Patson Daka: Football Profile, Zambia Record and Net Worth

Patson Daka is a Zambian striker who joined Hamburger SV in Germany’s Bundesliga on 22 July 2026. Born in Chingola on 9 October 1998, he reached European football through Zambia and Austria before joining Leicester City in 2021, making him a familiar football and soccer name across Africa.

His career connects two different viewing habits: following African forwards in European club football and watching them carry national expectations at AFCON. His route is best understood through transfers, completed seasons and tournament achievements; the squad, fixtures and records modules supply the changing details. His earnings also need that separation, because a reported wage can tell you something about a contract without revealing what the player owns.

Who Is Patson Daka?

Daka is a Zambia centre forward whose breakthrough brought him the CAF Youth Player of the Year award in 2017. That recognition followed Zambia’s Africa U20 Cup of Nations triumph in the same year, when he was also named the tournament’s best player. For readers discovering him through Leicester or Hamburg, this matters: his reputation began with an African achievement, before the European transfer fees and salary estimates became part of his public profile.

He represents Zambia. South African readers have a regional connection through COSAFA football, while audiences in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and Uganda may know him first through European competitions. His career belongs alongside those of other African footballers who have moved between development football, continental tournaments and major European leagues. The national shirt remains the clearest thread through those changes, wherever his club football takes him.

The Road From Chingola: Clubs, Transfers and Reported Fees

Daka’s route from Zambia took him to Austrian football before his moves to Leicester and Hamburg. Transfer fees do not tell the whole story of that development: his achievements in Africa and Austria explain the foundation of his European career.

Salzburg provided the breakthrough platform: Daka won Austrian league titles from 2017-18 through 2020-21. To the end of the 2020-21 season, his Salzburg league record stood at 54 goals in 82 appearances, a substantial body of work before his move to England.

Leicester signed Daka on 30 June 2021 for a reported £23 million, with a five year contract. He won the Community Shield in 2021 and the Championship title in 2023-24. To the end of the 2025-26 season, his Leicester record was 29 goals in 165 appearances across all competitions, including 22 league goals. Competition labels explain the difference between those figures: a league total covers fewer matches than a tally across all competitions.

Leicester released him, and Hamburg signed him on a free transfer on 22 July 2026. That move placed the next stage of his career in the Bundesliga. Hamburg paid no club fee for Daka’s arrival; wages and accumulated assets remain separate financial questions. For the exact club registration and squad details after that dated move, use the player module above rather than treating a historical transfer sentence as a permanent status update.

What Does Daka Do on the Pitch?

Daka plays through the middle as a striker, with his strongest historical scoring seasons showing the value of movement towards goal. His Salzburg record gives that description substance: he scored 27 league goals in 2020-21 and received the Austrian Bundesliga Player of the Year award. When assessing a centre forward, the useful question is how often his movement becomes a shooting opportunity. Watch his starting position before the pass, then where he arrives when the defence turns towards its own goal.

The Salzburg partnership with Erling Haaland offers another way into his development. In the 2019-20 league campaign, Daka scored 24 of the 40 goals attributed to the pair. Daka’s subsequent 2020-21 scoring season is especially useful context: his own record continued to grow after that partnership, before Leicester paid the reported fee to bring him to England.

For African supporters following Daka across European competitions, finishing is one part of assessing his contribution. His runs can also create room for a teammate or give the passer an option beyond the defence. Different matches offer different opportunities to contribute. When reading his scoring record, compare domestic league and European competition figures under their own labels.

Daka and Zambia: Debut, AFCON and the Dated Caps Record

Daka made his senior Zambia debut in 2015 and had recorded 57 caps and 22 goals by 31 March 2026. His debut came on 10 May 2015 in a victory over Malawi. The date beside the later caps figure is essential, because profiles updated at different stages naturally carry different totals. Use that historical checkpoint for context, then consult the national team records module for subsequent appearances. Club appearances and youth internationals do not belong in the senior Zambia count.

His international development includes the 2017 Africa U20 Cup of Nations title and individual recognition as the tournament’s best player. He later finished as leading scorer in the qualifying campaign for the 2021 AFCON. Those achievements trace a meaningful progression from youth success to senior responsibility. His own tournaments, goals and partnerships give supporters a clear way to appreciate his contribution to Zambia.

Daka appeared at the 2023 and 2025 AFCON tournaments and scored against Mali in a 1-1 draw at the 2025 edition. That goal gives readers across the five countries a shared continental reference beyond his European clubs. For Nigerian followers, the Super Eagles connection is the wider AFCON conversation rather than a claim on his international allegiance. For South Africans, COSAFA adds a regional interest. In every case, keep the tournament edition attached to the achievement so the record remains clear.

Patson Daka net worth

Salary Sport reported £16.96 million for Patson Daka on its UK page in 2026, while its US page reported US$22.6 million. The outlet describes its measure as career earnings rather than net worth: these are published estimates, not personal accounts or a verified statement of assets minus liabilities. For a rough comparison across the five countries, £16.96 million is about ₦37.3 billion, KSh2.88 billion, USh81.4 billion, R390 million or GH₵246 million. These illustrative conversions assume £1 equals ₦2,200, KSh170, USh4,800, R23 or GH₵14.50; they are comparison assumptions rather than live exchange rates.

For salary, Salary Sport’s UK page in 2026 estimated £49,000 a week at Hamburger SV, or about £2.55 million a year; its US page showed US$65,170 a week. Using the same illustrative conversion assumptions, the annual sterling estimate is roughly ₦5.61 billion, KSh434 million, USh12.2 billion, R58.7 million or GH₵37 million. These are published wage estimates, not verified contract accounts, and the 2026 attribution should stay attached to them rather than being read as a permanent salary.

No verified image rights income figure is available in the cited material, so there is no supported amount to convert into local currencies. No verified market valuation is available either. A player’s estimated transfer value concerns a possible transaction between clubs, while image rights income concerns commercial use of the player’s identity. Neither can be inferred from the career earnings estimate or from the reported £23 million Leicester transfer fee in 2021, which was not a personal payment of that amount to Daka.

No verified endorsement income total is available in the cited material, so no endorsement amount or local currency equivalent can be stated. Salary, image rights and endorsements describe possible income streams; net worth requires evidence of assets and liabilities. The £16.96 million and US$22.6 million figures should therefore remain attributed to Salary Sport in 2026 as published career earnings estimates, not accounts establishing how much wealth Daka has retained.

How to Watch Daka From Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana and Uganda

Find the relevant Daka club fixture or Zambia international in the fixture module, then look up viewing coverage for your country. Broadcast availability varies across Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana and Uganda, and rights can change between seasons. Check coverage for the named competition: access to Bundesliga matches may come through a different service from Zambia’s tournament or qualifying fixtures.

Daka followers can read the fixture’s four local times together: Nigeria uses WAT; Kenya shares EAT with Uganda; South Africa uses SAST; Ghana uses GMT. European seasonal clock adjustments can alter the gap between Daka’s stadium and your local clock. Pair the converted hour with the fixture’s calendar date when arranging to watch Zambia’s striker.