Career
Schipplock plays as a Center Forward with Hamburg. After making a name for himself in the Regionalliga Süd with SSV Reutlingen he moved to VfB Stuttgart in 2008 where he initially played for the second team in the newly formed third division 3. Liga. He made his Bundesliga debut for the first team on 30 October 2010 in an away game against VfL Wolfsburg, where he came on as a substitute in the 80th minute.
On 22 January 2011 he debuted in the starting line-up against Borussia Dortmund at Signal Iduna Park.
He had only been on the field for six minutes when he struck his goal, a well-taken shot from outside the box into the bottom corner. On 9 May 2011, Bundesliga club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim announced it has signed Schipplock on a three-year contract.
On 17 August 2014, Schipplock scored five goals in round 1 of DFB-Pokal where 1899 Hoffenheim beat 9–0 University of Southern California Paloma to pass the round. On 24 July 2015, it was announced that Schipplock had signed for Hamburg on a 3-year contract for around £1.75million.