Patson Daka

**Patson Daka** (born 9 October 1998) is a Zambian professional footballer who for Leicester City and Zambia. Before joining Leicester he played for Kafue Celtic from 2016 to 2017. From Kafue Celtic, he then joined Power Dynamos on loan for a year in and the following year he was loaned to Liefering. Daka joined Red Bull Salzburg from 2017 as a youth winger. He helped the club win the UEFA Youth League, scoring 2 goals in 2 games. He made his debut for Salzburg the following season against Viitorul Constanța on 24 August 2019. On 30th June 2021, Leicester City announced the signing of Daka on a five-year contract.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Liefering (loan)|2016–17|Austrian First League|9|2|—|—|—|—|9|2|||||
|2017–18|Austrian First League|18|4|—|—|—|—|18|4|||||||
|rowspan="5"|Red Bull Salzburg|2017–18|Austrian Bundesliga|8|0|2|1|—|2|0|—|12|1|||
|2018–19|Austrian Bundesliga|15|3|3|1|—|8|2|—|26|6|||||
|2019–20|Austrian Bundesliga|31|24|6|2|—|8|1|—|45|27|||||
|2020–21|Austrian Bundesliga|28|27|6|5|—|8|2|—|42|34|||||
|rowspan="4"|Leicester City|2021–22|Premier League|23|5|1|0|3|0|10|6|1|0|38|11|
|2022–23|Premier League|30|4|3|0|3|0|—|—|36|4|||||
|2023–24|EFL Championship|0|0|0|0|1|0|—|—|1|0|||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="9"|Zambia|2015|5|0|
|2016|7|0|||
|2017|3|2|||
|2018|4|0|||
|2019|4|1|||
|2020|0|0|||
|2021|6|5|||
|2022|3|1|||
|2023|8|9|||

- _Scores and results list Zambia's goal tally first._

|No.|Date|Venue|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|5 September 2017|Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium, Constantine, Algeria||1–0|1–0|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification|||
|2|11 November 2017|Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola, Zambia||1–0|2–2||||
|3|19 November 2019|National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia||1–1|1–2|2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification|||
|4|25 March 2021|rowspan="2"|National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia||1–2|3–3|rowspan="2"|2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification|
|5|3–3||||||||
|6|29 March 2021|National Sports Stadium, Harare, Zimbabwe||1–0|2–0|rowspan="2"|2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification||
|7|2–0||||||||
|8|13 November 2021|National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia||1–0|4–0|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification|||
|9|3 June 2022|Stade de Yamoussoukro, Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast||1–3|1–3|2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification|||
|10|26 March 2023|Dobsonville Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa||1–0|2–0|rowspan="2"|2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification||
|11|2–0||||||||
|12|17 June 2023|Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola, Zambia||2–0|3–0|2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification|||
|13|9 September 2023|Stade Omnisports de Malouzini, Moroni, Comoros||1–1|1–1|2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification|||
|14|17 October 2023|Al Hamriya Sports Club Stadium, Al Hamriyah, United Arab Emirates||1–0|3–0|rowspan="2"|Friendly||
|15|3–0||||||||
|16|17 November 2023|Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola, Zambia||1–0|4–2|rowspan="3"|2026 FIFA World Cup qualification||
|17|4–2||||||||
|18|21 November 2023|Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco||1–2|1–2||||

### Red Bull Salzburg Youth

- UEFA Youth League: 2016–17

### Red Bull Salzburg

- Austrian Bundesliga: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
- Austrian Cup: 2019, 2020, 2021

### Zambia U20

- Africa U-20 Cup of Nations:  2017
- COSAFA U-20 Cup: 2016

### Individual

- Africa U-20 Cup of Nations Best Player: 2017
- Africa U-20 Cup of Nations Best XI: 2017
- CAF Youth Player of the Year: 2017
- Zambia Sportsman of the Year: 2017
- Austrian Bundesliga Player of the Championship Round: 2019–20
- Austrian Bundesliga Player of the Season: 2020–21
- Austrian Bundesliga top scorer: 2020–21

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Patson Daka
- **image**: FC Liefering gegen WSG Wattens (1. Dezember 2017) 50.jpg
- **full name**: Patson Daka
- **birth place**: Chingola, Zambia
- **height**: 1.83 m
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward
- **currentclub**: Leicester City F.C., Leicester City
- **clubnumber**: 20
- **youthyears1**: 2007–2014
- **youthclubs1**: Kafue Celtic F.C., Kafue Celtic
- **years1**: 2014–2017
- **clubs1**: Kafue Celtic F.C., Kafue Celtic
- **years2**: 2014–2015
- **clubs2**: → Nchanga Rangers F.C., Nchanga Rangers (loan)
- **years3**: 2015–2016
- **clubs3**: → Power Dynamos F.C., Power Dynamos (loan)
- **years5**: 2017
- **clubs5**: FC Liefering, Liefering
- **caps5**: 18
- **goals5**: 4
- **years6**: 2017–2021
- **clubs6**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg
- **caps6**: 82
- **goals6**: 54
- **years7**: 2021–
- **clubs7**: Leicester City F.C., Leicester City
- **caps7**: 53
- **goals7**: 9
- **nationalyears1**: 2014–2015
- **nationalteam1**: Zambia national under-17 football team, Zambia U17
- **nationalcaps1**: 7
- **nationalgoals1**: 7
- **nationalyears2**: 2015–2017
- **nationalteam2**: Zambia national under-20 football team, Zambia U20
- **nationalcaps2**: 13
- **nationalgoals2**: 6
- **nationalyears3**: 2015–
- **nationalteam3**: Zambia national football team, Zambia
- **nationalcaps3**: 40
- **nationalgoals3**: 18
- **club-update**: 23:32, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 10:02, 22 November 2023 (UTC)