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Nadiem Amiri
Amiri with Germany U21 in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-10-27) 27 October 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Ludwigshafen, Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team 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 30 (1)
International career‡
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 3 (0)
Medal record
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner 2017
Runner-up 2019
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:06, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:45, 19 November 2019 (UTC)

Nadiem Amiri (Persian: ندیم امیری, born 27 October 1996) is a German football attacking midfielder who currently plays for Bayer Leverkusen.[1]

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. He substituted Julian Brandt in the 66th minute.[10]

Personal life

He was born in Ludwigshafen to Afghan parents. His brother Nauwid Amiri also plays football.

Career statistics

International

As of 19 November 2019[11]
Germany
Year Apps Goals
2019 3 0
Total 3 0

Honours

International

Germany

References

  1. ^ "Germany – N. Amiri – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Wolfsburg vs. 1899 Hoffenheim – 7 February 2015 – Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Gladbach fight back to rescue point at Hoffenheim". Bundesliga. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  4. ^ "TSG Hoffenheim 2-1 FC Ingolstadt 04". ESPN FC. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  5. ^ "NADIEM AMIRI EXTENDS TSG CONTRACT UNTIL 2020". TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Hoffenheim record first ever European win against Basaksehir". Bundesliga. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Amiri joins the Werkself". Bayer04.de. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
  8. ^ "Hoffenheim's Nadiem Amiri: the refugees' son who hasn't forgotten his roots". Bundesliga. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  9. ^ "Hoffenheim's Nadiem Amiri: the refugees' son who hasn't forgotten his roots". Bundesliga. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  10. ^ "Germany v Argentina game report". ESPN. 9 October 2019.
  11. ^ Nadiem Amiri at WorldFootball.net Edit this at Wikidata
  12. ^ "Weisers Kopfball macht den EM-Traum wahr". kicker.de (in German). 30 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
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