Nadiem Amiri
Nadiem Amiri (born 27 October 1996) is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen.[1]
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Personal information | |||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 27 October 1996 | ||||||||||||
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 | 21 | (4) | ||||||||||
2015–2019 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 106 | (11) | ||||||||||
2019– | Bayer Leverkusen | 33 | (1) | ||||||||||
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) | ||||||||||
2019– | Germany | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:11, 3 October 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 November 2020 |
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.[2] Amiri recorded his first goal of the season and for his club in a 3–3 draw to Borussia Mönchengladbach on 28 November.[3] On 30 April 2016, he scored the winning goal in the 84th minute to defeat FC Ingolstadt 04 with a 2–1 victory.[4] On 12 June 2017, he signed a contract extension which lasts until 2020.[5] 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.[6]
Bayer Leverkusen
Amiri signed a five-year contract with Bayer Leverkusen in July 2019.[7]
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.[8] 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.[9]
Senior
He made his Germany national football team debut on 9 October 2019 in a friendly against Argentina. Despite being invited to join the Afghanistan national football team he decided to play for Germany. He substituted Julian Brandt in the 66th minute.[10]
Personal life
He was born in Ludwigshafen to Afghan parents from Kandahar. His cousins Zubayr Amiri and Nauwid Amiri also play football.
Career statistics
Honours
References
- "Germany – N. Amiri – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- "Wolfsburg vs. 1899 Hoffenheim – 7 February 2015 – Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- "Gladbach fight back to rescue point at Hoffenheim". Bundesliga. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- "TSG Hoffenheim 2-1 FC Ingolstadt 04". ESPN FC. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- "NADIEM AMIRI EXTENDS TSG CONTRACT UNTIL 2020". TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- "Hoffenheim record first ever European win against Basaksehir". Bundesliga. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- "Amiri joins the Werkself". Bayer04.de. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
- "Hoffenheim's Nadiem Amiri: the refugees' son who hasn't forgotten his roots". Bundesliga. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- "Hoffenheim's Nadiem Amiri: the refugees' son who hasn't forgotten his roots". Bundesliga. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- "Germany v Argentina game report". ESPN. 9 October 2019.
- Nadiem Amiri at WorldFootball.net
- "Weisers Kopfball macht den EM-Traum wahr". kicker.de (in German). 30 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
External links
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- Nadiem Amiri at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Nadiem Amiri at National-Football-Teams.com