Karim Guédé

Karim Abdul-Jabbar Guédé (born 7 January 1985) is a former professional footballer who works as a scout for SC Freiburg. He started his career at the amateur level with SC Concordia and Hamburger SV II. After impressing at Slovakian clubs Petržalka and Slovan Bratislava, he joined SC Freiburg, where he spent six seasons. He ended his career after one season with SV Sandhausen. Born in West Germany, he played for the Slovakia national team.

Karim Guédé

Guédé in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Karim Abdul-Jabbar Guédé
Date of birth	(1985-01-07) 7 January 1985 (age 40)
Place of birth	Hamburg, West Germany
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	SC Freiburg (scout)
Youth career
	SC Hamm 02
	FC St. Pauli
2002–2003	SC Concordia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2004	SC Concordia	24	(0)
2004–2006	Hamburger SV II	24	(0)
2006–2009	Petržalka	88	(9)
2010–2011	Slovan Bratislava	60	(10)
2012–2018	SC Freiburg	102	(7)
2018–2019	SV Sandhausen	9	(0)
Total		307	(26)
International career
2011–2014	Slovakia	14	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Guédé, born in Hamburg, is a son of Togolese mother and Afro-French father. After playing for the Oberliga Hamburg club SC Concordia von 1907 and Hamburger SV II he came to Artmedia Petržalka in July 2006. He made his Corgoň Liga debut in a 4–0 defeat against Trenčín on 9 September 2006. He began playing as a defensive midfielder in Artmedia, previously he played as a defender. In the next season he won the Double. He moved to ŠK Slovan Bratislava in January 2010. In his first season in a new club he won the Slovak Cup. He won his second Slovak Double in 2010–11. After five years in Slovakia he obtained Slovak citizenship and became a possible choice for the national team manager Vladimír Weiss.^[1]

In May 2018, Guédé left SC Freiburg after six seasons with the club.^[2][3]

In June, Guédé joined 2. Bundesliga side SV Sandhausen on a free transfer having agreed a one-year contract.^[3]

International career

Guédé made his Slovakia national team debut in the 2–1 away win against Austria on 10 August 2011 after gaining Slovakian citizenship. Five years earlier in 2006, Guédé was initially part of the Togo national team squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup but never made an appearance because a shoulder injury stopped his debut.^[4]

After retirement

After retiring at the end of the 2018–19 season, Guédé returned to SC Freiburg where he was hired as a scout in France and Africa.^[5]

Honours

Artmedia

• Corgoň Liga: 2007–08
• Slovak Cup: 2007–08

Slovan

• Corgoň Liga: 2010–11
• Slovak Cup: 2009–10, 2010–11