Oliver Baumann (; born 2 June 1990) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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, where he is also

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, and the Germany national team.

Club career

SC Freiburg

Youth and B teams

Oliver Baumann joined

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's youth team in 2002, since then he has gone on to make 104

appearances for the club. He went on to make 21 appearances for SC Freiburg.

First team

On the last day of the

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season, Baumann made his senior team debut in a 3–1 home victory over

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. He became the

first-choice goalkeeper from the 2010–11 season onwards, where he made 30 appearances in the

. In June 2011, he extended his contract until 2015. In the following two seasons, 2011–12 and

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, Baumann made a total of 73 appearances for the Freiburg first-team, 67 of those in the league. In the 2013–14 season he continued to be the mainstay of the Freiburg line-up, starting all of the club's first six

fixtures, as well as starting Freiburg's opening

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and

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matches. In a match against Hamburg SV, Baumann made three terrible bloopers that led to a 3–0 loss to Hamburg SV. Despite his terrible performance, he started the following game against

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and kept a clean sheet to help Freiburg achieve its first win of the 2013–14 season. On 24 September 2013, Baumann signed a new contract at the club.

TSG Hoffenheim

On 14 May 2014, Baumann joined

on a four-year contract deal. He became Hoffenheim's starting goalkeeper ever since, and team captain in 2022 following the retirement of Benjamin Hübner. In the 2023–24 season, he achieved the most saves in Bundesliga in 157 occasions.

International career

Baumann made at least one appearance for each of the nation's youth sides from under-18 to under-21 level. His only Germany under-18 appearance came in a 3–2 friendly defeat to the

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in 2007. Four of his seven under-19 matches were qualifiers for the 2009 European Under-19 Championships, but despite his two clean sheets in the

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, Germany failed to progress. After making two appearances for Germany's under-20 side, against

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and

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, he made the step up to under-21 level. He played once in qualifying for the 2011 European Championships, three times in 2013 qualifying, and once in the 2013 finals, as well as four friendlies. Baumann was called up to Germany's squad for

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matches against

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and

in September 2020, and named in the squad for

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on home soil, but did not play. He finally made his senior debut on 14 October 2024, in the starting eleven for a

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match against the

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at the

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, and kept a clean sheet in Germany's 1–0 victory.

Career statistics

Club

International

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baumann, Oliver 1990 births Living people People from Breisach Footballers from Freiburg (region) German men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers SC Freiburg players TSG 1899 Hoffenheim players Bundesliga players Regionalliga players UEFA Euro 2024 players Germany men's youth international footballers Germany men's under-21 international footballers Germany men's international footballers 21st-century German sportsmen