{{short description|Austrian footballer (born 2000)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Muhammed Cham |full_name = Muhammed-Cham Saračević |image = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2000|9|26}} |birth_place = Linz, Austria |height = 1.80 m<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.clermontfoot.com/membre/muhammed-cham/ |title=Muhammed Cham |publisher=Clermont Foot |access-date=20 September 2022}}</ref> |position = Attacking midfielder |currentclub = Slavia Prague<br />(on loan from Trabzonspor) |clubnumber = 7 |youthyears1 = 2006–2008 |youthclubs1 = SC Red Star Penzing |youthyears2 = 2008–2016 |youthclubs2 = Hannover 96 |youthyears3 = 2016–2019 |youthclubs3 = VfL Wolfsburg |years1 = 2018–2019 |clubs1 = VfL Wolfsburg II |caps1 = 3 |goals1 = 0 |years2 = 2019–2020 |clubs2 = Admira Wacker |caps2 = 18 |goals2 = 0 |years3 = 2020–2024 |clubs3 = Clermont |caps3 = 71 |goals3 = 15 |years4 = 2020–2021 |clubs4 = → Vendsyssel (loan) |caps4 = 22 |goals4 = 2 |years5 = 2021–2022 |clubs5 = → Austria Lustenau (loan) |caps5 = 29 |goals5 = 15 |years6 = 2024– |clubs6 = Trabzonspor |caps6 = 31 |goals6 = 5 |years7 = 2025– |clubs7 = → Slavia Prague (loan) |caps7 = 15 |goals7 = 0 |nationalyears1 = 2018 |nationalteam1 = Austria U19 |nationalcaps1 = 3 |nationalgoals1 = 0 |nationalyears2 = 2021–2022 |nationalteam2 = Austria U21 |nationalcaps2 = 4 |nationalgoals2 = 0 |nationalyears3 = 2022– |nationalteam3 = Austria |nationalcaps3 = 5 |nationalgoals3 = 0 |pcupdate = 15 May 2026 |ntupdate = 23 March 2025 }}
'''Muhammed-Cham Saračević''' (born 26 September 2000) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Czech First League club Slavia Prague on loan from Trabzonspor and the Austria national team.<ref>{{soccerway|muhammed-cham-saracevic/497319}}</ref>
==Club career== Cham began his career at SC Red Star Penzing. In October 2008 he left Austria. Until 2016 he then played in Germany in the youth team of Hannover 96. For the 2016–17 season he moved to the B-Juniors of VfL Wolfsburg, where he made 22 appearances in the B-Junioren-Bundesliga in that season.
In August 2017, he played against Hertha BSC for the first time for the U-19 team in the A-Junior Bundesliga. In the 2017–18 season he played 15 games in which he scored three goals. In the 2018–19 season he made 22 appearances and became champions of the Gruppe Nord/Nordost with Wolfsburg. Therefore, he took part in the finals with Wolfsburg, which they lost to VfB Stuttgart.
For the 2019–20 season, Cham was promoted to the Wolfsburg's second team, VfL Wolfsburg II. He made his debut for them in the Regionalliga in July 2019 when he came on as a substitute for Julian Justvan in the 80th minute on the second match day of that season against BSV Schwarz-Weiß Rehden. After three appearances for Wolfsburg II, he returned to Austria in September 2019 and moved to Bundesliga club FC Admira Wacker Mödling.<ref>[https://www.vfl-wolfsburg.de/newsdetails/news-detail/detail/news/saracevic-geht/ Saracevic geht], vfl-wolfsburg.de, 1 September 2019</ref>
He made his Austrian Football Bundesliga debut in the same month when he was in the starting line-up against SKN St. Pölten on matchday eight of that season and was replaced by Erwin Hoffer in the 65th minute. He made a total of 18 Bundesliga appearances for Admira. On 6 October 2020, he moved to France to the second division club Clermont, who however directly loaned him to the Danish 1st Division club Vendsyssel for the 2020–21 season.<ref>[https://www.vendsysselff.dk/vendsyssel-ff-henter-to-offensive-forstaerkninger/ VENDSYSSEL FF HENTER TO OFFENSIVE FORSTÆRKNINGER], vendsysselff.dk, 6 October 2020</ref>
On 13 July 2021, he returned to Austria, joining Austria Lustenau on a season-long loan.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Austria Lustenau|url=http://www.austria-lustenau.at/teams/profis/berichte/item/1228-sc-austria-lustenau-leiht-muhammed-cham-saracevic-von-clermont-foot-aus.html|title=SC AUSTRIA LUSTENAU LEIHT MUHAMMED-CHAM SARACEVIC VON CLERMONT FOOT AUS|date=13 July 2021|accessdate=14 September 2021|language=de}}</ref>
On 13 September 2024, he signed a four-year contract with the option of a further year with Süper Lig club Trabzonspor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ntv.com.tr/sporskor/trabzonsporda-muhammed-cham-imzayi-atti,LGusiFnmzE68BwLsHe8Xww|title=Trabzonspor'da Muhammed Cham imzayı attı|last=|first=|date=13 September 2024|website=ntv.com.tr|publisher=|language=tr|access-date=15 September 2024}}</ref>
On 30 August 2025, Cham joined Czech First League club Slavia Prague on a one-year loan deal with an option to make transfer permanent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.denik.cz/fotbal/slavia-praha-muhammed-cham-posila-liga-mistru-rakousko-reprezentace.html|title=Slavia zbrojí na Ligu mistrů. Do Edenu přichází rakouský reprezentant Cham|last=Slabý|first=Martin|date=30 August 2025|website=Deník|publisher=Vltava Labe Media|language=cs|access-date=30 August 2025}}</ref>
