Junior

Adamu

Junior Adamu history

Junior Adamu was born on 6 June 2001 in Kano and plays for Sport-Club Freiburg.

Current season 2024/25

In the ongoing season, the player with the shirt number 20 has already scored two goals and, along with Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Tim Kleindienst (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Loïs Openda (RB Leipzig), Karim Adeyemi (Borussia Dortmund), Jamie Gittens (Borussia Dortmund), Lukas Kübler, Jamal Musiala (FC Bayern München), Lovro Majer (VfL Wolfsburg), Nadiem Amiri (1. FSV Mainz 05), Maximilian Breunig (1. FC Heidenheim 1846) and Paul Wanner (1. FC Heidenheim 1846), has the sixth-most attempts on goal within the league. With one assist, Junior Adamu currently has the eighth-most in the league together with Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Tim Kleindienst (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Franck Honorat (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Benjamin Henrichs (RB Leipzig), Xavi Simons (RB Leipzig), Benjamin Šeško (RB Leipzig), Antonio Nusa (RB Leipzig), Mario Götze (Eintracht Frankfurt), Omar Marmoush (Eintracht Frankfurt), Pascal Groß (Borussia Dortmund), Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund), Julian Ryerson (Borussia Dortmund), Ramy Bensebaini (Borussia Dortmund), Karim Adeyemi (Borussia Dortmund), Finn Porath (Holstein Kiel), Tymoteusz Puchacz (Holstein Kiel) and Nicolai Remberg (Holstein Kiel). With eight shots taken so far, Junior Adamu has had the third-most attempts on goal of any Sport-Club Freiburg player. Until now, he has been responsible for six passes to a shot and has therefore earned himself second place within the statistics of his club. He was in the starting line-up in all previous three games of the season. Of these, the 1.82m-tall forward won two games with his club.

The 23-year-old has suffered eight fouls so far and shares ninth place in the league-wide statistics for this category with Patrick Osterhage, Mattias Svanberg (VfL Wolfsburg) and Diogo Leite (1. FC Union Berlin). Junior Adamu is one of the strongest runners in the Bundesliga. His total number of sprints this season is 92 (rank 6).

Last game

Junior Adamu played his last game on the third matchday of the 2024/25 season (14 September 2024). He was victorious over VfL Bochum 1848 while playing for SC Freiburg with a score of 2-1. He was in the starting line-up in this game and played as a forward for 87 minutes. In doing so, Junior Adamu scored two goals. He shot at the opponent's goal a total of six times. In terms of total touches, he had 30 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had 25 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, he was able to win 10. He covered a distance of 10.9 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he ran, like no other player in the game, a total of 43 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Junior Adamu has played 18 matches throughout the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won eight. He has played all the matches of his career in the Bundesliga as a member of Sport-Club Freiburg. Here, Junior Adamu has put a total of two balls in the net.