Manuel Baum (born 30 August 1979) is a German football manager and former player. He currently manages FC Augsburg.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 30 August 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Landshut, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Augsburg | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1985 | FC Dingolfing | ||
| 1985–1998 | 1860 Munich | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2006 | FC Ismaning | ||
| 2006–2008 | FC Unterföhring | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2006–2009 | FC Unterföhring | ||
| 2009–2011 | FT Starnberg 09 | ||
| 2014 | SpVgg Unterhaching | ||
| 2015 | FC Augsburg II | ||
| 2016–2019 | FC Augsburg | ||
| 2019–2020 | Germany U20 | ||
| 2020 | Germany U18 | ||
| 2020 | Schalke 04 | ||
| 2025– | FC Augsburg | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Coaching career
editBaum became head coach of SpVgg Unterhaching on 4 January 2014, after two years working as director at the club.[1]
In the summer of 2014, Baum was hired as youth coach at FC Augsburg.[2] On 14 December 2016 he was promoted to the first team.[3] He was sacked on 9 April 2019.[4]
On 21 June 2019, Baum joined the DFB as head coach of the Germany under-20s.[5] He also had a brief stint in charge of the under-18s in 2020.
On 30 September 2020, Baum signed a two-year contract with Schalke 04.[6] After Schalke could not win any of ten Bundesliga games with him, he was fired on 18 December 2020.[7]
In December 2025, he was named manager of FC Augsburg on a short term contract until the end of the season.[8] In May 2026, his contract was extended until 2028.[9]
Managerial statistics
edit| Team | From | To | Record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | Ref. | ||||||
| SpVgg Unterhaching | 4 January 2014[1] | 20 March 2014 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12.50 | [10] | |||
| FC Augsburg II | 11 November 2015 | 31 December 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | [11] | |||
| FC Augsburg | 14 December 2016 | 9 April 2019 | 87 | 25 | 24 | 38 | 28.74 | [12] | |||
| Germany U20 | 21 June 2019 | 30 June 2020 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 80.00 | [11] | |||
| Germany U18 | 1 July 2020 | 30 September 2020 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | [11] | |||
| Schalke 04 | 30 September 2020 | 18 December 2020 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9.09 | [13] | |||
| FC Augsburg | 1 December 2025 | present | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 40.00 | ||||
| Total | 135 | 39 | 38 | 58 | 28.89 | — | |||||
References
edit- 1 2 "Baum nun alleinverantwortlicher Coach". kicker (in German). 4 January 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ↑ "Baum wird Cheftrainer im FCA-Nachwuchs" (in German). fcaugsburg.de. 25 June 2015.
- ↑ "Augsburg entlässt Trainer Schuster". dfb.de. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ↑ "FCA stellt Manuel Baum, Jens Lehmann und Stephan Schwarz frei". fcaugsburg.de (in German). 9 April 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ↑ "Manuel Baum to take over as U20 head coach". DFB. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ↑ "Manuel Baum appointed as new head coach of FC Schalke 04". FC Schalke 04. 30 September 2020. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ↑ "Schalke 04 relieve head coach Manuel Baum of his duties". FC Schalke 04. 18 December 2020.
- ↑ "FCA and Sandro Wagner part ways". FC Augsburg. 1 December 2025. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
- ↑ "Manuel Baum to remain FCA head coach". FC Augsburg. 20 May 2026. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
- ↑ "SpVgg Unterhaching - Trainer" (in German). kicker.
- 1 2 3 "Manuel Baum - Trainerprofil" (in German). DFB.
- ↑ "FC Augsburg - Trainer" (in German). kicker.
- ↑ "FC Schalke 04 - Trainer" (in German). kicker.
External links
edit- Manuel Baum at kicker (in German)
- Manuel Baum at Fussballdaten.de (in German)
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