Oliver Baumann

Oliver Baumann

Baumann with SC Freiburg in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Oliver Baumann
Date of birth	2 June 1990
Place of birth	Breisach, West Germany
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1 ^1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	1899 Hoffenheim
Number	1
Youth career
	FC Bad Krozingen
2002–2009	SC Freiburg
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2009–2010	SC Freiburg II	22	(0)
2010–2014	SC Freiburg	131	(0)
2014–	1899 Hoffenheim	42	(0)
National team
2008	Germany U18	1	(0)
2008–2009	Germany U19	7	(0)
2010	Germany U20	2	(0)
2010–2013	Germany U21	10	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 October 2015. † Appearances (goals)

Oliver Baumann (born 2 June 1990) is a German footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for 1899 Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga.^[1]

Club career

SC Freiburg

Youth and B Team

Oliver Baumann joined SC Freiburg's youth team in 2002, since then he has gone on to make 104 Bundesliga appearances for the club. He made his youth team debut for Freiburg on 2 September 2007 at the age of 19. Two years later he made his first appearance for Freiburg's second string side SC Freiburg ll in the Regionalliga Süd against Stuttgarter Kickers, keeping a clean sheet in a 0-0 draw. He went on to make another 21 appearances for Freiburg ll.

First Team

On the last day of the 2009–10 Bundesliga season, Baumann made his senior team debut in a 3-1 home victory over Borussia Dortmund. From there he has never looked back as he became the SC Freiburg first-choice goalkeeper from the 2010-11 season onwards, where he made 30 appearances in the Bundesliga; even getting one assist. In the following two seasons, 2011-12 and 2012-13, Baumann made a total of 73 appearances for the Freiburg first-team, 67 of those in the league.

In the 2013-14 season he continued to be the mainstay of the Freiburg line-up, starting all of the clubs first six Bundesliga fixtures, as well as starting Freiburg's opening UEFA Europa League and DFB-Pokal matches.In a match against Hamburg SV, Baumann made three crucial errors that led to a 3-0 loss to Hamburger SV. Despite his poor performance, he started the following game against Nürnberg and kept a clean sheet to help Freiburg grab first season win.^[2] On 24 September 2013, Baumann signed a new-contract at the club; although details of the contract were not disclosed.^[3]

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim

On 14 May 2014, Baumann joined 1899 Hoffenheim on a four-year contract.^[4]

International career

Baumann is yet to make his senior team debut for Germany, but has made at least one appearance for all of the nations youth sides from Under-18 level to Under-21 level. He made his one and only Germany U-18 appearance in a 2-3 home friendly defeat to the Republic of Ireland Under-18 side.

All four of Baumann's Under-19 appearances came in friendlies, most notable was a 5-0 home win against the Estonia U-19 side. After then making two appearances for Germany's U-20 side against the Switzerland Under-20s and Italy Under-20s, he made the step up to Under-21 level.

For the 2010-11 season, Baumann made four Germany U-21 friendly appearances, conceding six goals during those matches. Since that season, he has made just five Under-21 appearances in three seasons, mainly due to Bayer Leverkusen goalkeeper Bernd Leno being coach Rainer Adrion's (now Horst Hrubesch's) first choice.

Career statistics

Club

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
SC Freiburg	2009–10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2010–11	30	0	1	0	0	0	31	0
	2011–12	33	0	1	0	0	0	34	0
	2012–13	34	0	5	0	0	0	39	0
	2013–14	33	0	3	0	6	0	43	0
	Total	131	0	10	0	6	0	147	0
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	2014–15	29	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	Total	29	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
Career total		160	0	11	0	6	0	149	0

Statistics accurate as of match played 25 September 2013.

References

1. "Steckbrief Oliver Baumann" (in German). scfreiburg.com. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
2. "DARIDA FIRES FREIBURG PAST SORRY NÜRNBERG". bundesliga.com. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
3. Auch Baumann verlängert vorzeitig | SC Freiburg
4. "Oliver Baumann wechselt zur TSG". TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (in German). 14 May 2014.

External links

• Oliver Baumann at worldfootball.net
• Oliver Baumann profile at Fussballdaten