Kenneth Schmidt
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tan-Kenneth Jerico Leka-Schmidt | ||
| Date of birth | 3 June 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Freiburg, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2017 | Emmendingen | ||
| 2017–2023 | SC Freiburg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2024 | SC Freiburg II | 60 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | SC Freiburg | 10 | (0) |
| 2025 | → Hannover 96 (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2025 | → Hannover 96 II (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2025– | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Germany U18 | 2 | (1) |
| 2020 | Germany U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Germany U20 | 11 | (1) |
| 2023 | Germany U21 | 4 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15:04, 19 October 2023 (UTC) | |||
Tan-Kenneth Jerico Leka-Schmidt (born 3 June 2002), known as Kenneth Schmidt, is a German footballer who plays as a left-back or centre-back for 2. Bundesliga club Fortuna Düsseldorf.
Club career
[edit | edit source]A native of Freiburg, Schmidt joined the city's giant SC Freiburg from Emmendingen in 2017. He was promoted to the senior team in 2023 after spending three years with the reserves team. He made his professional debut on 17 March 2023 in the UEFA Europa League round of 16 game against Juventus.[1]
On 1 January 2025, Schmidt was loaned out to Hannover 96 on an 18-month deal.[2]
On 3 June 2025, Schmidt signed with Fortuna Düsseldorf on a permanent basis.[3]
International career
[edit | edit source]Schmidt has represented Germany at youth international level.[4]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]He was born to a German father and a mother of Malagasy and Vietnamese descent.[5]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]- As of 1 January 2025[6]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| SC Freiburg II | 2020–21 | Regionalliga Südwest | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | 3. Liga | 28 | 0 | – | – | – | 28 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 3. Liga | 22 | 0 | – | – | – | 22 | 0 | ||||
| 2023–24 | 3. Liga | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2024–25 | Regionalliga Südwest | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 61 | 0 | – | – | – | 61 | 0 | |||||
| SC Freiburg | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Hannover 96 (loan) | 2024–25 | 2. Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 71 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 0 | ||
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
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External links
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- 2002 births
- Living people
- German people of Vietnamese descent
- German people of Malagasy descent
- Sportspeople of Vietnamese descent
- Sportspeople of Malagasy descent
- Footballers from Freiburg im Breisgau
- German men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- FC Emmendingen players
- SC Freiburg players
- SC Freiburg II players
- Hannover 96 players
- Hannover 96 II players
- Fortuna Düsseldorf players
- Regionalliga players
- 3. Liga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Bundesliga players
- Germany men's youth international footballers
- Germany men's under-21 international footballers
- 21st-century German sportsmen
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