Patrick Drewes
{{short description|German footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Patrick Drewes
| image = PatrickDrewes.jpg
| caption = Drewes with Würzburg in 2018
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1993|2|4}}
| birth_place = Delmenhorst, Germany
| height = 1.94 m
| position = Goalkeeper
| currentclub = Borussia Dortmund
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2008
| youthclubs1 = TuS Heidkrug
| youthyears2 = 2008–2012
| youthclubs2 = VfL Wolfsburg
| years1 = 2012–2015
| clubs1 = VfL Wolfsburg II
| caps1 = 62
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2012–2017
| clubs2 = VfL Wolfsburg
| caps2 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2015–2016
| clubs3 = → FC Wil (loan)
| caps3 = 32
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2016–2017
| clubs4 = → Preußen Münster (loan)
| caps4 = 3
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2017–2019
| clubs5 = Würzburger Kickers
| caps5 = 44
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2019–2021
| clubs6 = VfL Bochum
| caps6 = 7
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2021–2023
| clubs7 = SV Sandhausen
| caps7 = 63
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2023–2024
| clubs8 = Karlsruher SC
| caps8 = 32
| goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2024–2025
| clubs9 = VfL Bochum
| caps9 = 21
| goals9 = 0
| years10 = 2025–
| clubs10 = Borussia Dortmund
| caps10 = 0
| goals10 = 0
| club-update = 17 May 2025
}}
Patrick Drewes (born 4 February 1993) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for {{German football updater|BoDortmu}} club Borussia Dortmund.{{Cite web |title=Patrick Drewes {{!}} VfL Bochum {{!}} Bundesliga {{!}} 2024/25 {{!}} Spielerprofil |url=https://www.kicker.de/patrick-drewes/spieler |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=kicker |language=de-DE}}{{Cite web |date=2014-04-27 |title=Patrick Drewes |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/patrick-drewes/#wac_660x40_top |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=worldfootball.net |language=en}}
Club career
Drewes began his career in 1995 at TuS Heidkrug and moved to the youth team of VfL Wolfsburg in 2008.{{Cite web |title=Patrick Drewes {{!}} VfL Bochum 1848 {{!}} Player Profile {{!}} Bundesliga 2 |url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/2bundesliga/player/patrick-drewes |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=www.bundesliga.com |language=en}} He advanced to the professional team as the third goalkeeper for the 2012–13 Bundesliga season. At the same time, he played for the Wolves' second team to gain experience in the Regionalliga Nord.In the 2013–14 Regionalliga Nord, he won the championship with the second team but failed in the promotion matches to the 3rd division against SG Sonnenhof Großaspach. In the 2014–15 season, he was part of the Wolfsburg squad that won the DFB-Pokal.{{Cite web |title=VfL Wolfsburg 2014-15 German Cup Squad - ESPN (UK) |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/team/squad/_/id/138/league/GER.DFB_POKAL/season/2014 |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=ESPN |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=VanOpdorp |first=Davis |date=2014-08-21 |title=Match Day 1: Previewing Bayern vs. Wolfsburg |url=https://www.bavarianfootballworks.com/2014/8/21/6051737/bayern-munich-open-bundesliga-title-defense-against-vfl-wolfsburg-preview-television-lineups |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=Bavarian Football Works |language=en}}
At the beginning of the 2015–16 Swiss Challenge League season, Drewes was loaned to the Swiss second-tier club FC Wil for a year.{{Cite web |title=Patrick Drewes wechselt zum FC Wil {{!}} VfL Wolfsburg - bundesliga.de – die offizielle Webseite der Bundesliga |url=http://www.bundesliga.de/de/liga/news/patrick-drewes-wechselt-zum-fc-wil-vfl-wolfsburg.jsp |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160304084614/http://www.bundesliga.de/de/liga/news/patrick-drewes-wechselt-zum-fc-wil-vfl-wolfsburg.jsp |archive-date=2016-03-04 |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=bundesliga.de – die offizielle Webseite der Bundesliga |language=de}} On July 18, 2015, he made his debut in a 2–1 away win against FC Winterthur in the Challenge League. Drewes was a regular starter for Wil and made 32 league appearances that season. His strong performances helped FC Wil improve from a ninth-place finish in the previous season to a third-place finish.
For the 2016–17 3. Liga season, Drewes was loaned to the third-division club Preußen Münster, where he made three appearances.{{Cite web |last=wn |title=Patrick Drewes steht in der nächsten Saison im Preußen-Tor |url=https://www.wn.de/sport/lokalsport/muenster/patrick-drewes-steht-in-der-nachsten-saison-im-preussen-tor-1659761 |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=www.wn.de |language=de}} During the 2017–18 3. Liga season, he played on loan for Würzburger Kickers, who later signed him permanently.{{Cite web |title=P. Drewes |url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/patrick-drewes/217994/ |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=soccerway |language=uk}} In the 2018–19 3. Liga season, his last with Würzburg, he was the first-choice goalkeeper but only played 19 games due to injury.
