Sam Francis Schreck (born 29 January 1999) is a German professional
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for club
Erzgebirge Aue.
Club career
Schreck made his professional debut for
Bayer Leverkusen in the
UEFA Europa League
The UEFA Europa League (abbreviated as UEL, or sometimes, UEFA EL), formerly the UEFA Cup, is an annual football club competition organised since 1971 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. It ...
on 29 November 2018, starting against Bulgarian club
Ludogorets Razgrad before coming off in the 73rd minute for
Kai Havertz
Kai Lukas Havertz (born 11 June 1999) is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or forward for club Chelsea and the Germany national team.
Having graduated from Bayer Leverkusen's youth academy in 2016, Havertz ...
. The home match finished as a 1–1 draw.
On 6 August 2022, Schreck returned to
Erzgebirge Aue on a permanent basis after playing for the club on loan in the previous season and signed a one-year contract with an option to extend.
International career
Schreck began his youth international career with
Germany's under-16 team, first appearing on 12 September 2014 against
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
. He was included in
Germany's squad for the
2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
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in Azerbaijan. The team managed to reach the semi-finals, before losing 2–1 against
Spain
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.
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1999 births
Living people
People from Pinneberg
Footballers from Schleswig-Holstein
German footballers
Germany youth international footballers
Association football midfielders
Eredivisie players
2. Bundesliga players
3. Liga players
Bayer 04 Leverkusen players
FC Groningen players
FC Erzgebirge Aue players
German expatriate footballers
German expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
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