Oliver Baumann

Oliver Baumann
Baumann with TSG Hoffenheim in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-06-02) 2 June 1990 (age 34)[1]
Place of birth Breisach, West Germany
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1][2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 TSG 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– TSG Hoffenheim 341 (0)
International career‡
2008 Germany U18 1 (0)
2008–2009 Germany U19 7 (0)
2010 Germany U20 2 (0)
2010–2013 Germany U21 10 (0)
2024– Germany 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:36, 23 November 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23;25, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

Oliver Baumann (German pronunciation: [ˈɔlivɐ ˈbaʊman]; born 2 June 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for and captains Bundesliga club TSG Hoffenheim and the Germany national team.[2]

Club career

SC Freiburg

Youth and B teams

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 went on to make 21 appearances for SC Freiburg.

First team

Baumann with Freiburg in 2013

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.[3] He became the SC Freiburg first-choice goalkeeper from the 2010–11 season onwards, where he made 30 appearances in the Bundesliga.[citation needed] In June 2011, he extended his contract until 2015.[4] 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 club's 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 terrible bloopers that led to a 3–0 loss to Hamburg SV.[5] Despite his terrible performance, he started the following game against Nürnberg and kept a clean sheet to help Freiburg achieve its first win of the 2013–14 season.[6] On 24 September 2013, Baumann signed a new contract at the club.[7]

TSG Hoffenheim

On 14 May 2014, Baumann joined TSG Hoffenheim on a four-year contract deal.[8] He became Hoffenheim's starting goalkeeper ever since, and team captain in 2022 following the retirement of Benjamin Hübner.[9] In the 2023–24 season, he achieved the most saves in Bundesliga in 157 occasions.[10]

International career

Baumann made at least one appearance for each of the nation's youth sides from under-18 to under-21 level.[11] His only Germany under-18 appearance came in a 3–2 friendly defeat to the Republic of Ireland in 2007.[11] Four of his seven under-19 matches were qualifiers for the 2009 European Under-19 Championships, but despite his two clean sheets in the elite round, Germany failed to progress.[12][13]

After making two appearances for Germany's under-20 side, against Switzerland and Italy,[11] he made the step up to under-21 level. He played once in qualifying for the 2011 European Championships, three times in 2013 qualifying, and once in the 2013 finals, as well as four friendlies.[12]

Baumann was called up to Germany's squad for UEFA Nations League matches against Spain and Switzerland in September 2020,[14] and named in the squad for UEFA Euro 2024 on home soil,[15] but did not play. He finally made his senior debut on 14 October 2024, in the starting eleven for a 2024–25 UEFA Nations League A match against the Netherlands at the Allianz Arena, and kept a clean sheet in Germany's 1–0 victory.[16]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 23 November 2024[17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League DFB-Pokal Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
SC Freiburg II 2009–10 Regionalliga Süd 20 0 — — 20 0
2010–11 2 0 — — 2 0
Total 22 0 — — 22 0
SC Freiburg 2009–10 Bundesliga 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
2010–11 30 0 1 0 — 31 0
2011–12 33 0 1 0 — 34 0
2012–13 34 0 5 0 — 39 0
2013–14 33 0 3 0 6[a] 0 42 0
Total 131 0 10 0 6 0 147 0
TSG Hoffenheim 2014–15 Bundesliga 34 0 3 0 — 37 0
2015–16 33 0 1 0 — 34 0
2016–17 34 0 2 0 — 36 0
2017–18 34 0 0 0 7[b] 0 41 0
2018–19 33 0 0 0 6[c] 0 39 0
2019–20 30 0 1 0 — 31 0
2020–21 31 0 2 0 7[a] 0 40 0
2021–22 33 0 2 0 — 35 0
2022–23 34 0 3 0 — 37 0
2023–24 34 0 2 0 — 36 0
2024–25 11 0 1 0 4[a] 0 16 0
Total 341 0 17 0 24 0 382 0
Career total 484 0 27 0 30 0 541 0
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 16 November 2024[18]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Germany 2024 2 0
Total 2 0

References

  1. ^ a b "Oliver Baumann | TSG Hoffenheim | Player Profile | Bundesliga". bundesliga.com. DFL. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Steckbrief Oliver Baumann". TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Bundesliga 34. Spieltag: SC Freiburg – Borussia Dortmund". Zeit Online (in German). 8 May 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Oliver Baumann verlängert beim SC Freiburg". Badische Zeitung (in German). 28 June 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Bundesliga: Freiburg keeper Oliver Baumann was positive despite 3-0 loss to Hamburg". Sky Sports. 28 October 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  6. ^ "DARIDA FIRES FREIBURG PAST SORRY NÜRNBERG". bundesliga.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  7. ^ "SC Freiburg verlängert vorzeitig mit Oliver Baumann". Badische Zeitung (in German). 24 September 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  8. ^ "Oliver Baumann wechselt zur TSG". TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (in German). 14 May 2014.
  9. ^ "Who are the Bundesliga's captains in 2023/24?".
  10. ^ "Bundesliga Stats 2023-2024: Shots saved". Bundesliga. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  11. ^ a b c "Oliver Baumann: Internationals". worldfootball.net. HeimSpiel Medien. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  12. ^ a b "Oliver Baumann: Spielerprofil" [Oliver Baumann: Player profile]. DFB Datencenter (in German). Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  13. ^ "Mérida sends Spain into finals again". UEFA. 26 May 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  14. ^ "Löw: "Ich habe Verantwortung gegenüber den Spielern"" (in German). German Football Association. 25 August 2020. Archived from the original on 30 March 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  15. ^ "UEFA Euro 2024: All squads and players full list". Olympics.com. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  16. ^ Mo, Frank (15 October 2024). ""The game could not have been more perfect", Oliver Baumann reacts to dream debut for Germany in 1–0 win over the Netherlands". Bavarian Football Works. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  17. ^ "Oliver Baumann: Club matches". worldfootball.net. HeimSpiel Medien. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  18. ^ "Oliver Baumann international matches". EU-Football.info. 14 October 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
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