Patrick Bauer (footballer)

Patrick Bauer

Bauer wearing a Charlton Athletic kit
Personal information
Full name Patrick Bauer[1]
Date of birth (1992-10-28) 28 October 1992
Place of birth Backnang, Germany
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 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 32 (3)
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 26 November 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 November 2016

Patrick Bauer (born 28 October 1992) is a German professional 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.[2] 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.[3]

On 17 August 2012 Patrick Bauer was loaned out to C.S. Marítimo until the end of the 2012–13 season.[4] On 26 August 2012 he made his debut for C.S. Marítimo B in the Segunda Liga against Vitória S.C. B.[5] Six days later he scored his first goal in the Segunda Liga against Sporting B.[6] On 24 July 2013 Patrick Bauer signs a three-year contract with C.S. Marítimo.[7]

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.[8] 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.[9]

International career

He has been capped for Germany national youth teams ten times in total.[10]

Personal life

When he was nine years old, his father died in front of his eyes collapsing at a football match.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "EFL: Retained list: 2015/16" (PDF). English Football League. p. 19. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Changes afoot". VfB Stuttgart. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "Official match report: SV Wehen Wiesbaden - VfB Stuttgart 1:2 (1:1)". German Football Association. 29 July 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  4. ↑ "Patrick Bauer wechselt auf Leihbasis". vfb.de (in German). VfB Stuttgart. 17 August 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  5. ↑ "Official match report: Marítimo B - V. Guimarães B 2:0". Portuguese League for Professional Football. 26 August 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  6. ↑ "Official match report: Sporting B - Marítimo B 3:2". Portuguese League for Professional Football. 1 September 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "Charlton clinch signing of 6ft 4in defender Patrick Bauer". cafc.co.uk. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  9. ↑ "Charlton 1-1 Rotherham". BBC Sport. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ "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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