Michael Baur (born 16 April 1969) is an Austrian former professional
footballer
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who played as a
defensive midfielder
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.
Club career
Born in
Innsbruck, Baur started his career with
Tirol Innsbruck and played 12 seasons for them, winning four league titles and a domestic cup. In 1997, he went for a short break to Japan and also played a season in the German
Bundesliga
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for
Hamburger SV
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. At 34 years of age, he signed for
SV Pasching
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and after another four seasons there he decided to make another move and switched to
LASK Linz
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.
International career
Baur made his debut for the
Austria national team in a May 1990 friendly match against
the Netherlands
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as a substitute for
Kurt Russ
Kurt Russ (born 23 November 1964) is an Austrian football coach and a former player.
Club career
Russ began his playing career with his home town club of FC Langenwang and later moved on to Kapfenberger SV. During his professional club career h ...
and was a non-playing squad member at the
1990 FIFA World Cup. His last international match was an October 2002 European Championship qualifying match, also against the Netherlands. He earned a total of 40 caps, scoring five goals.
Coaching career
Baur was announced as the new head coach of
SV Grödig on 7 May 2014,
four days before the final match of the end of the 2013–14 season.
He begins in the 2014–15 season.
He had been the head coach of the reserve team of
Red Bull Salzburg from the summer of 2012
to end of November 2013.
He was sacked on 4 June 2015.
Career statistics
Club
International
Coaching record
Honours
Tirol Innsbruck
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Austrian Bundesliga:
1989–90,
1999–2000,
2000–01,
2001–02
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Austrian Cup: 1992–93
References
External links
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1969 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Innsbruck
Footballers from Tyrol (state)
Austrian footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Austria men's international footballers
1990 FIFA World Cup players
Austrian Football Bundesliga players
J1 League players
Bundesliga players
FC Tirol Innsbruck players
Urawa Red Diamonds players
Hamburger SV players
LASK players
Austrian expatriate footballers
Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Japan
Expatriate footballers in Japan
Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Expatriate footballers in Germany
FC Wacker Innsbruck players
FC Swarovski Tirol players