| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tan-Kenneth Jerico Leka-Schmidt | ||
| Date of birth | 3 June 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Freiburg, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back, centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Hannover 96 (on loan from SC Freiburg) | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2017 | Emmendingen | ||
| 2017–2023 | SC Freiburg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020– | SC Freiburg II | 61 | (0) |
| 2023– | SC Freiburg | 10 | (0) |
| 2025– | → Hannover 96 (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Germany U18 | 2 | (1) |
| 2020 | Germany U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Germany U20 | 11 | (1) |
| 2023– | Germany U21 | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 January 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:04, 19 October 2023 (UTC) | |||
Tan-Kenneth Jerico Leka-Schmidt (born 3 June 2002), known as Kenneth Schmidt, is a German footballer who plays as a left-back or centre-back for 2. Bundesliga club Hannover 96, on loan from SC Freiburg.
A native of Freiburg, Schmidt joined the city's giant SC Freiburg from Emmendingen in 2017. He was promoted to the senior team in 2023 after spending three years with the reserves team. He made his professional debut on 17 March 2023 in the UEFA Europa League round of 16 game against Juventus. [1]
On 1 January 2025, Schmidt was loaned out to Hannover 96 on an 18-month deal. [2]
Schmidt has represented Germany at youth international level. [3]
He was born to a German father and a mother of Malagasy and Vietnamese descent. [4]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| SC Freiburg II | 2020–21 | Regionalliga Südwest | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | 3. Liga | 28 | 0 | – | – | – | 28 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 3. Liga | 22 | 0 | – | – | – | 22 | 0 | ||||
| 2023–24 | 3. Liga | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2024–25 | Regionalliga Südwest | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 61 | 0 | – | – | – | 61 | 0 | |||||
| SC Freiburg | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Hannover 96 (loan) | 2024–25 | 2. Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 71 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 0 | ||
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