Robert Bauer (footballer)

Robert Bauer

Bauer training with Werder Bremen in 2017
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)	Full-back, wing-back
Team information
Current team	1. FC Nürnberg (on loan from Werder Bremen)
Number	8
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	43	(1)
2018–	→ 1. FC Nürnberg (loan)	3	(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 9 October 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:22, 11 August 2016 (UTC)

Robert Bauer (born 9 April 1995) is a German professional footballer who plays as a full-back or as a wing-back for 1. FC Nürnberg on loan from Werder Bremen .

Club career

Bauer joined FC Ingolstadt in 2014 from Karlsruher SC. He made his 2. Bundesliga debut on 31 October 2014 against Fortuna Düsseldorf replacing 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.

On 5 July 2018, it was announced that Bauer was loaned to 1. FC Nürnberg for the 2018–19 season. Nürnberg secured an option to sign him permanently at the end of the season.

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