Patrick Bauer (footballer)

Patrick Bauer (born 28 October 1992) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defender for Preston North End.

Patrick Bauer
Personal information
Full name Patrick Bauer[1]
Date of birth (1992-10-28) 28 October 1992
Place of birth Backnang, Germany
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
Preston North End
Number 21
Youth career
0000–2005 TSG Backnang
2005–2010 VfB Stuttgart
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 VfB Stuttgart II 7 (0)
2011–2012 VfB Stuttgart 0 (0)
2012–2015 Marítimo B 58 (7)
2013–2015 Marítimo 45 (2)
2015–2019 Charlton Athletic 124 (8)
2019– Preston North End 33 (2)
National team
2009 Germany U17 2 (0)
2009 Germany U18 5 (1)
2011 Germany U20 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:20, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11:11, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

Club career

In May 2011 Patrick Bauer extended his contract with VfB Stuttgart until June 2015.[2] On 29 July 2011 Bauer had his debut for the first team of VfB Stuttgart in the first round of the 2011–12 DFB-Pokal against SV Wehen Wiesbaden.[3]

On 17 August 2012 Patrick Bauer was loaned out to C.S. Marítimo until the end of the 2012–13 season.[4] On 26 August 2012 he made his debut for C.S. Marítimo B in the Segunda Liga against Vitória S.C. B.[5] Six days later he scored his first goal in the Segunda Liga against Sporting B.[6] On 24 July 2013 Patrick Bauer signs a three-year contract with C.S. Marítimo.[7]

On 22 June 2015, he became Charlton Athletic's first signing of the summer by putting pen to paper on a four-year contract with the Championship side.[8] Bauer made his Charlton Athletic debut against QPR on 8 August 2015. On 12 September, he scored his first goal for the club in a 1–1 draw with Rotherham United.[9]

On 26 May, 2019 Bauer scored the winning goal for Charlton in the 94th minute of the 2019 EFL League One play-off Final against Sunderland at Wembley Stadium.[10]

He was offered a new contract by Charlton at the end of the 2018–19 season,[11] but instead decided to sign a three-year deal with Championship side Preston North End.[12]

International career

He has been capped for Germany national youth teams ten times in total.[13]

Personal life

Bauer and his wife had their first child, a daughter, in May 2019.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of 7 March 2020
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
VfB Stuttgart II 2010–11 3. Liga 20300050
2011–12 50000050
Stuttgart II total 703000100
CS Marítimo B 2012–13 Segunda Liga 365000000365
2013–14 202000000202
2014–15 2000000020
Maritimo B total 587000000587
Marítimo 2013–14[15] Primeira Liga 160003000190
2014–15[16] 292304000362
Marítimo total 452307000552
Charlton Athletic 2015–16[17] Championship 191002000211
2016–17[18] League One 364200000384
2017–18[19] 34300003[lower-alpha 1]0373
2018–19[20] 35010003[lower-alpha 2]1391
Charlton Athletic total 12483020611359
Preston North End 2019–20[21] Championship 332000000332
Preston North End total 332000000332
Career total 2671990906129120
  1. One appearance in the EFL Trophy and two in the League One play-offs
  2. Three appearances in the League One play-offs

Honours

Charlton Athletic

References

  1. "EFL: Retained list: 2015/16" (PDF). English Football League. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  2. "Changes afoot". VfB Stuttgart. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  3. "Official match report: SV Wehen Wiesbaden – VfB Stuttgart 1:2 (1:1)". German Football Association. 29 July 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  4. "Patrick Bauer wechselt auf Leihbasis". vfb.de (in German). VfB Stuttgart. 17 August 2012. Archived from the original on 12 January 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  5. "Official match report: Marítimo B – V. Guimarães B 2:0". Portuguese League for Professional Football. 26 August 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  6. "Official match report: Sporting B – Marítimo B 3:2". Portuguese League for Professional Football. 1 September 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  7. "Filipe Oliveira é reforço para o Marítimo B e Bauer assina por três temporadas (portuguese)". Club Sport Marítimo official site. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  8. "Charlton clinch signing of 6ft 4in defender Patrick Bauer". cafc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  9. "Charlton 1–1 Rotherham". BBC Sport. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  10. "Charlton return to Championship after Patrick Bauer scores last-gasp winner". Guardian. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  11. "Charlton Athletic offer Patrick Bauer and Joe Aribo new contracts". BBC Sport. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  12. "Patrick Bauer Signs For Preston North End". Preston North End F.C. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  13. "Schweinsteiger, Khedira, Podolski: Neue Herausforderung im Ausland" [Schweinsteiger, Khedira, Podolski: New Challenges Abroad] (in German). DFB. 19 July 2015. Archived from the original on 22 October 2015.
  14. "Patrick Bauer: Charlton defender to focus on fatherhood after Wembley winner". BBC Sport. 27 May 2019.
  15. "Games played by Patrick Bauer in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  16. "Games played by Patrick Bauer in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  17. "Games played by Patrick Bauer in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  18. "Games played by Patrick Bauer in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  19. "Games played by Patrick Bauer in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  20. "Games played by Patrick Bauer in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  21. "Games played by Patrick Bauer in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  22. Law, James (26 May 2019). "Charlton Athletic 2–1 Sunderland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
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