Czech football player

Patrik Schick ( behave 24 January 1996 ) is a czechoslovakian professional football player who plays as a ahead for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen and the Czech Republic national team. Born in Prague, Schick began his career with local club Sparta Prague, rising through their youth ranks, before making his senior debut as a adolescent. In 2016, at the age of 20, he earned a motion to Sampdoria in Italy after an impressive enchantment with Bohemians 1905. After an impressive debut temper in Italy, he moved to Roma in 2017 for a reported club-record tip. In 2019, Schick moved to Germany to join RB Leipzig on a season-long loan before moving to Bundesliga rivals Bayer Leverkusen on a permanent basis in September 2020.

once an international at under-16, under-17, under-18, under-19, and under-21 levels, Schick made his debut for the Czech Republic in May 2016 at the historic period of 22. He has made over 30 caps for his country and helped the home team reach the quarter-finals of the European Championship in 2020, where he won both the Goal of the Tournament and the Silver Boot as the second-highest goalscorer of the tournament .

early life [edit ]

Growing up, his footballing hero was Manchester United musician Wayne Rooney. [ 3 ]

Club career [edit ]

Sparta Prague [edit ]

The Prague-born player was spotted by Sparta Prague when he was 11 years old. [ 4 ] He made his top-flight debut for Sparta on 3 May 2014 in a 3–1 aside loss at Teplice. Sparta would win the domestic double that campaign but four appearances over two campaigns meant Schick crossed town to join Bohemians 1905 on lend for the 2015–16 season. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] He scored 8 goals in 27 outings for Bohemians during a relegation conflict. [ 6 ] [ 3 ] Schick returned to Sparta and was expected to feature prominently for the baseball club during the 2016–17 season, but the David Lafata was preferred and when Sparta offered Schick a newfangled contract, his agent turned it down. [ 3 ]

Sampdoria [edit ]

Schick signed for Sampdoria in June 2016 for a report fee of €4 million. [ 7 ] In his inaugural season in Italy, he appeared in 32 league matches and scored 11 goals for Sampdoria. [ 6 ] He started 14 times and was able to find the back of the net once every 137 minutes. [ 6 ] In May 2017, he refused to extend his abridge, expecting a transfer to another club. [ 8 ] In June 2017, Juventus triggered the passing clause of a reported €30 million on Schick ‘s abridge. [ 9 ] Schick failed two discriminate medicals and Juventus backed out of the batch on 18 July. [ 10 ] [ 11 ]

rome [edit ]

On 29 August 2017 Schick joined Roma on a impermanent hand for a loan fee of €5 million with a conditional debt instrument to buy the player once certain sporting objectives had been achieved, rising to €40 million, a baseball club criminal record tip. [ 3 ] [ 12 ] Upon sign, Roma sporting film director Monchi described Schick as “ one of the brightest prospects in international football. ” [ 13 ] Schick spent most of his while at Roma playing out on the right wing or left up front man by himself and he scored merely 8 times in 58 games. [ 13 ]

2019–20 season : loanword to RB Leipzig [edit ]

On 2 September 2019, RB Leipzig announced the sign language of Schick on a season-long lend hand with an option to buy him permanently. [ 14 ] His first goal for Leipzig came in a 3–2 get the better of of SC Paderborn on 11 November 2019. [ 15 ] This started a ply of three goals in four league appearances including coming off the bench to complete the comeback and secure a 3–3 draw with Borussia Dortmund. [ 4 ] [ 16 ] Alongside Timo Werner, Schick rekindled his form with 10 goals in 28 games for Leipzig as the club finished in third gear place in the Bundesliga and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League. [ 13 ] [ 17 ]

Bayer Leverkusen [edit ]

On 8 September 2020, Schick joined Bayer Leverkusen on a five-year deal for a reported fee of €26.5 million plus bonuses. [ 18 ] Schick scored his inaugural goal in a UEFA competition on 26 November 2020, coming in a 4–1 succeed over Israeli english Hapoel Be’er Sheva in the group stage of the Europa League. [ 19 ] Schick was the preferable centre-forward for much of the 2020–21 political campaign at the BayArena and finished with 9 strikes across 29 league games. [ 4 ] On 4 December 2021, Schick scored four goals, all in the second half, in a 7–1 gain over SpVgg Greuther Fürth. [ 20 ] Schick continued his effective form in Leverkusen ‘s adjacent two league games, scoring a brace in each match against Eintracht Frankfurt [ 21 ] and Hoffenheim respectively. [ 22 ]

International career [edit ]

Schick was called up to the Czech Republic senior side for the first meter at their pre- UEFA Euro 2016 education camp. [ 6 ] He earned his beginning ceiling for the nation in their tournament warm-up game against Malta on 27 May 2016. Schick scored his first goal for the national team in the same peer, rounding out the seduce in a 6–0 gain. [ 23 ]

UEFA Euro 2020 [edit ]

On 25 May 2021, Schick was included in the Czech Republic ‘s concluding 26-man squad for the postpone UEFA Euro 2020 tournament. [ 24 ] In the first group phase match against Scotland on 14 June at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Schick scored both goals as the Czech Republic won 2–0. [ 25 ] The second strike from the halfway agate line was the longest-recorded finish at the Euros since 1980 at 45 metres ( 49 yd ). The goal was late voted as the “ goal of the tournament ”, [ 26 ] [ 25 ] [ 27 ] and was nominated for the FIFA Puskás Award. [ 28 ] He became the first Czech actor since Tomáš Rosický at the 2006 FIFA World Cup to score a couple at a major tournament and the first gear since Milan Baroš in 2004 to do therefore at the european Championships. [ 25 ] [ 29 ] Against Croatia on 18 June, Schick scored from a penalty to help his side earn a 1–1 pull. [ 30 ] On 27 June, he scored his fourth finish of the tournament in the Czech Republic ‘s shock winnings over the Netherlands in the round of 16. [ 31 ] On 3 July, he scored in a 2–1 frustration against Denmark in the quarter-finals, to equal Milan Baroš ‘ record of five goals for the Czech Republic in a european Championship tournament. [ 32 ] [ 33 ] Alongside Cristiano Ronaldo, he was the UEFA Euro 2020 joint exceed scorer with 5 goals, with the higher of number of goals scored from an afford play. [ 34 ]

dash of act [edit ]

Although Schick by and large plays in a cardinal role as a chief striker, due to his eye for goal, heading accuracy, and striking ability with his entrust metrical foot ; he is besides adequate to of playing as a moment striker or as a right winger. [ 35 ] [ 36 ] [ 37 ] He can utilise his physique to hold up the ball with his back to finish, but is besides a quick, elegant, and agile player, who possesses estimable technique and dribbling skills, american samoa well as dependable link-up act, which enables him to play the ball first gear fourth dimension, participate in the build-up of attacking plays and provide assists. [ 35 ] [ 37 ]

personal life [edit ]

Schick has an older baby, Kristyna Schickova ( digest 31 July 1994 ), who is a mannequin and a social media influencer. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] In his adolescent years, Schick considered a career as a male mannequin but focused on competitive football alternatively. In July 2020, he married his long-time partner Hana Běhounková ( born 1996 ), with whom he has a daughter, Victoria, born in October 2020, and a son, Nico, born in October 2021. [ 40 ]

career statistics [edit ]

cabaret [edit ]

As of 15 December 2021[41]

International [edit ]

As of match played 11 October 2021[42]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
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
Total 33 17
As of match played 11 October 2021
Scores and results list Czech Republic’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Schick goal.

Honours [edit ]

Sparta Prague [ 43 ]
Czech Republic
Individual

References [edit ]

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