Nadiem Amiri (born 27 October 1996) is a German professional

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who plays as an

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for

Bayer Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH, also known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen (), Bayer Leverkusen, or simply Leverkusen, is a professional football club based in Leverkusen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The club competes in the Bundesliga, t ...

and the Germany national team.

Club career

1899 Hoffenheim

Amiri joined

1899 Hoffenheim Turn- und Sportgemeinschaft 1899 Hoffenheim e.V., or simply TSG 1899 Hoffenheim or just Hoffenheim () is a German professional football club based in Hoffenheim, a village of Sinsheim municipality, Baden-Württemberg. Originally founded in 189 ...

in 2012 from

Waldhof Mannheim SV Waldhof Mannheim is a multi-sports club, located in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg. It is most known for its association football team; however, there are also professional handball and table-tennis sides. The club today has a membership of over ...

. He made his Bundesliga debut on 7 February 2015 against

VfL Wolfsburg Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg () or Wolfsburg, is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of W ...

in a 3–0 away defeat. Amiri recorded his first goal of the

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and for his club in a 3–3 draw to Borussia Mönchengladbach on 28 November. On 30 April 2016, he scored the winning goal in the 84th minute to defeat

FC Ingolstadt 04 Fußball-Club Ingolstadt 2004 e.V., commonly known as FC Ingolstadt 04 or FC Ingolstadt, is a German football club based in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. The club was founded in 2004 out of the merger of the football sides of two other clubs: ESV Ingols ...

with a 2–1 victory. On 12 June 2017, he signed a contract extension which lasts until 2020. On 20 October, Amiri scored a goal in a 3–1

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victory over

İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. İstanbul Başakşehir Futbol Kulübü () is a Turkish professional football club based in the Başakşehir district of Istanbul. The club is better known simply as İstanbul Başakşehir or, due to sponsorship, Medipol Başakşehir (). The club ...

and sealed their club's first ever victory in Europe.

Bayer Leverkusen

Amiri signed a five-year contract with

in July 2019.

Genoa

On 29 January 2022, he joined

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in Italy on loan. Genoa would have held an obligation to buy his rights at the end of the loan if certain conditions were met.

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. He was the part of the Germany under-21 team that won the

2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship The 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-21 Euro 2017) was the 21st edition of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, a biennial international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-21 na ...

by defeating Spain under-21 in the

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. Amiri was selected as one of three overage players for the Tokyo Olympics, where he scored in each of

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

's first two games, a defeat to

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and a victory over

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Senior

Amiri made his Germany national team debut on 9 October 2019 in a friendly against

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. He substituted Julian Brandt in the 66th minute.

Personal life

Amiri was born in Ludwigshafen to

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parents. His cousins,

Zubayr Amiri Zubayr Amiri (Dari: زبیر امیري; born 2 May 1990) is an Afghan professional footballer who plays for SC Hessen Dreieich and the Afghanistan national team. Amiri operates in midfield, and can also play in a more attacking role; conside ...

, Nauwid Amiri and Ramin Amiri, also play football.

Career statistics

International

Honours

Germany *

UEFA European Under-21 Championship The UEFA European Under-21 Championship, the UEFA Under-21 Championship or simply the Euro Under-21, is a biennial football competition contested by the European men's under-21 national teams of the UEFA member associations. Since 1992, the comp ...

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Individual *

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Goal of the Month: January 2021

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Amiri, Nadiem 1996 births Living people Sportspeople from Ludwigshafen Footballers from Rhineland-Palatinate Association football midfielders German footballers Germany youth international footballers Germany under-21 international footballers Olympic footballers of Germany Germany international footballers German people of Afghan descent Sportspeople of Afghan descent TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II players TSG 1899 Hoffenheim players Bayer 04 Leverkusen players Genoa C.F.C. players Bundesliga players Regionalliga players Serie A players Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics German expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Italy German expatriate sportspeople in Italy