Noah Adedeji-Sternberg is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for

Belgian Pro League The Belgian Pro League (; ; ), officially the Jupiler Pro League () for sponsor Jupiler, is a professional association football league in Belgium and the highest level of the Belgian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs from the 2023 ...

club

K.R.C. Genk Koninklijke Racing Club Genk (), commonly known as KRC Genk or Racing Genk, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Genk in Belgian Limburg. Racing Genk plays in the Belgian Pro League and have won four championship title ...

. Born in Germany, he plays for the

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Youth career

Adedeji-Sternberg was born in

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on 19 June 2005 to a Nigerian father and German mother. He moved to

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and began playing for

Royal Antwerp Royal Antwerp Football Club (commonly referred to as Royal Antwerp or simply Antwerp) is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Antwerp. They compete in the Belgian Pro League, the top flight of Belgian football. Founded in 1 ...

as a youth player. He then moved to fellow Belgian club Excelsior Mouscron, and then German club

Rot-Weiß Oberhausen Rot-Weiß Oberhausen is a German association football club in Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was formed as ''Oberhausener SV'' in December 1904 out of the merger of ''Emschertaler SV'' (1902) and the football enthusiasts of ''Oberh ...

, before moving to

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club

Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach, better known as Borussia Mönchengladbach () and colloquially known as just Gladbach, is a professional Association football, football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-W ...

in 2019. Adedeji-Sternberg played for Borussia Monchengladbach until 2023 when he moved back to Belgium with

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, signing a contract until 2027.

Club career

Genk

Adedeji-Sternberg began the season with the club's

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, playing for the club in the

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, making his debut in a 5–2 win over

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, coming on as a substitute. Adedeji-Sternberg scored his first professional goal in a 3–2 loss to

RFC Liège Royal Football Club de Liège (more commonly known as RFC Liège) is a professional football club based in Liège, capital of Liège Province, Belgium. The team currently play in Challenger Pro League, the second tier in Belgian football. It ...

in the 89th minute. He went on to make a total of 24 appearances in the league that season, scoring 5 goals. During that season he also made his debut for the first team, playing in his first match in a 3–1 win over RWD Molenbeek. He made 2 further

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appearances, as well as 2 more appearances during the

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. Adedeji–Sternberg scored his first goal for the first team in a 2-0 away league win versus

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International career

Adedeji-Sternberg is eligible to represent Germany, Nigeria, as well as Belgium, who he represents at U19 level. He made his first appearance for the team in a 5–1 loss to

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Adedeji-Sternberg, Noah 2005 births Living people Belgian men's footballers Belgium men's youth international footballers German men's footballers German emigrants to Belgium Belgian people of Nigerian descent Belgian people of German descent German people of Nigerian descent KRC Genk players Belgian Pro League players Challenger Pro League players Men's association football forwards Black Belgian sportspeople 21st-century Belgian sportsmen