Patrick Bauer (footballer)

Patrick Bauer
Bauer training with VfB Stuttgart in 2011
Personal information
Full name Patrick Bauer[1]
Date of birth (1992-10-28) 28 October 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Backnang, Germany
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Preston North End
Number 26
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)
2012–2013 → Marítimo B (loan) 36 (5)
2013–2015 Marítimo B 22 (2)
2013–2015 Marítimo 45 (2)
2015–2019 Charlton Athletic 124 (8)
2019– Preston North End 94 (7)
International career‡
2009 Germany U17 3 (0)
2009 Germany U18 5 (1)
2011 Germany U20 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:10, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:11, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

Patrick Bauer (born 28 October 1992) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre back for EFL Championship club Preston North End.

Club career

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In May 2011 Bauer extended his contract with VfB Stuttgart until June 2015.[3] On 29 July 2011, he had his debut for the first team of VfB Stuttgart in the first round of the 2011–12 DFB-Pokal against SV Wehen Wiesbaden.[4]

On 17 August 2012, Bauer was loaned out to C.S. Marítimo until the end of the 2012–13 season.[5] On 26 August 2012, he made his debut for C.S. Marítimo B in the Segunda Liga against Vitória S.C. B.[6] Six days later, he scored his first goal in the Segunda Liga against Sporting B.[7] On 24 July 2013, Bauer signed a three-year contract with Marítimo.[8]

On 22 June 2015, Bauer became Charlton Athletic's first signing of the summer by putting pen to paper on a four-year contract with the Championship side.[9] He 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.[10]

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.[11]

He was offered a new contract by Charlton at the end of the 2018–19 season,[12] but instead decided to sign a three-year deal with Championship side Preston North End.[13]

International career

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Bauer has been capped for Germany national youth teams ten times in total.[14]

Personal life

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Bauer and his wife had their first child, a daughter, in May 2019.[15]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 7 October 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
VfB Stuttgart II 2010–11 3. Liga 2 0 3 0 — 0 0 5 0
2011–12 5 0 0 0 — 0 0 5 0
Total 7 0 3 0 — 0 0 10 0
Marítimo B (loan) 2012–13 Segunda Liga 36 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 5
Marítimo B 2013–14 Segunda Liga 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 2
2014–15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 2
Marítimo 2013–14[16] Primeira Liga 16 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 19 0
2014–15[17] 29 2 3 0 4 0 0 0 36 2
Total 45 2 3 0 7 0 0 0 55 2
Charlton Athletic 2015–16[18] Championship 19 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 21 1
2016–17[19] League One 36 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 38 4
2017–18[20] 34 3 0 0 0 0 3[a] 0 37 3
2018–19[21] 35 0 1 0 0 0 3[b] 1 39 1
Total 124 8 3 0 2 0 6 1 135 9
Preston North End 2019–20[22] Championship 41 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 3
2020–21[23] 12 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 15 2
2021–22[24] 34 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 37 3
2022–23[25] 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 0
2023–24[26] 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
2024–25[27] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 94 7 1 0 8 1 0 0 103 8
Career total 328 24 10 0 17 1 6 1 361 26
  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

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Charlton Athletic

References

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  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. ^ "Patrick Bauer". Preston North End F.C. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Changes afoot". VfB Stuttgart. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  4. ^ "Official match report: SV Wehen Wiesbaden – VfB Stuttgart 1:2 (1:1)". German Football Association. 29 July 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Official match report: Marítimo B – V. Guimarães B 2:0". Portuguese League for Professional Football. 26 August 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  7. ^ "Official match report: Sporting B – Marítimo B 3:2". Portuguese League for Professional Football. 1 September 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "Charlton clinch signing of 6ft 4in defender Patrick Bauer". cafc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  10. ^ "Charlton 1–1 Rotherham". BBC Sport. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  11. ^ "Charlton return to Championship after Patrick Bauer scores last-gasp winner". Guardian. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  12. ^ "Charlton Athletic offer Patrick Bauer and Joe Aribo new contracts". BBC Sport. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  13. ^ "Patrick Bauer Signs For Preston North End". Preston North End F.C. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ "Patrick Bauer: Charlton defender to focus on fatherhood after Wembley winner". BBC Sport. 27 May 2019.
  16. ^ "Games played by Patrick Bauer in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  17. ^ "Games played by Patrick Bauer in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  18. ^ "Games played by Patrick Bauer in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  19. ^ "Games played by Patrick Bauer in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  20. ^ "Games played by Patrick Bauer in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  21. ^ "Games played by Patrick Bauer in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  22. ^ "Games played by Patrick Bauer in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  23. ^ "Games played by Patrick Bauer in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  24. ^ "Games played by Patrick Bauer in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  25. ^ "Games played by Patrick Bauer in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  26. ^ "Games played by Patrick Bauer in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  27. ^ "Games played by Patrick Bauer in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  28. ^ Law, James (26 May 2019). "Charlton Athletic 2–1 Sunderland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
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