Kenneth Schmidt

Kenneth Schmidt
Personal information
Full name	Tan-Kenneth Jerico Leka-Schmidt
Date of birth	3 June 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth	Freiburg, Germany
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Left-back, centre-back
Team information
Current team	SC Freiburg
Number	4
Youth career
0000–2017	Emmendingen
2017–2023	SC Freiburg
Senior career*
Years	Team
2020–2023	SC Freiburg II
2023–	SC Freiburg
International career‡
2019	Germany U18
2020	Germany U19
2021–2022	Germany U20
2023–	Germany U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 May 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct 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 Bundesliga club SC Freiburg.

Club career

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]

Schmidt has represented Germany at youth international level.^[2]

He was born to a German father and a mother of Malagasy and Vietnamese descent.^[3]

As of match played 12 November 2023^[4]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
SC Freiburg II	2020–21	Regionalliga	5	0	–		–		–		5	0
	2021–22	3. Liga	28	0	–		–		–		28	0
	2022–23	3. Liga	22	0	–		–		–		22	0
	Total		55	0	–		–		–		55	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
	Total		10	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	13	0
Career total			65	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	68	0