Karim Bellarabi
Karim Bellarabi (born 8 April 1990) is a German former professional footballer who played as a winger.[2][3] Early lifeBellarabi was born in West Berlin,[4] to a Moroccan father and a German[5] mother.[6][7] He grew up in Bremen, where he played youth football for local clubs FC Huchting, Werder Bremen, and FC Oberneuland.[8] Club careerIn 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. He finally became a regular starter during the 2010–11 3. Liga season and attracted notice due to his performance.[8][9] After the season, he left Braunschweig for Bundesliga side Bayer 04 Leverkusen.[10] Due to injury, Bellarabi missed most of the 2012–13 Bundesliga season.[11] In 2013, he returned from Leverkusen to Eintracht Braunschweig, by now playing in the Bundesliga as well, on a one-year loan deal.[12] 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.[13] On 17 February 2017 Bellarabi scored the 50,000th goal in Bundesliga history.[14] In July 2018 he collapsed in a pre-season friendly.[15] On 13 August 2020, he extended his stay at the BayArena until 2023 amid interest from other clubs.[16] International careerBellarabi has played youth international football for the German under-20 and under-21 teams.[17] He was called up by the senior team in October 2014.[18] 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.[19] On 13 June 2015, Bellarabi scored his first international goal in a 7–0 win against Gibraltar.[20] Career statisticsClub
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