Patrick Pentz (born 2 January 1997) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Danish Superliga club Brøndby, and the Austria national team.[2]

Patrick Pentz
Pentz in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-01-02) 2 January 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Salzburg, Austria
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Brøndby
Number 1
Youth career
2003–2006 SV Bürmoos
2006–2013 Red Bull Salzburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2017 Austria Wien II 21 (0)
2016–2022 Austria Wien 135 (0)
2022–2023 Reims 7 (0)
2023–2024 Bayer Leverkusen 0 (0)
2023–2024Brøndby (loan) 27 (0)
2024– Brøndby 13 (0)
International career
2014–2015 Austria U19 2 (0)
2018–2019 Austria U21 3 (0)
2022– Austria 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 September 2024

Club career

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Pentz with Austria Wien in 2016.

Pentz made his professional debut for Austria Wien in a 3–0 win over Sturm Graz on 15 May 2016.[3]

On 9 July 2022, Pentz signed a three-year contract with Reims in France.[4] He began the 2022–23 Ligue 1 season as the starting goalkeeper for Reims before losing the position to Yehvann Diouf.

On 27 January 2023, Pentz moved to German club Bayer Leverkusen on a 2.5-year contract.[5] On 18 August 2023, Pentz moved to Brøndby in Denmark on a year-long loan.[6] On 10 June 2024, the deal was made permanent, with Pentz signing a four-year contract with Brøndby.[7]

International career

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Pentz represented Austria at the U17, U18 and U21 levels.[8] He made his debut for the senior national team on 29 March 2022, coming on as a substitute in the friendly match against Scotland.[9]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 31 October 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Austria Wien II 2014–15 Austrian Regionalliga 5 0 5 0
2015–16 Austrian Regionalliga 11 0 11 0
2016–17 Austrian Regionalliga 4 0 4 0
2017–18 Austrian Regionalliga 1 0 1 0
Total 21 0 21 0
Austria Wien 2015–16 Austrian Bundesliga 1 0 0 0 1 0
2016–17 Austrian Bundesliga 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
2017–18 Austrian Bundesliga 24 0 2 0 5 0 31 0
2018–19 Austrian Bundesliga 27 0 4 0 31 0
2019–20 Austrian Bundesliga 16 0 0 0 16 0
2020–21 Austrian Bundesliga 35 0 4 0 39 0
2021–22 Austrian Bundesliga 32 0 2 0 2 0 36 0
Total 135 0 14 0 7 0 0 0 156 0
Reims 2022–23 Ligue 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Bayer Leverkusen 2022–23 Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brøndby (loan) 2023–24 Danish Superliga 27 0 3 0 30 0
Brøndby 2024–25 Danish Superliga 13 0 1 0 3[a] 0 17 0
Career total 203 0 18 0 10 0 0 0 231 0
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Conference League

International

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As of match played 9 September 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Austria 2022 4 0
2024 8 0
Total 12 0

Honours

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Individual

References

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  1. ^ "Patrick Pentz". Bundesliga. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  2. ^ "FK Austria Wien - Patrick Pentz". Austria Wien.
  3. ^ GmbH., DJ Digitale Medien. "3:0 über Sturm Graz: Austria Wien gewinnt Abschiedsspiel in Generali Arena".
  4. ^ "Patrick Pentz : un nouveau shérif en ville" (in French). Reims. 9 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  5. ^ "LUNEV INJURED – BAYER 04 SIGN AUSTRIA KEEPER PENTZ". Bayer 04 Leverkusen. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  6. ^ "BRØNDBY IF INDGÅR LEJEKONTRAKT MED PATRICK PENTZ" [BRØNDBY IF ENTERS INTO A LEASE WITH PATRICK PENTZ] (in Danish). Brøndby IF. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  7. ^ "FOUR MORE YEARS - BRØNDBY IF OG PATRICK PENTZ FORLÆNGER" (in Danish). Brøndby IF. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  8. ^ Fußballbund, ÖFB - Österreichischer. "ÖFB".
  9. ^ "Roundup: Elf Austrianer international unterwegs" (in German). Austria Wien. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  10. ^ "Bundesliga.at - Das Team der Saison 2020/21". www.bundesliga.at. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  11. ^ "Bundesliga.at - Team der Saison - ADMIRAL Bundesliga". www.bundesliga.at. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
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