Frank Baum (born 30 January 1956) is a retired German soccer-player, who played as a defender for several German soccer-clubs and the East Germany national soccer-team between 1963 and 1997. Baum spent his youth playing for BSG Aktivist Zwenkau and

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. Between 1974 and 1979 Baum played for BSG Chemie Leipzig and by the 1978-79 season was a regular first-team player. On 28 February 1979 he gained his first

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for East Germany in a 1-0 loss to

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. The same year saw Baum transfer to city rivals Lokomotiv Leipzig, where he played for the next ten years. Following the transfer, he won the FDGB Pokal three times and played the European Cup. He was part of the team who reached the final of the 1986-87 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in Athens, losing 1-0 to

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. In total, Baum played in 248 games in the

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, scoring ten goals. Between 1979 and 1984 he made 17 appearances for East Germany. He won a silver medal in the

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with the GDR Olympic team. After leaving Lokomotive Leipzig in 1989, Baum had spells at Chemie Böhlen,

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and VfB Zwenkau. Baum became first-team

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at SV LVB Leipzig and also coached Kickers 94 Markkleeberg in 1995. Currently, he is coaching the men's first team of the Leipzig Transport Authority team in the Leipzig District League.

Honors

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champion: 1981, 1986, 1987 (1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig) *

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runners-up:

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(1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig) *

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silver medal:

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(East Germany)

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References

1956 births Living people People from Zwenkau Sportspeople from Bezirk Leipzig East German men's footballers Footballers from Saxony Men's association football defenders East Germany men's international footballers 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig players FSV Zwickau players FC Sachsen Leipzig players Olympic footballers for East Germany Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze German men's footballers DDR-Oberliga players {{germany-footy-forward-1950s-stub