Karim El-Wayss: The football talent from Stadtoldendorf is moving to Hannover 96!
Karim El-Wayss will move to the NLZ from Hannover 96 in 2025. The talented midfielder from Northeim is aiming for a professional career.

Karim El-Wayss: The football talent from Stadtoldendorf is moving to Hannover 96!
What is happening in the football talent cosmos? An outstanding step in the career of young soccer player Karim El-Wayss has caused a stir in recent days. The talented 14-year-old from Stadtoldendorf is moving to the renowned Hannover 96 academy. Karim has thus prevailed against strong competition, including well-known clubs such as VfL Wolfsburg and SV Werder Bremen. This decision is no coincidence; His football career is characterized by a solid education, which he enjoyed starting with the G youth team at FC Stadtoldendorf.
In his hometown, Karim played for five years under coaches such as Nikolai Ils, Abraham Ils, Dimitri Wagner and Alex Burose. His move to FC Eintracht Northeim expanded his reach by allowing him to compete against youth teams from Bundesliga teams. He showed not only his family, but also base coach Werner Brennecke what he was made of. The dribbling fox chose Hannover 96 because he particularly liked the training and the team. His technical ability and ability to excel as a midfielder both in the center and on the left wing are just some of the reasons why he was rewarded with this award.
Talent development as the key to success
Karim El-Wayss is part of the U14 junior NFV selection and will soon take part in the DFB national cup at the SportCentrum Kaiserau. The Lower Saxony Football Association (NFV) is committed to promoting talent and is organizing a community course in Leipzig from October 4th to 6th. Two test matches will be played there, in which upcoming stars such as Karim and other promising players will also be on the pitch. The necessary screening of talent takes place via the DFB talent development program (TFP), which aims to ensure that every talent has the chance to be discovered and promoted dfb.de reports.
There are a total of 339 bases within Germany, of which 1,200 qualified trainers train the players every week in addition to the club. This ensures that talents like Karim are individually supported and have a greater chance of breaking into the professional leagues.
Family support and school perspectives
Family support plays an essential role in Karim's life. His father, Walid El-Wayss, emphasizes that the entire family is behind him and they carpool to training. Karim will also be attending KGS Hemmingen, Hannover 96's partner school, from summer onwards. Here he will also receive a transport service to school, which will make it much easier to combine sport and education.
Karim also has sporting talent at El-Wayss: two younger brothers are also active in football, while his older brother Jamil is moving to the B youth team at SC Hemmingen-Westerfeld. In this football-crazy family, the passion for sport is clearly noticeable and gives Karim the drive to realize his big dream: becoming a professional footballer.
Karim describes himself as strong at dribbling, fast, with a good finish and an excellent overview. With all of these skills, he will play in the U15 regional league next year and take one of only two academy places in the 96 academy. meine-fankurve.de reports about his path and emphasizes the success of the young player who is now taking the next big step in his career. There is great anticipation for the challenges ahead and we are excited to see how Karim El-Wayss' story will develop further.