Oliver Baumann

Oliver Baumann (born 2 June 1990) is a German professional footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for and captains Bundesliga club TSG Hoffenheim.[2]

Oliver Baumann
Baumann with TSG Hoffenheim in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-06-02) 2 June 1990[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 298 (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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 August 2023

Club career

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

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. 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]

International career

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

Baumann was called up to the senior Germany squad for the UEFA Nations League matches against Spain and Switzerland in September 2020.[9]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 14 August 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
SC Freiburg 2009–10 Bundesliga 1000—10
2010–11 30010—310
2011–12 33010—340
2012–13 34050—390
2013–14 3303060420
Total 1310100601470
1899 Hoffenheim 2014–15 Bundesliga 34030—370
2015–16 33010—340
2016–17 34020—360
2017–18 3400070410
2018–19 3300060390
2019–20 30010—310
2020–21 3102070400
2021–22 33020—350
2022–23 34030—370
2023–24 0010—10
Total 29601502003310
Career total 42702502604780

References
  1. "Oliver Baumann | TSG Hoffenheim | Player Profile | Bundesliga". bundesliga.com. DFL. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  2. "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. "Löw: "Ich habe Verantwortung gegenüber den Spielern"" (in German). DFB. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
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