Oliver Baumann (born 2 June 1990) is a German professional

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who currently plays as a

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for

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club

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Club career

SC Freiburg

Youth and B teams

Oliver Baumann joined

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's youth team in 2002, since then he has gone on to make 104

appearances for the club. He made his youth team debut for Freiburg on 2 September 2007 at the age of 19. Two years later he made his first appearance for Freiburg's second string side SC Freiburg ll in the Regionalliga Süd against

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, keeping a clean sheet in a 0–0 draw. He went on to make another 21 appearances for SC Freiburg.

First team

On the last day of the

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season, Baumann made his senior team debut in a 3–1 home victory over

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. He became the

first-choice goalkeeper from the 2010–11 season onwards, where he made 30 appearances in the

. In June 2011, he extended his contract until 2015. In the following two seasons, 2011–12 and

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, Baumann made a total of 73 appearances for the Freiburg first-team, 67 of those in the league. In the 2013–14 season he continued to be the mainstay of the Freiburg line-up, starting all of the club's first six

fixtures, as well as starting Freiburg's opening

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and

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matches. In a match against Hamburg SV, Baumann made three terrible bloopers that led to a 3–0 loss to Hamburg SV. Despite his terrible performance, he started the following game against Nürnberg and kept a clean sheet to help Freiburg achieve its first win of the 2013/14 season. On 24 September 2013, Baumann signed a new contract at the club.

Hoffenheim

On 14 May 2014, Baumann joined

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on a four-year contract deal.

International career

Baumann is yet to make his senior team debut for Germany, but has made at least one appearance for all of the nation's youth sides from Under-18 level to Under-21 level. He made his one and only Germany U-18 appearance in a 2–3 friendly defeat to the Republic of Ireland in the under-18 side. All four of Baumann's Under-19 appearances came in friendlies, most notable was a 5–0 home win against the Estonia U-19 side. After then making two appearances for Germany's U-20 side against the Switzerland Under-20s and Italy Under-20s, he made the step up to Under-21 level. For the 2010–11 season, Baumann made four Germany U-21 friendly appearances, conceding six goals during those matches. Since that season, he has made just five Under-21 appearances in three seasons, mainly due to

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goalkeeper

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being coach Rainer Adrion's (now Horst Hrubesch's) first choice. Baumann was called up to the senior Germany squad for the UEFA Nations League matches against

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and Switzerland in September 2020. and he’s never been called up since.

Career statistics

Club

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Baumann, Oliver 1990 births Living people People from Breisach Sportspeople from Freiburg (region) German footballers Footballers from Baden-Württemberg Germany under-21 international footballers Germany youth international footballers Association football goalkeepers SC Freiburg players TSG 1899 Hoffenheim players Bundesliga players 21st-century German people