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.[2] He was born in Nigeria but plays for the Austria national team.

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
Place of birth Kano, Nigeria
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 SC Freiburg
Number 20
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)
2020–2023 Red Bull Salzburg 58 (17)
2021 → St. Gallen (loan) 14 (6)
2023– SC Freiburg 6 (0)
National team‡
2018–2019 Austria U18 6 (0)
2019–2020 Austria U19 4 (3)
2020– Austria U21 12 (10)
2021– Austria 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:06, 28 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:39, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

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. [3] Adamu scored his first goal for Red Bull Salzburg in a 1–0 league win over Admira on 14 August 2021.[4] His first international match was versus Brøndby in the first leg of the Champion League play-off round.[5]

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
As of match played 21 April 2024[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Liefering 2018–19 Austrian Second League 165———165
2019–20 Austrian Second League 2014———2014
2020–21 Austrian Second League 137———137
Total 49260000—4926
Red Bull Salzburg 2020–21 Austrian Bundesliga 0010000010
2021–22 Austrian Bundesliga 307419[lower-alpha 2]100439
2022–23 Austrian Bundesliga 2810438[lower-alpha 3]1004014
Total 581794172008423
St. Gallen (loan) 2020–21 Swiss Super League 14642——188
SC Freiburg 2023–24 Bundesliga 140106[lower-alpha 4]1—211
SC Freiburg II 2023–24 3. Liga 10———10
Career total 136451462330017358
  1. Includes Austrian Cup, Swiss Cup
  2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International
As of match played 20 June 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Austria 202110
202220
202330
Total60

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. Tagblatt.ch (German)
  4. "FC Red Bull Salzburg Official website". Archived from the original on 2021-08-18. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  5. UEFA.com matches
  6. Chukwubuike Adamu at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
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