Patrick Bauer (footballer)

Patrick Bauer

Bauer wearing a Charlton Athletic kit
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-10-28) 28 October 1992
Place of birth Backnang, Germany
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 3 12 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
Charlton Athletic
Number 5
Youth career
0000–2005 TSG Backnang
2005–2010 VfB Stuttgart
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 VfB Stuttgart II 7 (0)
2012–2015 Marítimo B 58 (7)
2013–2015 Marítimo 45 (2)
2015– Charlton Athletic 19 (1)
National team
2009 Germany U17 2 (0)
2009 Germany U18 5 (1)
2011 Germany U20 2 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 December 2015.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 August 2012

Patrick Bauer (born 28 October 1992) is a German footballer who plays as a defender for Charlton Athletic.

Club career

In May 2011 Patrick Bauer extended his contract with VfB Stuttgart until June 2015.[1] On 29 July 2011 Bauer had his debut for the first team of VfB Stuttgart in the first round of the 2011–12 DFB-Pokal against SV Wehen Wiesbaden.[2]

On 17 August 2012 Patrick Bauer was loaned out to C.S. Marítimo until the end of the 2012–13 season.[3] On 26 August 2012 he made his debut for C.S. Marítimo B in the Segunda Liga against Vitória S.C. B.[4] Six days later he scored his first goal in the Segunda Liga against Sporting B.[5] On 24 July 2013 Patrick Bauer signs a three-year contract with C.S. Marítimo.[6]

On 22 June 2015, he became Charlton Athletic's first signing of the summer by putting pen to paper on a four year contract with the Championship side.[7] Bauer made his Charlton Athletic debut against QPR on 8 August 2015. On 12 September, he scored his first goal for the club in a 1-1 draw with Rotherham United.[8]

International career

He has been capped for Germany national youth teams ten times in total.[9]

Personal life

When he was nine years old, his father died in front of his eyes collapsing at a football match.[10]

References

  1. "Changes afoot". VfB Stuttgart. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  2. "Official match report: SV Wehen Wiesbaden - VfB Stuttgart 1:2 (1:1)". German Football Association. 29 July 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  3. "Patrick Bauer wechselt auf Leihbasis". vfb.de (in German). VfB Stuttgart. 17 August 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  4. "Official match report: Marítimo B - V. Guimarães B 2:0". Portuguese League for Professional Football. 26 August 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  5. "Official match report: Sporting B - Marítimo B 3:2". Portuguese League for Professional Football. 1 September 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  6. "Filipe Oliveira é reforço para o Marítimo B e Bauer assina por três temporadas (portuguese)". Club Sport Marítimo official site. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  7. "Charlton clinch signing of 6ft 4in defender Patrick Bauer". cafc.co.uk. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  8. "Charlton 1-1 Rotherham". BBC Sport. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  9. "Schweinsteiger, Khedira, Podolski: Neue Herausforderung im Ausland" [Schweinsteiger, Khedira, Podolski: New Challenges Aborad] (in German). DFB. 19 July 2015. Archived from the original on 22 October 2015.
  10. "Patrick Bauer beißt sich durch" [Patrick Bauer bites through] (in German). Stuttgarter Nachrichten. 19 November 2011. Archived from the original on 20 November 2011.

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