For the 2019–20 2. Bundesliga season, Drewes was signed by the second-division club VfL Bochum as a replacement for former second-choice goalkeeper Felix Dornebusch.{{Cite web |title=Patrick Drewes wechselt zum Zweitligisten VfL Bochum {{!}} Würzburger Kickers |url=https://www.wuerzburger-kickers.de/de/news/profis/2019-05-23-patrick-drewes-wechselt-zum-zweitligisten-vfl-bochum |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=www.wuerzburger-kickers.de |language=de}}{{Cite web |title=Patrick Drewes Transfers |url=https://www.flashscore.com/player/drewes-patrick/Igox818S/transfers/ |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=www.flashscore.com |language=en}} In the 2020–21 2. Bundesliga, he made five appearances and helped Bochum win the league title and gain promotion to the Bundesliga. However, for the new season, he remained in the second division and transferred to SV Sandhausen.
For the 2023–24 2. Bundesliga, Drewes moved to Karlsruher SC.{{Cite web |title=Fix: Drewes folgt in Karlsruhe auf Gersbeck |url=https://www.kicker.de/fix-drewes-folgt-in-karlsruhe-auf-gersbeck-4000000051032/transfermeldung |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=kicker |language=de-DE}}{{Cite news |last=Crerar |first=Pippa |date=2025-02-27 |title=FC88 |url=https://fcb88.sh/ |access-date=2025-02-28 |work= |language=en-GB |issn=}}{{Cite web |title=Karlsruher 3-2 Hertha (21 Apr, 2024) Final Score - ESPN (UK) |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/match/_/gameId/678155/hertha-berlin-karlsruher-sc |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=ESPN |language=en}} For the 2024–25 Bundesliga, Drewes returned to VfL Bochum on a contract until 2026.{{Cite web |title=Patrick Drewes kehrt zum VfL zurück |url=https://www.vfl-bochum.de/de/news/2024/juni/26/patrick-drewes-kehrt-zum-vfl-zuruck |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=www.vfl-bochum.de |language=de}} In Bochum, Drewes quickly became the starting goalkeeper. During a match against 1. FC Union Berlin on December 14, 2024, he was struck by a lighter thrown from the crowd, knocking him out and forcing him off the pitch.{{Cite web |title=Feuerzeugwurf auf Drewes: Bochums erster Auswärtspunkt rückt in den Hintergrund |url=https://www.kicker.de/union-gegen-bochum-2024-bundesliga-4936909/analyse |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=kicker |language=de-DE}}
On 26 June 2025, Drewes signed a two-year contract with Borussia Dortmund.{{cite web |url=http://bvb.de/de/de/aktuelles/news/news.html/2025/6/26/BVB-verpflichtet-Patrick-Drewes.html |title=BVB verpflichtet Patrick Drewes |publisher=Borussia Dortmund |language=de |date=26 June 2025 }}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 9 February 2025|}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="4"|VfL Wolfsburg II
|rowspan="3"|Regionalliga Nord |14 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 14 | 0 | ||||
| 2013–14
|29 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2{{efn|Includes appearances in the Regionalliga promotion playoffs.}} | 0 | 31 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15
|19 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 19 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!62 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | 64 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="4"|VfL Wolfsburg
|rowspan="3"|Bundesliga |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||
| colspan=2|Total
!0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||
| FC Wil (loan)
|32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 32 | 0 | |||
| Preußen Münster (loan)
|3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 0 | ||||
| rowspan="3"|Würzburger Kickers
|rowspan="2"|3. Liga | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 25 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19
|19 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 19 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 44 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="3"|VfL Bochum
|rowspan="2"|2. Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21
|5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 7 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 9 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="3"|SV Sandhausen
|rowspan="2"|2. Bundesliga |33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 34 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23
|30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 33 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!63 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 67 | 0 | |||
| Karlsruher SC
|2. Bundesliga |32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 33 | 0 | |||
| VfL Bochum
|Bundesliga |21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 22 | 0 | |||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!264 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 274 | 0 |
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References
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External links
- {{WorldFootball.net|patrick-drewes}}
- {{Soccerway|217994}}
{{Borussia Dortmund squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Drewes, Patrick}}
Category:Sportspeople from Delmenhorst
Category:German men's footballers
Category:Footballers from Lower Saxony
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:2. Bundesliga players
Category:Swiss Challenge League players
Category:VfL Wolfsburg II players
Category:VfL Wolfsburg players
Category:SC Preußen Münster players
Category:FC Würzburger Kickers players
Category:SV Sandhausen players
Category:Karlsruher SC players
Category:Borussia Dortmund players
Category:German expatriate men's footballers
Category:German expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland