Daniel Baier

Daniel Baier (German pronunciation: [ˈdaːni̯eːl ˈbaɪ̯ɐ, -ni̯ɛl -]; born 18 May 1984) is a former German professional footballer who played as a midfielder.[3]

Daniel Baier
Baier with Augsburg in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-05-18) 18 May 1984
Place of birth Cologne, West Germany
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1988–1992 Teutonia Obernau
1992–1998 TSV Mainaschaff
1998–1999 Viktoria Aschaffenburg
1999–2003 1860 Munich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2007 1860 Munich 107 (3)
2007–2010 VfL Wolfsburg 16 (0)
2008 VfL Wolfsburg II 1 (1)
2008–2009 → FC Augsburg (loan) 23 (1)
2010–2020 FC Augsburg 324 (8)
Total 470 (12)
National team
2003 Germany U19 2 (0)
2004 Germany U20 3[1] (1)
2005 Germany U21 1[2] (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Born in Cologne, Baier first played for the youth team of TSV 1860 Munich. He generally plays an offensive midfield role. He played in his first league match against 1. FC Köln on 13 September 2003. He has played in the Under-20 German national team, his debut coming on 7 October 2005 against Wales.[2] Dieter Eilts has said about Daniel Baier: "Daniel is an individual talent. He plays a deadly passing game. If he continues in this way, he has a big future." On 31 January 2010, he left VfL Wolfsburg and returned to FC Augsburg.[4]

On 20 September 2017, Baier was fined €20,000 and suspended for one Bundesliga game, as he made a masturbation gesture at RB Leipzig coach Ralph Hasenhüttl during the 1–0 victory against Leipzig the day before.[5][6]

After 355 competitive appearances for FC Augsburg, Baier was released by the club on 23 July 2020.[7]

Baier announced his retirement from professional football on 9 September 2020.[8]

Personal life

His father Jürgen was also a footballer who played for Darmstadt 98.[9] His brother Benjamin, who is also a midfielder, currently plays for Viktoria Aschaffenburg.

Career statistics
As of 23 July 2020[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League DFB-Pokal Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1860 Munich 2003–04 Bundesliga 12020—140
2004–05 2. Bundesliga 30120—321
2005–06 31040—350
2006–07 34210—352
Total 107390—1163
VfL Wolfsburg 2007–08 Bundesliga 15010—160
2009–10 10100020
Total 1602000180
VfL Wolfsburg II 2008–09 Regionalliga Nord 11——11
FC Augsburg 2008–09 (loan) 2. Bundesliga 23110—241
2009–10 100102[lower-alpha 1]0130
2010–11 17120—191
2011–12 Bundesliga 33020—350
2012–13 33230—362
2013–14 34030—370
2014–15 34110—351
2015–16 281306[lower-alpha 2]0371
2016–17 27120—291
2017–18 29010—300
2018–19 33030—360
2019–20 23110—241
Total 3248230803558
Career total 449123408049012
  1. Appearances in the 2. Bundesliga promotion play-offs
  2. Appearances in the Europa League

References
  1. "Daniel Baier" (in German). Daniel Baier. Archived from the original on 6 September 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
  2. "U 21 Men". dfb.de. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
  3. "Daniel Baier" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
  4. "Baier kommt – Schindler geht" [Baier comes – Schindler leaves] (in German). fcaugsburg.de. 31 January 2010. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
  5. "Augsburg captain Baier banned, fined over 'masturbation' gesture". 20 September 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  6. "DFB-Kontrollausschuss ermittelt gegen Baier". 20 September 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  7. "FCA release Daniel Baier". FC Augsburg. 23 July 2020.
  8. "Langjähriger FCA-Kapitän Baier verkündet Karriereende" (in German). 9 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  9. "Das Schlimmste ist die Ungewissheit" [The worst is the uncertainty] (in German). Augsburger Allgemeine. 18 February 2009. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
  10. "Daniel Baier". Fussballdaten. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
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