Karim Abdul-Jabbar Guédé was born on January, 7 1985 in Hamburg. However, he is a citizen of two other countries – Slovakia and Togo. Since January 2012 Karim plays for SC Freiburg as a defending midfielder, though can also play as a central midfield.
Guédé’s mother has Togolese origins which explain such exotic name. His father has a French citizenship, but Karim was born and raised in Hamburg, Germany. There he started to play for the local club of SC Hamm 02. Till 2003 he was fielded for FC St. Pauli and after that moved to SC Concordia von 1907 which is based in Hamburg. There the footballer was put on the position of a midfielder and managed to show his paces. Thanks to that not only he got into the first eleven of the team but also was called up to the World Cup to play for the Togo national team. However, because of the injury he didn’t manage to take part in the competition.
Having made 24 appearances for SC Concordia, Karim was signed by another Hamburg club - Hamburg SV. There he played 24 games for the reserve team, and soon moved to the Slovakian club Artmedia Petržalka. In all in 83 games the player kicked 7 goals for this club. Later he became a member of ŠK Slovan Bratislava where got an opportunity to take part in his first UEFA Cup matches. Together with the team Karim at once won Slovakian championship, and on January, 19 2012 he drew attention of the German SC Freiburg. The deal was worth €300.000. On March, 24 2012 he made his first goal for the outfit in the match against Kaiserslautern.
In 2006 the player was suddenly invited to the Togo national football team to participate in the World Cup but didn’t come on field. In July 2011 Karim got the Slovakian citizenship and made his debut for a new national team on August, 10 2011 in a friendly with Austria.
Karim is keen on beatbox and often takes part in performances. Also, he is a good dancer and often demonstrates his talent on the field during matches.
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