering, Liefering
- **caps1**: 49
- **goals1**: 26
- **years2**: 2020–2023
- **clubs2**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg
- **caps2**: 58
- **goals2**: 17
- **clubs3**: → FC St. Gallen, St. Gallen (loan)
- **years3**: 2021
- **caps3**: 14
- **goals3**: 6
- **years4**: 2023–
- **clubs4**: SC Freiburg
- **caps4**: 49
- **goals4**: 3
- **nationalyears1**: 2018–2019
- **nationalteam1**: Austria national under-18 football team, Austria U18
- **nationalcaps1**: 6
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2019–2020
- **nationalteam2**: Austria national under-19 football team, Austria U19
- **nationalcaps2**: 4
- **nationalgoals2**: 3
- **nationalyears3**: 2020–
- **nationalteam3**: Austria national under-21 football team, Austria U21
- **nationalcaps3**: 12
- **nationalgoals3**: 10
- **nationalyears4**: 2021–
- **nationalteam4**: Austria national football team, Austria
- **nationalcaps4**: 6
- **nationalgoals4**: 0
- **club-update**: 26 January 2026
- **nationalteam-update**: 23:39, 20 June 2023 (UTC)