Karsten Baumann
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 Baumann with MSV Duisburg in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 October 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Oldenburg, West Germany[1] | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Glückauf Oldenburg | |||
| TuS Eversten | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1988 | VfB Oldenburg | 1 | (0) |
| 1988–1998 | 1. FC Köln | 220 | (9) |
| 1998–2000 | Borussia Dortmund | 41 | (0) |
| 2001 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 23 | (2) |
| 2002–2003 | Viktoria Köln | 24 | (2) |
| 2003–2005 | Wuppertaler SV Borussia | 62 | (1) |
| 2005–2006 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 17 | (0) |
| Total | 389 | (14) | |
| International career | |||
| 1990 | Germany Olympic | 1 | (0) |
| 1992 | Germany U-21 | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2008–2009 | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | ||
| 2009–2011 | VfL Osnabrück | ||
| 2012–2013 | Erzgebirge Aue | ||
| 2013–2014 | MSV Duisburg | ||
| 2014–2015 | Hansa Rostock | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Karsten Baumann (born 14 October 1969) is a German football manager and former player[2] who last managed Hansa Rostock.[3]
He spent twelve years in the Bundesliga where he was mainly a player within the squad.
During his youth he played one match for the Germany national U-21 team.
Coaching career
Baumann started his coaching career at Rot-Weiß Erfurt when he was hired on 19 February 2008.[4] His first match as head coach was a 5–0 win against the reserve team of VfL Wolfsburg on 23 February 2008.[5] He finished the 2007–08 season in seventh place and promotion to the first ever 3. Liga season.[6] Baumann was sacked on 28 April 2009,[7] three days after Rot-Weiß Erfurt lost to Kickers Emden 1–0.[8]
His next job was at VfL Osnabrück[9] when he was appointed on 12 June 2009.[10] His first match as head coach of Osnabrück was a 1–0 loss to Eintracht Braunschweig.[11] He was sacked on 21 March 2011 after losing 3–1 to Alemannia Aachen.[12]
Then on 22 February 2012, Erzgebirge Aue hired Baumann as head coach after Rico Schmitt was sacked the previous day.[13] His first match as head coach of Erzgebirge Aue was a 2–0 loss to Energie Cottbus.[14] He was sacked on 28 April 2013.[15] His final match was a 0–0 draw against MSV Duisburg.[16]
He then took over the job at Duisburg on 8 July 2013.[17] On 15 April 2014, Duisburg announced that Baumann wouldn't return for another season[18] and had his final match on 15 May 2014 in the state cup final which Duisburg won 5–2.[19]
On 9 December 2014, he was hired as the head coach of Hansa Rostock.[20] He was sacked on 5 December 2015.[21]
