Kerim Alajbegovic

Kerim Alajbegovic
Kerim Alajbegovic (2025)
Personal information
Date of birth (2007-09-21) 21 September 2007
Place of birth Köln, Germany
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward, Midfielder
Team information
Current team
FC Red Bull Salzburg
Number 27
Youth career
- 2021 1. FC Köln
2021- 2025 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2024-2025 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0 (0)
2025- FC Red Bull Salzburg 3 (1)
International career
2022 Bosnia and Herzegovina U15 4 (3)
2022-2024 Bosnia and Herzegovina U17 17 (6)
2024- Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 5 (2)
2024 - Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 August 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 August 2025

Kerim Alajbegovic (born 21 September 2007 in Cologne, Germany) is a Bosnian-German football player. He plays as forwward for the Austrian Bundesliga club FC Red Bull Salzburg.

Career

Alajbegović began his career at 1. FC Köln. For the 2021/22 season, he joined Bayer 04 Leverkusen's youth team. He made his Leverkusen debut for the U-17 team in April 2022 at the age of 14. In the 2023/24 season, he played for Bayer's U-19 team. In October 2024, the attacker made his first appearance for Leverkusen's first team squad against SV Elversberg. He never made a first-team appearance.

For the 2025/26 season, Alajbegović moved to Austrian Bundesliga club FC Red Bull Salzburg. [1] He made his professional debut for Salzburg in July 2025, when he came on as a substitute for Oscar Gloukh in the 87th minute of the second round of UEFA Champions League qualification against Brann Bergen. He scored his first goal on 9 August 2025 in the second round league match versus Grazer AK. [2]

International

Alajbegovic played for all of Bosnia's youth national teams. In September 2024, at the age of 16, he made his U-21 debut.

References

  1. FC Red Bull salzburg (German)
  2. FC Salzburg Wiki