| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Noah Adedeji-Sternberg | ||
| Date of birth | 19 June 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Germany [1] | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) [2] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Genk | ||
| Number | 32 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Royal Antwerp | |||
| Excelsior Mouscron | |||
| –2019 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | ||
| 2019–2023 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023– | Jong Genk | 27 | (5) |
| 2024– | Genk | 38 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022 | Belgium U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2023 | Belgium U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2025– | Belgium U21 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:13, 24 March 2025 (UTC) | |||
Noah Adedeji-Sternberg is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Belgian Pro League club K.R.C. Genk. Born in Germany, he plays for the Belgium national under-19 football team.
Adedeji-Sternberg was born in Germany on 19 June 2005 to a Nigerian father and German mother. [3] He moved to Belgium and began playing for Royal Antwerp as a youth player. He then moved to fellow Belgian club Excelsior Mouscron, and then German club Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, before moving to Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2019. Adedeji-Sternberg played for Borussia Monchengladbach until 2023 when he moved back to Belgium with Genk, signing a contract until 2027. [4]
Adedeji-Sternberg began the season with the club's reserve team, playing for the club in the Challenger Pro League, making his debut in a 5–2 win over Francs Borains, coming on as a substitute. [5] Adedeji-Sternberg scored his first professional goal in a 3–2 loss to RFC Liège in the 89th minute. [6] 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 league appearances, as well as 2 more appearances during the championship play-offs.
Adedeji–Sternberg scored his first goal for the first team in a 2-0 away league win versus Anderlecht. [7]
Adedeji-Sternberg is eligible to represent Germany, Nigeria, as well as Belgium, who he represents at U19 level. [3] He made his first appearance for the team in a 5–1 loss to Netherlands. [8]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Jong Genk | 2023–24 | Challenger Pro League | 24 | 5 | — | — | — | 24 | 5 | |||
| 2024–25 | Challenger Pro League | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 27 | 5 | — | — | — | 27 | 5 | |||||
| Genk | 2023–24 | Belgian Pro League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 34 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 35 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 62 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 9 | ||