Kevin Schade
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.jpg) Schade in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kevin Schade[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 27 November 2001[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* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2021 | SC Freiburg II | 32 | (11) |
| 2021–2023 | SC Freiburg | 29 | (5) |
| 2023 | → Brentford (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2023– | Brentford | 76 | (20) |
| 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) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:28, 16 March 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10:34, 15 November 2025 (UTC) | |||
Kevin Schade (German pronunciation: [ˈkɛ.vɪn ˈʃaːdə]; 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]
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]
