Patrick Pentz

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)
2023–2024	→ Brøndby (loan)	27	(0)
2024–	Brøndby	17	(0)
International career^‡
2014–2015	Austria U19	2	(0)
2018–2019	Austria U21	3	(0)
2022–	Austria	14	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:00, 15 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2024

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]

Club career

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

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

Club

As of match played 15 December 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	17	0	3	0	3[a]	0	—		23	0
Career total			207	0	20	0	10	0	0	0	237	0

1. Appearances in UEFA Conference League

International

As of match played 17 November 2024

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Austria	2022	4	0
	2024	10	0
Total		14	0

Honours

Individual

• Austrian Bundesliga Team of the Year: 2020–21,[10] 2021–22[11]

References

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.

External links

• Patrick Pentz at Brøndby IF (in Danish)
• Patrick Pentz at Danish Superliga (in Danish)
• Patrick Pentz at Austrian Football Bundesliga (in German)