Karim Adeyemi
Karim Adeyemi is a German footballer playing for Barcelona and Germany, known for his speed on the wing and his foundation supporting young people in Ibadan, Nigeria.
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Known for
FC Barcelona
UEFA Champions League
BundesligaOverview
- Born
- 18 January 2002, Munich, Germany
- Work
- Professional footballer, winger and forward
- Club
- FC Barcelona, joined in July 2026
- National team
- Germany, senior debut in September 2021
- Off the pitch
- Founder of the Karim Adeyemi Foundation, established in 2022
Mini bio
How it started.
Karim grew up in Munich and came through the youth teams at Forstenried, Bayern Munich and Unterhaching. He joined Unterhaching in 2012 and moved to Salzburg in 2018, with Liefering also part of his route into professional football.
The breakthrough.
He scored on his senior Germany debut against Armenia on 5 September 2021. In the 2021/22 Austrian Bundesliga season, his 19 goals made him joint top scorer. A move to Borussia Dortmund followed in 2022, and he won Bundesliga Rookie of the Season in his first campaign.
Big European nights.
With Dortmund, Karim reached the 2024 Champions League final. That October, he scored a first-half hat-trick in a 7-1 win over Celtic. After four seasons at Dortmund, he joined Barcelona in July 2026.
A promise to give back.
Visits to Ibadan as a child changed how Karim understood opportunity. He promised his father he would return to help if he became a professional footballer. In 2022, that promise became the Karim Adeyemi Foundation, supporting education, youth development and communities in Nigeria.
Creditschronological, newest first
Club football
- 2026FC BarcelonaForward
- 2022–2026Borussia DortmundWinger; 2024 Champions League finalist
- 2018Move from Unterhaching to SalzburgJoined Salzburg as a youth prospect
International football
- 2021Germany senior debut against ArmeniaScorer in a 6-0 win
Community
- 2022Karim Adeyemi FoundationFounder
Campaigns
- 2026Barça Pulse collectionCampaign participant
Awards
- Bundesliga Rookie of the Season2022/23, Borussia Dortmund. Won the season’s rookie vote.
- Austrian Bundesliga joint top scorer2021/22, Red Bull Salzburg. Shared the scoring title with Giacomo Vrioni on 19 goals.
- UEFA Champions League Player of the MatchDortmund against Celtic, 1 October 2024, after his first-half hat-trick.
Quotes
If I ever become a professional footballer, I will come back, and I will help.Karim Adeyemi, Karim Adeyemi Foundation
His foundation recounts the childhood promise he made to his father after seeing hardship in Ibadan.
Trivia
- His father is Nigerian and his mother is Romanian; Karim was born in Germany.
- He reached 36.65 km/h against Freiburg on 4 February 2023, setting a Bundesliga speed record at the time.
- He became the first German player to score ten Champions League goals before turning 23.
- He helped Unterhaching’s youth team win the Merkur CUP in 2013.
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