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==Career statistics==
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Revision as of 05:16, 13 March 2023

Junior Adamu
Adamu with Red Bull Salzburg in 2022
Personal information
Full name  Chukwubuike Junior Adamu
Date of birth (2001-06-06) 6 June 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Kano, Nigeria
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Red Bull Salzburg
Number 9
Youth career
2011–2014 GSV Wacker
2014–2015 Grazer AK
2015–2018 Red Bull Salzburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Liefering 49 (26)
2020– Red Bull Salzburg 48 (14)
2021–2022 → St. Gallen (loan) 14 (6)
International career‡
2018–2019 Austria U18 6 (0)
2019–2020 Austria U19 4 (3)
2020– Austria U21 12 (10)
2021– Austria 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:58, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:16, 20 November 2022 (UTC)

Chukwubuike Junior Adamu (born 6 June 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg.[2] Born in Nigeria, he plays for the Austria national team.

Club career

Adamu started his career with the youth team of GSV Wacker. In January 2014 he came to Grazer AK. In 2015, he joined the FC Red Bull Salzburg Academy, where he progressed through the levels from U15 to U18.

In September 2017, he was included in the FC Liefering squad for the first time. In the same month, he also debuted for Red Bull Salzburg's UEFA Youth League team, coming on for Nicolas Meister in a match against Bordeaux.

He made his professional debut playing for FC Liefering against WSG Wattens in November 2018 as he came in for Karim Adeyemi. In September 2020, he made his debut for Red Bull Salzburg in an Austrian Cup match against SW Bregen, coming on in the 75th minute for Masaya Okugawa.[3]

On 15 February 2021, Adamu moved on loan to Swiss Super League team St. Gallen.[4]

Adamu scored his first goal for Red Bull Salzburg in a 1–0 league win over Admira on 14 August 2021.[5] The goal sealed Salzburg's fifth victory on the road in a row, the longest such run the club had had in a decade.[5] Three days later, he made his first appearance in the UEFA Champions League, coming on as a substitute in a 2–1 home win over Danish champions Brøndby in the first leg of their play-off round clash.[6] On 16 February 2022, Adamu scored his first UEFA Champions League goal in a 1–1 home draw against Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich in the first leg of the round of 16 tie after coming on as a substitute for Noah Okafor.[7]

International career

Born in Nigeria, Adamu represents Austria at international level and has played for the Austria U18, Austria U19, and Austria U21 teams.

He made his first appearance in the Austria national football team on 12 November 2021 in a World Cup qualifier match vs. Israel.[8]

Adamu playing for Austria U21 in 2022

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 12 March 2023[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC 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
Total 49 26 0 0 0 0 49 26
Red Bull Salzburg 2020–21 Austrian Bundesliga 0 0 1 0 — 1 0
2021–22 Austrian Bundesliga 30 7 4 1 9[b] 1 43 9
2022–23 Austrian Bundesliga 18 7 3 3 6[b] 1 27 11
Total 48 14 8 4 15 2 71 20
St. Gallen (loan) 2020–21 Swiss Super League 14 6 4 2 — 18 8
Career total 111 42 12 6 15 2 138 54
  1. ^ Includes Austrian Cup, Swiss Cup
  2. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 20 November 2022
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Austria 2021 1 0
2022 2 0
Total 3 0

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Junior Adamu.
  1. ^ "Junior Adamu". FC Red Bull Salzburg. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  2. ^ FC Red Bull Salzburg Team
  3. ^ FC Salzburg Wiki
  4. ^ "FCSG: FC St.Gallen verpflichtet 19-jährigen Stürmer: Junior Adamu kommt leihweise vom FC Red Bull Salzburg zu den Espen" [FC St.Gallen signs 19-year-old striker: Junior Adamu comes to the Espen on loan from FC Red Bull Salzburg]. Tagblatt (in German). February 15, 2021. Retrieved 2021-02-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ a b "Successful Dress Rehearsal". Red Bull Salzburg. 14 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Salzburg 2-1 Brøndby". UEFA. 17 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Red Bull Salzburg 1-1 Bayern Munich". BBC Sport. 16 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Austria v Israel game report". FIFA. 12 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  9. ^ Junior Adamu at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
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