 Schick withRB Leipzig in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Patrik Schick[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-01-24)24 January 1996 (age 29) | ||
| Place of birth | Prague, Czech Republic | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2014 | Sparta Prague | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2016 | Sparta Prague | 4 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | →Bohemians 1905 (loan) | 27 | (8) |
| 2016–2017 | Sampdoria | 32 | (11) |
| 2017–2020 | Roma | 46 | (5) |
| 2019–2020 | →RB Leipzig (loan) | 22 | (10) |
| 2020– | Bayer Leverkusen | 130 | (69) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011 | Czech Republic U16 | 2 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Czech Republic U17 | 11 | (7) |
| 2013–2014 | Czech Republic U18 | 9 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | Czech Republic U19 | 13 | (7) |
| 2015–2017 | Czech Republic U21 | 12 | (11) |
| 2016– | Czech Republic | 50 | (24) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:24, 22 November 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:04, 17 November 2025 (UTC) | |||
Patrik Schick (born 24 January 1996) is a Czech professionalfootballer who plays as astriker forBundesliga clubBayer Leverkusen and theCzech Republic national team.
Born in Prague, Schick began his career with local clubSparta Prague, rising through their youth ranks, before making his senior debut as a teenager. He spent the 2015–16 season on loan withBohemians 1905, from where he moved at the age of 20 toSampdoria in Italy. After his debut season inItaly, he moved toRoma in 2017. Having spent three years in Italy, Schick moved to Germany in 2019 to joinRB Leipzig on a season-long loan before moving to Bayer Leverkusen on a permanent basis in September 2020. There he won a domesticdouble of theBundesliga and theDFB-Pokal in 2024.
Formerly an international at under-16, under-17, under-18, under-19, and under-21 levels, Schick made his senior debut for the Czech Republic in May 2016 at the age of 20. He has since helped the national team reach the quarter-finals of theEuropean Championship in2021, where he won both the Goal of the Tournament and theSilver Boot awards as the joint-highest goalscorer of the tournament.
Patrik Schick was born in Prague and spotted bySparta Prague when he was 11 years old.[3] He made his top-flight debut for Sparta on 3 May 2014 in a 3–1 away loss atTeplice. Sparta would win the domestic double that campaign but four appearances over two campaigns meant Schick crossed town to joinBohemians 1905 on loan for the 2015–16 season.[3][4] He scored 8 goals in 27 outings for Bohemians during a relegation battle.[5][6] Schick returned to Sparta and was expected to feature prominently for the club during the 2016–17 season, butDavid Lafata was preferred and when Sparta offered Schick a new contract, his agent turned it down.[6]
Schick signed forSerie A clubSampdoria in June 2016 for a reported fee of €4 million.[7] In hisfirst season in Italy, he appeared in 32 league matches and scored 11 goals for Sampdoria.[5] He started 14 times and was able to score once every 137 minutes.[5]
In May 2017, Schick refused to extend his contract, expecting a transfer to another club.[8] In June 2017,Juventus triggered the release clause of a reported €30 million on Schick's contract.[9] Schick failed two separate medicals and Juventus backed out of the deal on 18 July.[10][11]
On 29 August 2017, Schick joinedRoma on loan for a fee of €5 million with an option to buy for a further €9 million,[12] once certain sporting objectives had been achieved, that could be rising up to a club record €40 million fee, which turn out to be unavailable.[6][13] Upon signing, Roma sporting directorMonchi described Schick as "one of the brightest prospects in international football."[14] Schick spent most of his spell at Roma playing out on the right wing or left up front by himself, and he scored only eight times in 58 games.[14]
On 2 September 2019,Bundesliga clubRB Leipzig announced the signing of Schick on a season-long loan deal with an option to buy him permanently.[15] His first goal for Leipzig came in a 3–2 defeat ofSC Paderborn on 11 November 2019.[16] This started a run of three goals in four league appearances including coming off the bench to complete the comeback and secure a 3–3 draw withBorussia Dortmund.[3][17] AlongsideTimo Werner, Schick rekindled his form with 10 goals in 28 games for Leipzig as the club finished in third place in theBundesliga and reached the semi-finals of theChampions League.[14][18]
On 8 September 2020, Schick joinedBayer Leverkusen on a five-year contract for a reported fee of €26.5 million plus bonuses, getting the number 14 on his jersey.[19][20][21]
Schick scored his first goal in aUEFA competition on 26 November 2020, coming in a 4–1 victory over Israeli clubHapoel Be'er Sheva in the group stage of theEuropa League.[22] On 19 December 2020, Schick scored a volley againstBayern Munich in a 2–1 loss for Leverkusen.[23][24] He was the preferred centre-forward for much of the2020–21 campaign at theBayArena and finished with nine strikes across 29 league games.[3]
