Timo Baumgartl (born 4 March 1996) is a German professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as

centre back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

for 2. Bundesliga club

Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Schalke 04 (), Schalke 04 (), or abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional German football and multi-sports club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine ...

Club career

Stuttgart

Baumgartl made his debut on 18 December 2013 for

VfB Stuttgart II VfB Stuttgart II is a German Association football, football team located in Stuttgart, currently playing in the Regionalliga Südwest. From 2008 to 2016 the team played in the 3. Liga. They are the German reserve football teams, reserve team of V ...

in the 3. Liga against

Borussia Dortmund II Borussia Dortmund II are the reserve team of Borussia Dortmund. They play in the 3. Liga, at Stadion Rote Erde. Until 2005, the team played as Borussia Dortmund Amateure. History From Kreisliga to Oberliga (Until 1997) The second team of Boruss ...

in a 2–1 home defeat. He played the full game as a

. He made his

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...

debut for the first team of

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's football team is currently part of Germany's first division, the Bundesliga. VfB Stu ...

on 8 November 2014 against

Werder Bremen Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 e. V. (), commonly known as Werder Bremen (), Werder or simply Bremen, is a German professional sports club based in Bremen, Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. Founded on 4 February 1899, they are be ...

. On 26 January 2015, Baumgartl extended his contract with VfB Stuttgart until June 2018. He renewed his contract again until June 2020 on 11 August 2015. On 3 December 2017, Baumgartl signed a new five-year contract with VfB, keeping him at Stuttgart until June 2022.

PSV

On 25 July 2019,

PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging (; en, Philips Sports Association ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional football department, whi ...

announced the signing of Baumgartl on a five-year deal.

Union Berlin (loan)

On 1 July 2021, it was announced that Baumgartl returned to Germany to play for

Union Berlin 1. Fußballclub Union Berlin e. V., commonly known as 1. FC Union Berlin () or Union Berlin, is a professional German football club in Köpenick, Berlin. The club's origins can be traced to 1906, when its predecessor FC Olympia Oberschöneweid ...

on a season-long loan deal with an option to buy. On 15 June 2022, PSV announced that Baumgartl's loan at Union had been extended through the 2022-23 season.

Schalke 04

On 26 July 2023, he signed with

on a two-year contract. , -

Career statistics

References

External links

Profile
at the FC Schalke 04 website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Baumgartl, Timo 1996 births Living people German men's footballers Men's association football defenders Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Eredivisie players VfB Stuttgart II players VfB Stuttgart players PSV Eindhoven players 1. FC Union Berlin players FC Schalke 04 players Germany men's youth international footballers Germany men's under-21 international footballers German expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands People from Böblingen Footballers from Stuttgart (region) 21st-century German people