Kevin Schade

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Kevin Schade
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Schade in 2025.
Personal information
Full name Kevin Schade [1]
Date of birth (2001-11-27) 27 November 2001 (age 23) [2]
Place of birth Potsdam, Germany
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [2]
Position(s) Winger, forward
Team information
Current team
Brentford
Number 7
Youth career
2008–2014 SV Babelsberg
2014–2018 Energie Cottbus
2018–2019 SC Freiburg
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2021 SC Freiburg II 32 (11)
2021–2023 SC Freiburg 29 (5)
2023Brentford (loan) 18 (0)
2023– Brentford 49 (13)
International career
2019 Germany U18 1 (1)
2019 Germany U19 5 (3)
2020 Germany U20 3 (0)
2021–2023 Germany U21 8 (4)
2023– Germany 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:14, 25 May 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18:03, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

Kevin Schade (born 27 November 2001) is a German professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Premier League club Brentford and the Germany national team. [3]

Contents

Club career

SC Freiburg

Schade joined the SC Freiburg youth system in 2018 after a five-year stint with Energie Cottbus. He made his debut with the club's reserve side in July 2019 against Bahlinger SC, [4] and scored his first goal the following week in a 2–1 defeat to Kickers Offenbach. [5] In December of that year, Schade signed his first professional contract with the club. [6] [7] He made his first-team debut on 21 August 2021, coming on as a 71st-minute substitute for Roland Sallai in a 2–1 victory over Borussia Dortmund. [8] Following his debut, he was quickly earmarked as one of club's bright young talents, seeing use primarily off the bench in his opening season in the Bundesliga. [9] In November 2021, despite attracting interest from such clubs as Liverpool, Schade signed a new contract with the club. [10]

Brentford

On 4 January 2023, Schade signed for Premier League club Brentford on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season. [11] [12]

On 12 June 2023, Brentford announced they had signed Schade permanently on a five-year contract for a club-record fee of around £22 million. [13] In late September, Schade suffered an adductor injury which required surgery, sidelining him until April 2024. [14]

On 30 November 2024, Schade scored his first hat-trick for Brentford, against Leicester City in the Premier League in a 4–1 win. [15]

International career

Born to a German mother and Nigerian-French father, Schade is eligible to represent Germany, France and Nigeria in international competition. Schade holds Nigerian and French citizenship from his parents. [16] [17]

On 17 March 2023, he received his first official call-up to the German senior national team for the friendlies against Peru and Belgium. [18] Schade made his debut for Germany against Peru. In the match against Belgium, he was introduced as a substitute and provided an assist for Serge Gnabry, where in doing so, he demonstrated his passing and pace. [19]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 25 May 2025 [3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
SC Freiburg II 2019–20 Regionalliga Südwest 5151
2020–21 Regionalliga Südwest268268
2021–22 3. Liga 1212
Total32113211
SC Freiburg 2020–21 Bundesliga 000000
2021–22 Bundesliga21431245
2022–23 Bundesliga81004 [c] 0121
Total2953140366
Brentford (loan) 2022–23 Premier League 18010190
Brentford 2023–24 Premier League1120010122
2024–25 Premier League381110414312
Total491310515514
Career total1282951514014231
  1. Includes DFB-Pokal and FA Cup
  2. Includes EFL Cup
  3. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 14 October 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Germany 202330
202410
Total40

References

  1. "Updated Premier League squad lists for 2022/23". Premier League. 2 February 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Kevin Schade | Brentford FC". Brentfordfc.com. Brentford F.C. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  3. 1 2 "K. Schade". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  4. "Bahlinger SC vs. Freiburg II – 27 July 2019". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  5. "Freiburg II vs. Kickers Offenbach – 4 August 2019". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  6. Krone, Maximilian (3 December 2019). "Von Babelsberg über Cottbus zum SC Freiburg: Kevin Schade unterschreibt Profivertrag". sportbuzzer.de (in German). Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  7. "SC Freiburg: Profivertrag für Kevin Schade". dfb.de (in German). Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  8. "Freiburg vs. Borussia Dortmund – 21 August 2021". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  9. Westhoff, Shea (15 February 2022). ""Du wirst besser, weil die anderen gut sind"" ["You get better because the others are good"]. rbb24.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2 February 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  10. Owen, Danny. "Attacker explains why he snubbed Liverpool, he's at 'the right club' already". hitc.com. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  11. "Brentford sign Schade". brentfordfc.com. 4 January 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  12. Stone, Simon (4 January 2023). "Kevin Schade: Brentford sign Freiburg forward on loan until end of season". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  13. "Schade joins Brentford in club-record deal". brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  14. Harris, Jay (26 September 2023). "Kevin Schade injury further blunts Brentford attack – how will Thomas Frank respond?". theathletic.com. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  15. "Brentford 4–1 Leicester preview: Kevin Schade's hat-trick shows Ruud van Nistelrooy the Foxes' problems". BBC Sport. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  16. Vice, Peter (11 October 2021). "Three dual-heritage Germany U21s speak on allegiance: "Proud to wear the eagle on my chest."". bulinews.com. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  17. Silas, Don (4 September 2024). "'My mother is from France' - Schade on why he snubbed France, Nigeria". Daily Post Nigeria. Archived from the original on 10 September 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  18. "Vier Rückkehrer und fünf Neulinge für Peru und Belgien" (in German). German Football Association. 17 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  19. "Live Commentary – Germany vs Belgium". Sky Sport. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2023.