Manuel Baum (born 30 August 1979) is a German football

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and former player, who last coached

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 ...

Coaching career

Baum became head coach of

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on 4 January 2014, after two years working as director at the club. In the summer of 2014, Baum was hired as youth coach at

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. On 14 December 2016 he was promoted to the first team. He was sacked on 9 April 2019. On 21 June 2019, Baum joined the

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as head coach of the Germany under-20s. He also had a brief stint in charge of the under-18s in 2020. On 30 September 2020, Baum signed a two-year contract with

. After Schalke could not win any of ten Bundesliga games with him, he was fired on 18 December 2020.

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* 1979 births Living people German footballers German football managers SpVgg Unterhaching managers Association football goalkeepers 3. Liga managers FC Augsburg managers FC Schalke 04 managers Bundesliga managers Sportspeople from Landshut Footballers from Bavaria {{Germany-footy-goalkeeper-stub