Daniel Baier

Daniel Baier
Personal information
Date of birth 18 May 1984 (1984-05-18) (age 27)
Place of birth Cologne, West Germany
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club FC Augsburg
Number 10
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)
2008–2009 FC Augsburg (loan) 23 (1)
2010– FC Augsburg 41 (1)
National team
Germany U19 2 (0)
Germany U20 3[1] (1)
2005 Germany U21 1[2] (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:58, 29 November 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Daniel Baier (born 18 May 1984 in Cologne[3]) is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Augsburg.[4]

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Career

Baier first played for the youth team of 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.[5]

Personal life

His father, Jürgen Baier, was also a footballer, he played for Darmstadt 98.[6]

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