==International career== Cham was born in Austria, and is of paternal Senegalese and maternal Gambian descent.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hagege |first1=Luc |title=Cham prêt à rugir avec Clermont |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Cham-pret-a-rugir-avec-clermont/1349300 |website=lequipe.fr |access-date=21 August 2023 |language=fr |date=21 August 2022}}</ref> Despite his mother bearing the surname Saračević, Cham states that she is Gambian and that he is uncertain of the surname's origin.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Di Stasio |first1=Arnaud |title=Muhammed Cham : « Si tu n'as pas de haters, c'est que tu ne fais pas ce qu'il faut » |url=https://ligue1.fr/Articles/Interviews/2023/02/09/interview-muhammed-cham-clermont |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227065929/https://ligue1.fr/Articles/Interviews/2023/02/09/interview-muhammed-cham-clermont |url-status=dead |archive-date=2024-02-27 |website=ligue1.fr |access-date=21 August 2023 |language=fr |date=9 February 2023}}</ref> He was called up to the Austria national team for a set of UEFA Nations League matches in September 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diepresse.com/6191933/muhammed-cham-oesterreichs-unbekannter-ballkuenstler|title=Muhammed Cham: Österreichs unbekannter Ballkünstler|first=19 September 2022 um 16:57 von Senta|last=Wintner|date=19 September 2022|website=Die Presse}}</ref> He made his debut on 25 September 2022 in a Nations League game against Croatia.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=UEFA|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034552/|title=Austria v Croatia game report|date=25 September 2022|access-date=6 October 2022}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|match played 14 May 2026}}
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes Austrian Cup, Danish Cup, Coupe de France, Turkish Cup, Czech Cup}} !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |VfL Wolfsburg II |2019–20 |Regionalliga Nord |3||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||3||0 |- |rowspan="3"|Admira Wacker |2019–20 |Austrian Bundesliga |16||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||17||0 |- |2020–21 |Austrian Bundesliga |2||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||3||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !18!!0!!2!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!20!!0 |- |Vendsyssel (loan) |2020–21 |Danish 1st Division |22||0||1||0|| colspan="2" |—||23||0 |- |Austria Lustenau (loan) |2021–22 |2. Liga |29||15||2||0|| colspan="2" |—||31||15 |- | rowspan="3" |Clermont |2022–23 |Ligue 1 |38||7||1||0|| colspan="2" |—||39||7 |- |2023–24 |Ligue 1 |33||8||2||0|| colspan="2" |—||35||8 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !71!!15!!3!!0!! colspan="2" |—!!74!!15 |- |rowspan="3"|Trabzonspor |2024–25 |Süper Lig |31||5||6||1|| colspan="2" |—||37||6 |- |2024–25 |Süper Lig |1||0||0||0|| colspan="2" |—||1||0 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !32!!5!!6!!1!! colspan="2" |—!!38!!6 |- |Slavia Prague (loan) |2025–26 |Czech First League |15||0||3||0||5{{efn|name=UCL|Appearances in UEFA Champions League}}||0||23||0 |- ! colspan="3" |Career total !188!!35!!17!!1!!5!!0!!210!!36 |}
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===International=== {{updated|match played 23 March 2025}}<ref name="NFT">{{NFT player|id=88832|access-date=15 May 2026}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by national team and year |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="4"|Austria |2022||1||0 |- |2023||1||0 |- |2024||1||0 |- |2025||2||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total||5||0 |}
==Honours== '''Austria Lustenau''' * 2. Liga (Austria): 2021–22<ref>{{cite news |title=Austria Lustenau bejubelt den Aufstieg in die Bundesliga |url=https://www.kicker.de/austria-lustenau-bejubelt-den-aufstieg-in-die-bundesliga-902110/artikel |access-date=19 June 2022 |work=kicker |date=13 May 2022 |language=de-DE}}</ref>
'''Slavia Prague''' * Czech First League: 2025–26<ref>{{cite web |title=Slavia rozdrtila v prázdném Edenu Jablonec a slaví mistrovský titul, Hradec také bral tři body |url=https://www.efotbal.cz/article/fotbal-chance-liga-slavia-rozdrtila-v-prazdnem-edenu-jablonec-a-slavi-mistrovsky-titul-hradec-take-bral-tri-body-176a8463-6c6e-485b-aa6e-2ae1b7aca21e |website=efotbal.cz |access-date=14 May 2026 |language=Czech |date=13 May 2026}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{kicker|muhammed-cham-saracevic}} * {{NFT player|88832}} * {{ÖFB player|714542}} * {{ÖFB player|1247040}} (national team) * {{LFP Ligue 1|muhammed-cham-saracevic}}
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