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Junior Adamu
	Adamu with Red Bull Salzburg in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Chukwubuike Junior Adamu
Date of birth	6 June 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	Kano, Nigeria
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team 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
2017–2020	FC Liefering
2020–2023	Red Bull Salzburg
2021	→ St. Gallen (loan)
2023–	SC Freiburg
2023	SC Freiburg II
International career‡
2018–2019	Austria U18
2019–2020	Austria U19
2020–	Austria U21
2021–	Austria
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:32, 21 December 2024(UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:28, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Chukwubuike Junior Adamu (born 6 June 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club SC Freiburg. 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 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.^[2]

On 15 February 2021, Adamu moved on loan to Swiss Super League team 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] The goal sealed Salzburg's fifth victory on the road in a row, the longest such run the club had had in a decade.^[4] 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 Superliga champions Brøndby in the first leg of their play-off round clash.^[5] 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.^[6]

On 22 June 2023, German Bundesliga club SC Freiburg announced the signing of Adamu with an undisclosed contract.^[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 senior national team on 12 November 2021 in a World Cup qualifier match vs. Israel.^[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 21 December 2024^[9]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup^[a]		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FC Liefering	2018–19	2. Liga	16	5	—		—		—		16	5
	2019–20	2. Liga	20	14	—		—		—		20	14
	2020–21	2. Liga	13	7	—		—		—		13	7
	Total		49	26	0	0	0	0	—		49	26
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^[b]	1	0	0	43	9
	2022–23	Austrian Bundesliga	28	10	4	3	8^[c]	1	0	0	40	14
	Total		58	17	9	4	17	2	0	0	84	23
St. Gallen (loan)	2020–21	Swiss Super League	14	6	4	2	—		—		18	8
SC Freiburg	2023–24	Bundesliga	15	0	1	0	6^[d]	1	—		22	1
	2024–25	Bundesliga	12	2	2	2	0	0	—		14	4
	Total		27	2	3	2	6	1	—		36	5
SC Freiburg II	2023–24	3. Liga	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
Career total			149	47	16	8	23	3	0	0	188	62

^ Includes Austrian Cup, Swiss Cup
^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
^ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 14 November 2024

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps
Austria	2021	1
	2022	2
	2023	3
	2024	3
Total		9

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg

References

^ "Junior Adamu". FC Red Bull Salzburg. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
^ FC Salzburg Wiki
^ "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). 15 February 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Successful Dress Rehearsal". Red Bull Salzburg. 14 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
^ "Salzburg 2-1 Brøndby". UEFA. 17 August 2021.
^ "Red Bull Salzburg 1-1 Bayern Munich". BBC Sport. 16 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
^ "Herzlich willkommen, Junior!" (in German). SC Freiburg. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
^ "Austria v Israel game report". FIFA. 12 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
^ Junior Adamu at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 August 2021.