Personal information | |
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Nationality | German |
Born | March 30, 1984 |
Height | 1.76 metres (5 ft 9 in) (2011) |
Weight | 65 kilograms (143 lb) (2011) |
Website | www.benjaminbaltes.de |
Sport | |
Country | Germany |
Sport | Football |
Club | Kickers Offenbach |
Benjamin Baltes (born March 30, 1984 in Saarbrücken) is a German footballer who plays for Kickers Offenbach.
During his youth career, Baltes played for KFC Uerdingen, though in 2005/06 he started playing for SC Freiburg. He began playing for Uerdingen in 2002, having switched from the youth team to the first team. During this time he picked up eight goals from 32 senior appearances.
Just after Baltes achieved a player of the year award for Uerdingen, he found himself on the move, unhappy that he would be playing third division football. He decided to move to SC Freiburg, where he is contracted until 2008. Baltes has played for the German Under-20 national team.
In August 2006 he switched to VfB Lübeck, where he played for eighteen months, before moving to Rot-Weiß Essen. Her joined Aue in 2008 and was released on 30 June 2009.
In the end of 2010 he signs with the Eredivisie team SBV Excelsior. He took the 22 number.
In July 2011 he joined the German Regionalliga West side Wuppertaler SV with jersey number 3 before moving to the regional division club Kickers Offenbach.