Michael Baur

Michael Baur

Personal information
Full name	Michael Baur
Date of birth	16 April 1969 (1969-04-16)
Place of birth	Innsbruck, Austria
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Defensive Midfielder
Youth career
	SV Innsbruck
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1989–1996	Tirol Innsbruck	233	(18)
1997	Urawa Red Diamonds	2	(0)
1997–2002	Tirol Innsbruck	139	(23)
2002–2003	Hamburger SV	11	(0)
2003–2007	SV Pasching	128	(10)
2007–2009	LASK Linz	66	(6)
Total		584	(58)
National team
1990–2002	Austria	40	(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Michael Baur (born 16 April 1969 in Innsbruck) is a retired Austrian football player.

Club career

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 for Hamburger SV. At 34 years of age, he signed for SV Pasching and after another four seasons there he decided to make another move and switched to LASK Linz.

International career

He made his debut for Austria in a May 1990 friendly match against Holland as a substitute for Kurt Russ 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 Holland. He earned a total of 40 caps, scoring 5 goals.

Club career statistics

Club performance			League
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals
Austria			League
1989–90	Swarovski Tirol	Bundesliga	22	2
1990–91			36	1
1991–92			33	3
1992–93			33	3
1993–94	Tirol Innsbruck	Bundesliga	34	6
1994–95			30	1
1995–96			33	1
1996–97			12	1
Japan			League
1997	Urawa Red Diamonds	J. League 1	2	0
Austria			League
1997–98	Tirol Innsbruck	Bundesliga	28	3
1998–99			27	4
1999–00			19	4
2000–01			34	6
2001–02			31	6
Germany			League
2002–03	Hamburger SV	Bundesliga	10	0
Austria			League
2003–04	Pasching	Bundesliga	31	4
2004–05			29	1
2005–06			34	3
2006–07			34	3
2007–08	LASK Linz	Bundesliga	35	2
2008–09			31	3
Country	Austria		566	57
	Japan		2	0
	Germany		10	0
Total			578	57

International career statistics

Austria national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1990	2	0
1991	7	0
1992	7	1
1993	6	1
1994	1	0
1995	0	0
1996	0	0
1997	0	0
1998	0	0
1999	0	0
2000	2	1
2001	8	2
2002	7	0
Total	40	5

Honours

• Austrian Football Bundesliga (4):
  • 1989–90, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02
• Austrian Cup (1):
  • 1992–93

External links

• Michael Baur at National-Football-Teams.com