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.FC Red Bull Salzburg Team 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. Tagblatt.ch (German) 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.UEFA.com matches

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.

Career statistics
Club

+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupEuropeOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsLiefering2018–19Austrian Second League165———1652019–20Austrian Second League2014———20142020–21Austrian Second League137———137Total49260000—4926Red Bull Salzburg2020–21Austrian Bundesliga00100000102021–22Austrian Bundesliga3074191004392022–23Austrian Bundesliga28104381004014Total581794172008423St. Gallen (loan)2020–21Swiss Super League14642——188SC Freiburg2023–24Bundesliga1401061—211SC Freiburg II2023–243. Liga10———10Career total136451462330017358

International

+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsAustria202110202220202330202430Total90

Honours
Red Bull Salzburg
 Austrian Bundesliga: 2022,  2023
 Austrian Cup:  2022

References

Category:2001 births
Category:Living people
Category:FC Liefering players
Category:FC Red Bull Salzburg players
Category:Players of the Austrian national football team
Category:Nigerian footballers
Category:Austrian footballers
Category:Austrian football forwards
Category:Austrian football champions