Karim Bellarabi

Karim Bellarabi (born 8 April 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a winger for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen.[2][3]

Karim Bellarabi
Bellarabi with Leverkusen in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-04-08) 8 April 1990
Place of birth West Berlin, West Germany
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Bayer Leverkusen
Number 38
Youth career
FC Huchting
1998–2004 Werder Bremen
2004–2007 FC Oberneuland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 FC Oberneuland 7 (2)
2008–2010 Eintracht Braunschweig II 22 (11)
2008–2011 Eintracht Braunschweig 38 (8)
2011–2012 Bayer Leverkusen II 5 (0)
2011– Bayer Leverkusen 175 (31)
2013–2014 → Eintracht Braunschweig (loan) 26 (3)
National team‡
2010–2011 Germany U20 4 (1)
2012 Germany U21 5 (0)
2014– Germany 11 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:40, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:47, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

Early life

Bellarabi was born in West Berlin,[4] to a Moroccan father and a German[5] mother.[6][7] He grew up in Bremen, where he played youth football for local clubs FC Huchting, Werder Bremen, and FC Oberneuland.[8]

Club career

In 2008, Bellarabi joined the under-19 side of Eintracht Braunschweig. He made his senior debut for them during the 2008–09 season, followed by two more appearances during the 2009–10 league campaign. He finally became a regular starter during the 2010–11 3. Liga season and attracted notice due to his performance.[8][9]

After the season, he left Braunschweig for Bundesliga side Bayer 04 Leverkusen.[10] Due to injury, Bellarabi missed most of the 2012–13 Bundesliga season.[11] In 2013, he returned from Leverkusen to Eintracht Braunschweig, by now playing in the Bundesliga as well, on a one-year loan deal.[12]

Bellarabi playing for Leverkusen in 2014

Bellarabi returned to Leverkusen at the start of the 2014–15 season. On 23 August 2014, he scored the fastest goal in Bundesliga history, just in 9 seconds, on the opening match of the 2014–15 season, away to Borussia Dortmund, he led the way to a 0–2 win.[13]

On 17 February 2017 Bellarabi scored the 50,000th goal in Bundesliga history.[14]

In July 2018 he collapsed in a pre-season friendly.[15]

On 13 August 2020, he extended his stay at the BayArena until 2023 amid interest from other clubs.[16]

International career

Bellarabi has played youth international football for the German under-20 and under-21 teams.[17] He was called up by the senior team in October 2014.[18]

He made his senior international debut for Germany on 11 October 2014 in a 2–0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying defeat away to Poland, playing the full 90 minutes.[19] On 13 June 2015, Bellarabi scored his first international goal in a 7–0 win against Gibraltar.[20]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played on 7 November 2020[21][22]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Oberneuland2007–08Oberliga Nord73——3[lower-alpha 1]0103
Eintracht Braunschweig2008–093. Liga10———10
2009–103. Liga2000——20
2010–113. Liga35810——368
Totals38810——398
Bayer Leverkusen2011–12Bundesliga101002[lower-alpha 2]1—122
2012–13Bundesliga80112[lower-alpha 3]1—112
2014–15Bundesliga33123010[lower-alpha 2]1—4613
2015–16Bundesliga3364212[lower-alpha 4]4—4912
2016–17Bundesliga162112[lower-alpha 2]1—194
2017–18Bundesliga24151——292
2018–19Bundesliga195223[lower-alpha 3]2—249
2019–20Bundesliga264627[lower-alpha 5]0—396
2020–21 Bundesliga 60102[lower-alpha 6]2—92
Totals175312394012—23852
Bayer Leverkusen II2011–12Regionalliga West20———20
2013–14Regionalliga West30———30
Totals50———50
Eintracht Braunschweig (loan)2013–14Bundesliga26300——263
Career totals2514524940123031866
  1. Appearance(s) in the Regionalliga playoffs.
  2. Appearance(s) in the UEFA Champions League.
  3. Appearance(s) in the UEFA Europa League.
  4. Eight appearances and one goal in the UEFA Champions League, four appearances and three goals in the UEFA Europa League.
  5. Five appearances in the UEFA Champions League, two appearances in the UEFA Europa League.
  6. two appearances and two goals in the UEFA Europa League.

International goals
Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first.[23]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.13 June 2015Estádio Algarve, Algarve, Portugal Gibraltar4–07–0UEFA Euro 2016 qualification

References
  1. "Karim Bellarabi". BAYER 04 LEVERKUSEN.
  2. "Bellarabi, Karim" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  3. "Karim Bellarabi". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  4. "Bellarabi steht auf Marokkos Wunschzettel" (in German). rp-online.de. 6 September 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  5. "Gegen Karim zu spielen, war nicht mehr lustig" (in German). laola1.at. 23 October 2012. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014. meine Mutter ist Deutsche
  6. "Le marocain Karim Bellarabi joueura avec Ghana ou le Maroc ?" (in French). Sport-Maroc.com. 15 March 2012. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  7. Germany, SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg. "Leverkusens Bellarabi: Löws neues Flügel-Ass - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Sport". SPIEGEL ONLINE.
  8. "Karim Bellarabi - von Null auf Hundert" (in German). dfb.de. 15 October 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  9. "Braunschweigs Bellarabi: Vier Erstligisten jagen das Toptalent der 3. Liga" (in German). Sport Bild. 11 November 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  10. "Bayer schnappt sich Karim Bellarabi" (in German). kicker.de. 12 January 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  11. Schiebold, Christian (20 August 2013). "Karim Bellarabi kehrt zur Eintracht zurück" (in German). braunschweiger-zeitung.de. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  12. "Bellarabi auf Leihbasis nach Braunschweig" (in German). bayer04.de. 21 August 2013. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  13. "Borussia Dortmund 0–2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen". BBC Sport. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  14. "The 50,000th Bundesliga goal goes to Karim Bellarabi!". bundesliga.com - the official Bundesliga website.
  15. "Karim Bellarabi: Bayer Leverkusen winger leaves hospital after collapsing". July 26, 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  16. "Bayer 04 verlängert mit Karim Bellarabi". BAYER 04 LEVERKUSEN.
  17. "Nationalspieler Karim Bellarabi" (in German). dfb.de. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  18. "Karim Bellarabi included in Germany squad". BBC Sport. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  19. Lamont, Alasdair (11 October 2014). "Poland 2-0 Germany". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  20. "Germany leap into second". Deutscher Fußball-Bund. 14 June 2015.
  21. Karim Bellarabi at Soccerway
  22. "Karim Bellarabi » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  23. "Karim Bellarabi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
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