Lucien Schmikale

Lucien Schmikale
No. 9 – Dresden Titans
PositionGuard/forward
LeagueProA
Personal information
Born (1997-04-15) 15 April 1997
Oldenburg, Germany
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Career information
Playing career2013–present
Career history
2022-presentDresden Titans

Lucien Schmikale (born 15 April 1997)[1] is a German professional basketball player.

Club career

Schmikale joined SV Brake as a footballer, switching to basketball when he was twelve.[2] While attending Gymnasium in Brake and then in Oldenburg, he played at the under-fourteen level for EWE Baskets Juniors,[2] where he was noted for his scoring ability.[3] In 2017, after training with the team's assistant trainer, he made a two-year commitment to Römerstrom Gladiators Trier.[2][4] He played in Trier for three seasons, leaving in 2020.[5] In 2020–21 he played for BG Bitterfeld-Sandersdorf-Wolfen 06.

In summer 2021 he joined the Itzehoe Eagles for one season,[6] moving to the Dresden Titans in July 2022.[7]

In 2025 he returned to Itzehoe, where he became team captain.[8]

International

Schmikale represented Germany at the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship and at the 2017 FIBA U20 European Championship,[1][2] and in 3x3 basketball in European and world championships at the under-18 and under-23 levels.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Lucien Schmikale". FIBA (in French). Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d Ulrich Schlüter (12 July 2017). "Basketballer Aus Brake Wechselt Nach Trier: Lucien Schmikale will es wissen". Nordwest-Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  3. ^ Arne Jürgens (23 January 2017). "Keine Punkte im Känguru-Beutel". Nordwest-Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  4. ^ "Römerstrom Gladiators verpflichten Lucien Schmikale aus Oldenburg" (in German). Römerstrom Gladiators Trier. 26 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Gloger und Schmikale verlassen die Gladiators Trier". 5vier.de (in German). 27 May 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Lucien Schmikale verstärkt die Itzehoe Eagles" (in German). 2. Basketball Bundesliga. 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  7. ^ Lars Peter Ehrich (22 July 2022). "Itzehoe Eagles verabschieden Lucien Schmikale nach Dresden". Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag (in German). Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  8. ^ "Der neue Kapitän" (in German). Itzehoe Eagles. 2 July 2025. Retrieved 13 September 2025.