Raif Adam
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 7 September 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Hamburg, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | SV Elversberg | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Lurup | |||
| 2019–2022 | Hamburger SV | ||
| 2022–2024 | Eimsbütteler TV | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024–2025 | Victoria Hamburg | 20 | (11) |
| 2025 | Eimsbütteler TV | 13 | (2) |
| 2025–2026 | Hamburger SV II | 21 | (7) |
| 2026– | SV Elversberg | 11 | (1) |
| 2026– | SV Elversberg II | 4 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 October 2026 | |||
Raif Adam (born 7 September 2005) is a German footballer who plays as a winger for Bundesliga club SV Elversberg.
Club career
[edit]Adam began his career at SV Lurup before joining the youth academy of Hamburger SV in 2019. In 2022, he moved Eimsbütteler TV where he finished his development. He followed that up with a move to SC Victoria Hamburg followed by a return to Eimsbütteler TV, where he played in the Oberliga.[1] In the summer of 2025, Adam returned to Hamburg, where he played with their reserves in the Regionalliga.[2]
On 5 January 2026, Adam transferred to SV Elversberg in the 2. Bundesliga on a contract until 30 June 2029.[1] He scored his first goal in professional football in stoppage time of a 5–1 win over SC Paderborn 07 on 4 May 2026, a result that earned Elversberg an automatic qualification to the Bundesliga for the first time in their history.[3][4]
Personal life
[edit]Born in Germany, Adam is of Ghanaian descent.[5]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 17 October 2026
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Victoria Hamburg | 2024–25 | Oberliga Hamburg | 20 | 11 | — | 3[a] | 2 | 23 | 13 | |
| Eimsbütteler TV | Oberliga Hamburg | 13 | 2 | — | — | 13 | 2 | |||
| Hamburger SV II | 2025–26 | Regionalliga Nord | 21 | 7 | — | — | 21 | 7 | ||
| SV Elversberg | 2025–26 | 2. Bundesliga | 10 | 1 | — | — | 10 | 1 | ||
| 2026–27 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 11 | 1 | — | — | 11 | 1 | ||||
| SV Elversberg II | 2026–27 | Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 69 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 72 | 23 | ||
- ↑ Appearances in Hamburg Cup
References
[edit]- 1 2 "SV Elversberg verpflichtet Offensiv-Talent Raif Adam". 5 January 2026.
- ↑ Hamburg, Radio. "Elversberg sichert sich HSV-Offensivjuwel nach starker Rückrunde". Radio Hamburg.
- ↑ "Furioses Elversberg schlägt Paderborn klar und zieht vorbei". sportschau.de.
- ↑ "2. Liga: Elversberg deklassiert Aufstiegskonkurrent SC Paderborn". ZDFheute. 3 May 2026.
- ↑ "OFFICIAL: German-born Ghanaian youngster Raif Adam joins SV Elversberg". KickGH.CoM. 5 January 2026.
External links
[edit]- Raif Adam at Soccerway
- 2005 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Hamburg
- German men's footballers
- German people of Ghanaian descent
- Men's association football wingers
- Hamburger SV II players
- Eimsbütteler TV players
- SV Elversberg players
- Oberliga (football) players
- Regionalliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- 21st-century German sportsmen