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 24) [2]
Place of birth Potsdam, Germany
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [2]
Position(s)
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)
2023 → Brentford (loan) 18 (0)
2023– Brentford 66 (19)
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 5 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:33, 27 December 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 10:34, 15 November 2025 (UTC)

Kevin Schade (German pronunciation: [ˈkɛ.vɪnˈʃaːdə] ; 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]

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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]

On 27 December 2025, Schade scored his second hat-trick for Brentford, against Bournemouth in the Premier League in a 4–1 win.

International career

Born to a German mother and Nigerian father, Schade is eligible to represent both Germany and Nigeria in international competition. [16]

On 17 March 2023, he received his first official call-up to the German senior national team for the friendlies against Peru and Belgium. [17] 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. [18]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 27 December 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 51———51
2020–21 Regionalliga Südwest268———268
2021–22 3. Liga 12———12
Total3211———3211
SC Freiburg 2020–21 Bundesliga 0000——00
2021–22 Bundesliga21431——245
2022–23 Bundesliga8100—4 [c] 0121
Total29531—40366
Brentford (loan) 2022–23 Premier League 18010——190
Brentford 2023–24 Premier League1120010—122
2024–25 Premier League38111041—4312
2025–26 Premier League1760030—206
Total66191081—7520
Career total1453551814016237
  1. ↑ Includes DFB-Pokal and FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 14 November 2025
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Germany 202330
202410
202510
Total50

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. ↑ "Vier Rückkehrer und fünf Neulinge für Peru und Belgien" (in German). German Football Association. 17 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  18. ↑ "Live Commentary – Germany vs Belgium". Sky Sport. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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