Benjamin Baier
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 23 July 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Aschaffenburg, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Viktoria Aschaffenburg | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FSV Teutonia Obernau | |||
| Viktoria Aschaffenburg | |||
| –2007 | Kickers Offenbach | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2010 | Kickers Offenbach | 32 | (2) |
| 2010–2011 | RB Leipzig | 21 | (1) |
| 2011–2014 | SV Darmstadt 98 | 71 | (4) |
| 2014–2019 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 159 | (31) |
| 2019– | Viktoria Aschaffenburg | 129 | (22) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 October 2024 | |||
Benjamin Baier (born 23 July 1988) is a German footballer[1] who plays as an attacking midfielder for Viktoria Aschaffenburg.
Career
[edit]Baier began his career with Kickers Offenbach, making his debut in November 2007 as a substitute for Denis Epstein in a 2–1 defeat to SpVgg Greuther Fürth in the 2. Bundesliga. Offenbach were relegated at the end of the 2007–08 season, and Baier spent the following two years playing for the club in the 3. Liga, before joining RB Leipzig of the Regionalliga Nord in 2010. A year later he returned to the 3. Liga, and Hessen, to sign for SV Darmstadt 98. In the 2013–14 season Darmstadt finished in third place, and won promotion to the 2. Bundesliga after a dramatic win over Arminia Bielefeld in the playoff. Baier would leave the club at the end of the season, though, joining Regionalliga West side Rot-Weiss Essen.
On 16 June 2019, Viktoria Aschaffenburg announced that Baier had joined the club on a 2-year contract.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Baier's brother Daniel is a professional footballer, as was his father Jürgen.
References
[edit]- ^ Benjamin Baier at kicker (in German)
- ^ Transfercoup – Viktoria angelt sich Benjamin Baier, sva01.de, 16 June 2019
External links
[edit]- Benjamin Baier at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Benjamin Baier at Soccerway
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- 1988 births
- Living people
- German men's footballers
- SV Darmstadt 98 players
- Kickers Offenbach players
- RB Leipzig players
- Rot-Weiss Essen players
- Viktoria Aschaffenburg players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- 3. Liga players
- Regionalliga players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Sportspeople from Aschaffenburg
- Footballers from Lower Franconia
- 21st-century German sportsmen
- German football midfielder, 1980s birth stubs