On 4 October 2021, Schick scored his first brace for Leverkusen and provided an assist againstArminia Bielefeld which ended a 4-0 win.[25] Schick continued his goalscoring threat scoring once in the next two league games against1. FC Köln andBayern Munich before he tore his ankle ligament.[26][27][28] On 4 December 2021, Schick scored four goals and provided an assist – all in the second half – in a 7–1 victory againstGreuther Fürth, which is the most goals in a single game from an individual in Leverkusen's history.[29] He continued his good form in Leverkusen's next two league games, scoring abrace in each match againstEintracht Frankfurt (not only a brace but also the 5000th penalty scored in the Bundesliga's history),[30][31] andTSG Hoffenheim respectively.[32] Because of this, Schick won Bundesliga Player of the month by scoring eight goals and one assist in the four matches he played.[33] In the first half of the season, Schick scored 16 goals in 14 games, while also missing a few games due to injury, and was only behindRobert Lewandowski in the top goalscoring charts.[34]
Following the mid-season winter break, Schick scored four times in six league matches. In the sixth game againstMainz 05 he scored from a long range shot outside the box, but in the 49th minute of the same game, he tore his muscle fibre in the calf region, causing him to miss the following six games.[35] He scored four goals and provided two assists in the last four matchdays of the2021–22 season, most notably a double against Hoffenheim, which secured his club's place for Champions League for the following season, and just missing out on the goalscoring record held byStefan Kießling by a single goal. He ended the season as the league's second highest scorer with 24 goals in 27 matches, while winning Leverkusen's player of the season award,[36] then extended his contract with the club until 2027.[37]
On 3 September 2022, Schick scored his first goal of the season againstFreiburg.[38] On 7 September, in the2022-23 UEFA Champions League match againstClub Brugge, Schick scored a header which was controversially ruled out fromVAR, ten minutes after Schick scored a bicycle kick which was ruled out for offside.[39] Schick made it back to back games scoring and this time was againstHertha BSC.[40] Schick received an adductor injury.[41] On 19 February 2023 he scored immediately off the bench after being out for several weeks against Mainz.[42] He again was involved in a goal and provided an assist in a 4-1 victory against Hertha Berlin.[43] Schick got an adductor injury again, which meant he would miss the rest of the season and the first half of the next season, overall missing 34 matches due to injury in this season.[44]
On 30 November 2023, Schick returned from a long-time injury with a goal in a 2–0 away victory againstBK Häcken in the2023–24 Europa League,[45] then went on to score five more goals and provide one assist in six more matches in all competitions. On 3 December, he came on as a substitute in the 79th minute and went on to assist a vital goal in the same minute toVictor Boniface against Borussia Dortmund to extend Leverkusen's unbeaten streak.[46] On 20 December, he scored a first half hat-trick againstVfL Bochum, with the game finishing in a 4–0 victory.[47]
In March 2024, Schick scored three critical goals to keep Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League in their round of 16 tie againstQarabağ FK. During the first leg inBaku, he scored the equalizing stoppage-time goal for Leverkusen, ending in a 2–2 draw.[48] In the following leg, he scored two stoppage-time goals to end the game in a 3–2 victory.[49] On 30 March, he scored a stoppage-time winner in a 2–1 victory over Hoffenheim, which secured his club's qualification for the2024–25 UEFA Champions League group stage on matchday 27.[50] On matchday 32 againstEintracht Frankfurt, Schick scored a header in a 5–1 victory for Leverkusen to extend their 48-game unbeaten streak.[51] In matchday 33 against Vfl Bochum, Schick scored the opening goal of a 5–0 Leverkusen win, making history as the club's 50th game unbeaten.[52] On the final matchday in the Bundesliga season Schick was a part of the first ever unbeaten Bundesliga season with Leverkusen.[53] In the DfB-Pokal final againstFC Kaiserslautern, Schick helped his team win it to make it a special double trophy winning season, then he prepared for the upcomingEuro 2024.[54][55]
In the2024 DFL-Supercup at the start of the season againstVfB Stuttgart, Schick scored an equaliser in the 88th minute to make the score 2–2 and bring on a penalty shoot-out, during which he scored and Leverkusen won 4–3 to win their first ever Supercup.[56] On 23 November, Schick scored a hat-trick againstHeidenheim in a 5–2 comeback victory.[57] Three days later, he netted his firstUEFA Champions League goal in a 5–0 victory overRed Bull Salzburg.[58] On Schick's 100th league appearance in a match againstUnion Berlin on 30 November, Schick scored in a 2–1 victory.[59] On 21 December, Schick scored four goals in a 5–1 win over Freiburg, surpassingJan Koller's 61 goal record for Czech players in the league.[60][61] On 5 February 2025, he netted a brace, including a stoppage-time equalizer, against 1. FC Köln in theDFB-Pokal quarter-final, which ended in a 3–2 victory after extra time.[62] Schick ended the 2024–25 season as top goal scorer for Leverkusen across all competitions with 27 goals and behind onlyHarry Kane as the top-scorer in the league.[63]
