Nadiem Amiri

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Nadiem Amiri
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Amiri with Germany U21 in 2016
Personal information
Full name Nadiem Amiri[1]
Date of birth (1996-10-27) 27 October 1996 (age 25)
Place of birth Ludwigshafen, Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Bayer Leverkusen
Number 11
Youth career
Ludwigshafener SC
1. FC Kaiserslautern
Waldhof Mannheim
2012–2014 1899 Hoffenheim
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 1899 Hoffenheim II 22 (4)
2015–2019 1899 Hoffenheim 106 (11)
2019– Bayer Leverkusen 62 (4)
National team‡
2013–2014 Germany U18 8 (2)
2014–2016 Germany U19 13 (3)
2015–2016 Germany U20 3 (0)
2016–2019 Germany U21 24 (6)
2021 Germany Olympic 3 (2)
2019– Germany 5 (0)
Honours
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner 2017 Poland
Runner-up 2019 Italy
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:25, 11 September 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10:12, 28 July 2021 (UTC)

Nadiem Amiri (born 27 October 1996) is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen and the German national team.[2]

Club career[]

1899 Hoffenheim[]

Amiri joined 1899 Hoffenheim in 2012 from Waldhof Mannheim. He made his Bundesliga debut on 7 February 2015 against VfL Wolfsburg in a 3–0 away defeat.[3] Amiri recorded his first goal of the season and for his club in a 3–3 draw to Borussia Mönchengladbach on 28 November.[4] On 30 April 2016, he scored the winning goal in the 84th minute to defeat FC Ingolstadt 04 with a 2–1 victory.[5] On 12 June 2017, he signed a contract extension which lasts until 2020.[6] On 20 October, Amiri scored a goal in a 3–1 UEFA Europa League victory over İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. and sealed their club's first ever victory in Europe.[7]

Bayer Leverkusen[]

Amiri signed a five-year contract with Bayer Leverkusen in July 2019.[8]

International career[]

Youth[]

Amiri made his debut for Germany under-21 in March 2016, coming on as a late substitute in a European U21 Championship qualifier against Russia under-21.[9] He was the part of the Germany under-21 team that won the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship by defeating Spain under-21 in the final.[10]

Amiri was selected as one of three overage players for the Tokyo Olympics, where he scored in each of Germany's first two games, a defeat to Brazil and a victory over Saudi Arabia.[11][12]

Senior[]

Amiri made his Germany national team debut on 9 October 2019 in a friendly against Argentina. He substituted Julian Brandt in the 66th minute.[13]

Personal life[]

He was born in Ludwigshafen to Afghan parents. His cousins Zubayr Amiri and Nauwid Amiri also play football.

Career statistics[]

International[]

As of 11 November 2020[14]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Germany 2019 3 0
2020 2 0
Total 5 0

Honours[]

Germany

Individual

References[]

  1. ^ "Squad List: Men's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020: Germany (GER)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 July 2021. p. 7. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Germany – N. Amiri – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Wolfsburg vs. 1899 Hoffenheim – 7 February 2015 – Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Gladbach fight back to rescue point at Hoffenheim". Bundesliga. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  5. ^ "TSG Hoffenheim 2-1 FC Ingolstadt 04". ESPN FC. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  6. ^ "NADIEM AMIRI EXTENDS TSG CONTRACT UNTIL 2020". TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Hoffenheim record first ever European win against Basaksehir". Bundesliga. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  8. ^ "Amiri joins the Werkself". Bayer04.de. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Hoffenheim's Nadiem Amiri: the refugees' son who hasn't forgotten his roots". Bundesliga. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  10. ^ "Hoffenheim's Nadiem Amiri: the refugees' son who hasn't forgotten his roots". Bundesliga. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  11. ^ "Brazil 4-2 Germany: Richarlison scores hat-trick in Brazil's Olympics opener". Sky Sports. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  12. ^ "10-man Germany beats Saudi Arabia 3-2 in Olympic soccer". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  13. ^ "Germany v Argentina game report". ESPN. 9 October 2019.
  14. ^ Nadiem Amiri at WorldFootball.net Edit this at Wikidata
  15. ^ "Weisers Kopfball macht den EM-Traum wahr". kicker.de (in German). 30 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  16. ^ "Bundesliga Goal of the Month". Bundesliga. Retrieved 9 January 2021.

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