Patrik Schick named Czech footballer of the season

Patrik Schick has won the Golden Ball award for the best Czech footballer of the season for the second time in his career. The 30-year-old Bayer Leverkusen striker overcame a deficit to Pavel Šulc in the spring round of voting to win by 19 points. Czech national team captain Ladislav Krejčí finished third. Schick previously won the journalists’ poll in the 2021/22 season. He finished second in both the autumn and spring rounds of voting but topped the overall standings. Schick scored 22 goals for Leverkusen in all competitions last season and added two goals for the Czech national team.