Karim Bellarabi

Player

Birthday April 8, 1990

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace West Berlin, West Germany

Age 33 years old

Nationality West Berlin

Height 1.84m

Weight 76 kg

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1990

Karim Bellarabi (born 8 April 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a winger.

Bellarabi was born in West Berlin, to a Moroccan father and a German mother.

He grew up in Bremen, where he played youth football for local clubs FC Huchting, Werder Bremen, and FC Oberneuland.

2008

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.

2010

He finally became a regular starter during the 2010–11 3. Liga season and attracted notice due to his performance.

After the season, he left Braunschweig for Bundesliga side Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

2012

Due to injury, Bellarabi missed most of the 2012–13 Bundesliga season.

2013

In 2013, he returned from Leverkusen to Eintracht Braunschweig, by now playing in the Bundesliga as well, on a one-year loan deal.

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.

He was called up by the senior team in October 2014.

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.

2015

On 13 June 2015, Bellarabi scored his first international goal in a 7–0 win against Gibraltar.

2017

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

2018

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

2020

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

Bellarabi has played youth international football for the German under-20 and under-21 teams.