On 4 August 2025, Schick extended his contract with Leverkusen until 2030.[64] On 15 August, in a DFB-Pokal match againstGroßaspach, Schick scored the first Leverkusen goal under new head coachErik ten Hag.[65]On August 30th, Patrik scored a brace against Werder Bremen to draw 3-3 which concluded Ten Hag's era at Leverkusen.[66][67] Schick continued his good form and scored a penalty against Frankfurt to get the first Bundesliga win of the season.[68]
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Schick was called up to theCzech Republic senior side for the first time at their pre-UEFA Euro 2016 training camp.[5] He made his national team debut in a friendly match againstMalta on 27 May 2016, scoring after coming on as a second-half substitute in a 6–0 victory.[69]
On 25 May 2021, Schick was included in the Czech Republic's final 26-man squad for the postponedUEFA Euro 2020 tournament.[70] In the first group stage match againstScotland on 14 June atHampden Park inGlasgow, Schick scored both goals as the Czech Republic won 2–0.[71] The second strike from the halfway line was the longest-recorded goal at the Euros since 1980 at 45 metres (49 yd). The goal was later voted as the "goal of the tournament",[72][71][73] and was nominated for theFIFA Puskás Award.[74][75] He became the first Czech footballer sinceTomáš Rosický at the2006 FIFA World Cup to score a brace at a major tournament andMilan Baroš in2004 to do so at the European Championship.[71][76]
AgainstCroatia on 18 June, Schick scored from a penalty to help his nation earn a 1–1 draw.[77] On 27 June, he scored his fourth goal of the tournament in the Czech Republic's victory over theNetherlands in the round of 16.[78] On 3 July, he scored in a 2–1 controversial defeat againstDenmark in the quarter-finals to equal Milan Baroš' record of five goals for the Czech Republic in a European Championship tournament.[79][80] AlongsideCristiano Ronaldo, he was theUEFA Euro 2020 joint top scorer with five goals, with the higher number of goals scored from open play.[81]
In the2022 World Cup Qualifiers againstBelarus, Schick scored and providedHlozek's first goal for the national team, and it ended a comfortable 2–0 win.[82] He was injured for the remaining fixtures and the Czechs failed to qualify.[83] On 27 September 2022, in a match againstSwitzerland in theNations League, Schick scored a goal after being injured for many months and sidelined away from the national team for almost one year, but the Czechs lost 2–1.[84]
On 29 May 2024, Schick was included in the final Czech squad for theUEFA Euro 2024.[85] On 10 June, the nation's final pre-tournament match againstNorth Macedonia, Schick had a goal ruled offside,[86] but went on to score from the penalty spot in a 2–1 victory for the Czechs.[87] In the tournament, he scored the equaliser againstGeorgia in a 1–1 group stage draw, which was also his 20th goal for the national team,[88] only to suffer from a calf injury ten minutes later.[89]
On 22 March 2025, Schick scored both of his nation's goals againstFaroe Islands in a 2-1 victory to start the Czech Republic's campaign.[90] On 25 March, he scored once againstGibraltar in a 4–0 victory. By doing so, he became the top scorer at that point in the2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) with three goals.[91] On 6 June 2025 Schick scored yet again againstMontenegro, to remain top goal scorer with 4 goals.[92]
Although Schick mostly plays in acentral role as a mainstriker, due to his eye for goal, heading accuracy, and striking ability with his left foot, he is also capable of playing as asecond striker or as a rightwinger.[93][94][95] He can utilise his physique to hold up the ball with his back to goal, but is also a quick, elegant and agile player, who possesses good technique anddribbling skills, as well as good link-up play, which enables him to play the ball first time, participate in the build-up of attacking plays and provideassists.[93][95] Schick is also known for his signature celebration: every time he scores a goal, he flexes his muscles in front of the fans.[96]
Schick has an older sister, Kristýna Schicková (born 31 July 1994), who is a model and a social media influencer.[97][98] In his teenage years, Schick considered a career as a model but focused on competitive football instead. Growing up, his footballing hero wasManchester United playerWayne Rooney.[6]
