Robert Bauer (footballer)

Robert Bauer

Personal information
Date of birth	(1995-04-09) 9 April 1995
Place of birth	Pforzheim, Germany
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder/Defender
Team information
Current team	Werder Bremen
Number	4
Youth career
	FSV Buckenberg
0000–2014	Karlsruher SC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2016	FC Ingolstadt II	6	(1)
2014–2016	FC Ingolstadt	42	(1)
2016–	Werder Bremen	5	(0)
International career‡
2015–2016	Germany U20	6	(0)
2016	Germany Olympic	1	(0)
Medal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:23, 25 September 2016 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:22, 11 August 2016 (UTC)

Robert Bauer (born 9 April 1995) is a German footballer of Kazakhstan German descent who plays for Werder Bremen as a midfielder or defender.

Club career

Bauer joined FC Ingolstadt in 2014 from Karlsruher SC. He made his 2. Bundesliga debut on 31 October 2014 against Fortuna Düsseldorf. He replaced Alfredo Morales at half-time in a 0–0 away draw. He scored his first Bundesliga goal from his first shot of the campaign against Darmstadt on 22 November 2015.

On 23 August 2016, Bauer signed for Werder Bremen.

International career

Eligible to represent Germany or Kazakhstan, Bauer revealed that he had rejected an offer from the latter in February 2015 in hopes of representing Germany. The next month, he received his first call-up to the Germany U20 side and represented them at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand that summer.

He was part of the squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, where Germany won the silver medal.

Honours

International

Germany

• Summer Olympic Games: Silver Medal, 2016