Personal information | |||
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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 | 46 | (4) |
International career‡ | |||
2022 | Belgium U17 | 2 | (0) |
2023 | Belgium U19 | 2 | (0) |
2025– | Belgium U21 | 3 | (0) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 September 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 09:26, 5 September 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 | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Jong Genk | 2023–24 | Challenger Pro League | 24 | 5 | — | — | — | 24 | 5 | |||
2024–25 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||||
Total | 27 | 5 | — | — | — | 27 | 5 | |||||
Genk | 2023–24 | Belgian Pro League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||
2024–25 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 37 | 5 | ||||
2025–26 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 [a] | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |||
Total | 46 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 5 | ||
Career total | 73 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 10 |