In July 2020, Schick married his long-time girlfriend Hana Běhounková (born 1996). They have two children named Victoria and Nico, born in October 2020 and 2021 respectively.[99]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sparta Prague | 2013–14 | Czech First League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| 2014–15 | Czech First League | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 7 | 1 | ||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 10 | 1 | |||
| Bohemians 1905 (loan) | 2015–16 | Czech First League | 27 | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 8 | ||
| Sampdoria | 2016–17 | Serie A | 32 | 11 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 35 | 13 | ||
| Roma | 2017–18 | Serie A | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3[c] | 0 | — | 26 | 3 | |
| 2018–19 | Serie A | 24 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6[c] | 0 | — | 32 | 5 | ||
| Total | 46 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | — | 58 | 8 | |||
| RB Leipzig (loan) | 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 22 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 5[c] | 0 | — | 28 | 10 | |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 29 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5[b] | 3 | — | 36 | 13 | |
| 2021–22 | Bundesliga | 27 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | — | 31 | 24 | ||
| 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8[d] | 0 | — | 23 | 4 | ||
| 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 9[b] | 5 | — | 33 | 13 | ||
| 2024–25 | Bundesliga | 31 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 8[c] | 1 | 1[e] | 1 | 45 | 27 | |
| 2025–26 | Bundesliga | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3[c] | 2 | — | 14 | 8 | ||
| Total | 130 | 69 | 15 | 8 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 182 | 89 | ||
| Career total | 261 | 103 | 27 | 14 | 52 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 341 | 129 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czech Republic | 2016 | 3 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 9 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 8 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 11 | 8 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 8 | 4 | |
| Total | 50 | 24 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 May 2016 | Kufstein Arena,Kufstein, Austria | 1 |  Malta | 6–0 | 6–0 | Friendly |
| 2 | 26 March 2018 | Guangxi Sports Center,Nanning, China | 7 |  China | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2018 China Cup |
| 3 | 6 September 2018 | Městský fotbalový stadion,Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic | 10 |  Ukraine | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2018–19 UEFA Nations League B |
| 4 | 13 October 2018 | Štadión Antona Malatinského,Trnava, Slovakia | 11 |  Slovakia | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| 5 | 19 November 2018 | Sinobo Stadium,Prague, Czech Republic | 14 | Slovakia | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| 6 | 7 June 2019 | Stadion Letná, Prague, Czech Republic | 17 |  Bulgaria | 1–1 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying |
| 7 | 2–1 | ||||||
| 8 | 10 June 2019 | Andrův stadion,Olomouc, Czech Republic | 18 |  Montenegro | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| 9 | 7 September 2019 | Fadil Vokrri Stadium,Pristina, Kosovo | 19 |  Kosovo | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
| 10 | 24 March 2021 | Arena Lublin,Lublin, Poland | 23 |  Estonia | 1–1 | 6–2 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 11 | 8 June 2021 | Stadion Letná,Prague, Czech Republic | 26 |  Albania | 1–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 12 | 14 June 2021 | Hampden Park,Glasgow, Scotland | 27 |  Scotland | 1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2020 |
| 13 | 2–0 | ||||||
| 14 | 18 June 2021 | Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland | 28 |  Croatia | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| 15 | 27 June 2021 | Puskás Aréna,Budapest, Hungary | 30 |  Netherlands | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| 16 | 3 July 2021 | Olympic Stadium,Baku, Azerbaijan | 31 |  Denmark | 1–2 | 1–2 | |
| 17 | 11 October 2021 | Central Stadium,Kazan, Russia | 33 |  Belarus | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 18 | 27 September 2022 | Kybunpark,St. Gallen, Switzerland | 35 |  Switzerland | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2022–23 UEFA Nations League A |
| 19 | 10 June 2024 | Malšovická aréna,Hradec Králové, Czech Republic | 38 |  North Macedonia | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 20 | 22 June 2024 | Volksparkstadion,Hamburg, Germany | 40 |  Georgia | 1–1 | 1–1 | UEFA Euro 2024 |
| 21 | 22 March 2025 | Malšovická aréna, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic | 43 |  Faroe Islands | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 22 | 2–1 | ||||||
| 23 | 25 March 2025 | Estádio Algarve,Faro/Loulé, Portugal | 44 |  Gibraltar | 2–0 | 4–0 | |
| 24 | 6 June 2025 | Doosan Arena,Plzeň, Czech Republic | 45 | Montenegro | 2–0 | 2–0 |
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