Benjamin Baier

Benjamin Baier
Personal information
Date of birth23 July 1988
Place of birthAschaffenburg, West Germany
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionAttacking Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Rot-Weiss Essen
Number31
Youth career
FSV Teutonia Obernau
Viktoria Aschaffenburg
–2007Kickers Offenbach
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2010Kickers Offenbach32(2)
2010–2011RB Leipzig21(1)
2011–2014SV Darmstadt 9871(4)
2014–Rot-Weiss Essen0(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 July 2014.
† Appearances (Goals).

Benjamin Baier (born 23 July 1988) is a German footballer[1] who plays as an attacking midfielder for Rot-Weiss Essen.

Career

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.

Personal life

Baier's brother Daniel is a professional footballer, as was his father Jürgen.

References

  1. "Baier, Benjamin" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 16 November 2012.

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