Muhammed-Cham Saračević (born 26 September 2000) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Serbian SuperLiga club Red Star Belgrade on loan from Trabzonspor and the Austria national team.
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.Saracevic geht, vfl-wolfsburg.de, 1 September 2019
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.VENDSYSSEL FF HENTER TO OFFENSIVE FORSTÆRKNINGER, vendsysselff.dk, 6 October 2020
On 13 July 2021, he returned to Austria, joining Austria Lustenau on a season-long loan.
On 13 September 2024, he signed a four-year contract with the option of a further year with Süper Lig club Trabzonspor.
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.
On 9 June 2026, Cham joined Serbian SuperLiga club Red Star Belgrade on a one-year loan deal with an option to make transfer permanent.
International career Cham was born in Austria, and is of paternal Senegalese and maternal Gambian descent. He bears his stepfather’s surname Saračević, who is from Bosnia-Herzegovina. He was called up to the Austria national team for a set of UEFA Nations League matches in September 2022. He made his debut on 25 September 2022 in a Nations League game against Croatia.
Career statistics Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsVfL Wolfsburg II2019–20Regionalliga Nord3000—30Admira Wacker2019–20Austrian Bundesliga16010—1702020–21Austrian Bundesliga2010—30Total18020—200Vendsyssel (loan)2020–21Danish 1st Division22010—230Austria Lustenau (loan)2021–222. Liga291520—3115Clermont2022–23Ligue 138710—3972023–24Ligue 133820—358Total711530—7415Trabzonspor2024–25Süper Lig31561—3762024–25Süper Lig1000—10Total32561—386Slavia Prague (loan)2025–26Czech First League1503050230Red Star Belgrade (loan)2026–27Serbian SuperLiga600061121Career total1943517111122237
International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsAustria202210202310202410202520Total50
Honours Austria Lustenau 2. Liga (Austria): 2021–22
Slavia Prague Czech First League: 2025–26
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