Anton Kade Scout Report At Augsburg 2025/2026: The Bundesliga’s Next Raumdeuter? – Player Analysis

A product of the Hertha Berlin youth academy, Anton Kade (185cm/6’1”, 72kg/159lbs) left Germany with just a handful of Bundesliga appearances to his name in the 2022 summer transfer window to join the most dominant Swiss side of the 2010s, FC Basel 1893. 

There, he played an important role in RotBlau’s ascent back to the top of the Swiss Super League, as they emerged as champions in the 2024/2025 season for the first time in almost a decade. 

That spelt ‘mission complete’ for Kade in Switzerland, as he returned to Germany last summer, making a €2.25m move to Augsburg. 

Currently valued at €7.5m by Transfermarkt, the 22-year-old has been an impressive utility attacker for die Fuggerstädter this term, accumulating significant minutes at right midfield, right wing-back, attacking midfield and even centre-forward. 

During his time with Basel, Kade also displayed a high level of proficiency playing on the left, making him a highly versatile attacking option. 

This Anton Kade scout report and player analysis breaks down Anton Kade’s style of play with Augsburg in 2025/2026 and details why his is one of the most interesting young profiles emerging in the German top flight. 

Anton Kade Positioning

Anton Kade’s heat map shows he’s primarily been deployed on the right this term. 

However, the heat map also reflects a player far more comfortable operating in interior channels than holding the width for his side in the final third.

Anton Kade Heat Map 2025/2026

Kade tends to get widest in the middle third of the pitch, due to his willingness to drop and help progression into the final third.

By the time he enters the final third, he’s generally moving into more central positions, which is where his skill set is most useful. 

The strongest concentration of touches arrives in the right half-space, particularly between the edge of the box and the deeper progression lanes.

Consistently receiving wide and attacking defenders in isolation is not Anton Kade’s game.

Instead, he frequently drifts inward to support circulation and combine with teammates.

Anton Kade’s style of play hinges on good off-the-ball movement to find space and separate himself from opponents before engaging in intricate link-up play. 

As the heat map suggests, Kade is an attacker who values spatial occupation and connective play over direct ball-dominance.

The heat map shows repeated activity in the inside-right channel.

This area of the pitch is heavily associated with combination-focused attackers and secondary creators.

Kade’s tendency to arrive into dangerous spaces instead of permanently occupying them aligns with his efficient goalscoring numbers despite relatively low shot volume in 2025/2026.

The 22-year-old has scored six goals from 4.06 xG this season, having taken 1.68 shots per 90, giving him an 18.75% goal conversion rate. 

He’s hit the target with 59.38% of his shots. 

Kade’s profile is not that of a high-volume crosser. 

Most of his advanced touches arrive closer to the penalty area than near the byline.

If he does cross, it’s likely to be closer to the box, taken low and hard. 

This supports the idea of Kade functioning best alongside an overlapping full-back or wing-back capable of maintaining width in the final third, allowing him to drift inside.

The overall positional distribution resembles a facilitator attacker more than a pure winger, blending elements of a second striker and a narrow inside forward.

Anton Kade As A Second-Striker

While he’s primarily played off the right this season, I like Anton Kade as a second-striker type. 

The main strength in Kade’s game is intelligent off-the-ball movement. 

On the ball, he displays excellent vision to complete threatening through balls and intelligent passing, which allows him to link up with teammates and act as a ‘connector’ into the final third for his side. 

From what I’ve seen of his game, this is more naturally exploited when Kade is positioned centrally than when he’s out wide. 

Above, we see an example of Kade positioned centrally, dropping off from the opposing backline into some space behind the midfield as the opposing midfielder steps out to press Augsburg’s ball-carrier. 

Kade doesn’t overly telegraph the move. 

He communicates with the ball carrier subtly, mainly through his body language, enabling comfortable reception. 

Kade can receive with time and space to turn and complete a third-man combination by laying the ball off to another attacker who can get Augsburg comfortably into the final third. 

Don’t expect a ton of direct playmaking from Kade. 

He’s much more of a connector and facilitator than he is a pure creator for his team. 

However, in the right system, which makes use of his intelligent movement and technical security on the ball, that can be a very valuable profile.