
Photo: Johann Schwarz / CC BY 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
What strikes me about Karim Bellarabi is how completely he became identified with one club. A German winger born in Berlin in 1990, he spent the bulk of his career at Bayer Leverkusen, the kind of one-team loyalty that has grown rare in modern football. At 183 cm he had the frame to play wide and direct, and I always read him as a player defined more by reliability and longevity than by flash. Now retired, he feels like one of those professionals whose value shows up in the long run rather than in highlight reels. I respect that quieter form of a career.
Overview
Karim Bellarabi (born 8 April 1990) is a German former professional footballer who played as a winger.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Karim Bellarabi
- Name (Japanese)
- カリム・ベララビ
- Reading
- かりむ・べららび
- Born
- April 8, 1990 (age 36)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Horse
- Origin
- Berlin, Margraviate of Brandenburg
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 183 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · More people from Margraviate of Brandenburg →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.