Lisa Baum
German footballer (born 2006)
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Lisa Baum (born 25 November 2006) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Women's Super League club Arsenal. Born in Tanzania, she is a youth international for Germany. She has previously played for Frauen-Bundesliga clubs Hamburger SV and RB Leipzig.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 25 November 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Arsenal | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| MTV Ahrensbök | |||
| TSV Pansdorf | |||
| 2021–2022 | Hamburger SV | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2025 | Hamburger SV | 59 | (17) |
| 2025–2026 | RB Leipzig | 25 | (5) |
| 2026– | Arsenal | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2022 | Germany U16 | 7 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Germany U17 | 11 | (1) |
| 2023–2025 | Germany U19 | 12 | (2) |
| 2024 | Germany U20 | 11 | (1) |
| 2025– | Germany U23 | 5 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 00:56, 6 June 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 00:56, 6 June 2026 (UTC) | |||
Early life
Baum was born in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania,[1] to a German father and Tanzanian mother.[2] Her family moved to Germany when Baum was four years old,[3] settling in the Schleswig-Holstein municipality of Ahrensbök.[4] Baum began playing football shortly afterwards,[1] starting off with local club MTV Ahrensbök.[5] She then moved to TSV Pansdorf, where she was the only girl on the boys' state league team.[1] Baum received an education at the Am Heidberg school concurrently with her football career.[1]
In 2021, Baum joined Hamburger SV's youth academy.[3] She often trained both with Hamburger SV and TSV Pansdorf, with the two clubs coordinating which squad would get to use Baum's services on matchdays.[1] Later on in 2021, Baum helped lift HSV's under-17 squad to a German national championship, scoring the opening goal of the title match.[6]
Club career
On 16 August 2022, Hamburger SV signed Baum to a first-team contract lasting until 2025.[6] In her first season with the squad, Baum helped HSV gain promotion to the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga.[7] She scored 6 goals in 25 league appearances the following campaign, her first in the German second division.[8] In the 2024–25 season, Baum was a regular starter and posted positive performances in both league play and the DFB-Pokal.[5][9] Her efforts helped HSV reach the semifinals of the DFB-Pokal and gain promotion to the Frauen-Bundesliga for the following season.[9]
Baum chose not to move up to the Frauen-Bundesliga with HSV, instead joining RB Leipzig on a free transfer in May 2025 for her first taste of first-division football. She also fielded offers from multiple other clubs, including league champions Bayern Munich.[3] On 6 September 2025, Baum made her Bundesliga debut, participating in Leipzig's season-opening victory over 1. FC Köln.[7] Later on that month, she faced off against her former club, Hamburger SV, for the first time;[9] despite having an opportunity to score, she was not able to lift Leipzig to victory over the Bundesliga newcomers.[10] Baum went on to have a strong first season with Leipzig, reportedly gaining strong interest from various successful European clubs.[11] She had made 27 appearances across all competitions and scored 5 goals across the campaign.[8] Ahead of the 2026–27 season, RB Leipzig revealed that Baum would be departing from the club.[12]
On 14 July 2026, Baum was announced to have joined English Women's Super League club Arsenal on a permanent transfer,[13] with the BBC reporting that Baum had signed a three-year contract with a one-year extension option.[14]
International career
Baum has gained extensive experience with the German youth national teams, earning multiple caps at each age group.[7] In 2024, she played in every match for the under-20s at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, where Germany were eliminated in the quarterfinals by the United States.[15] Earlier that year, Baum scored her first goal for the U20s, striking 96 seconds into a 4–0 win over Canada.[1][8]
Personal life
Baum is a childhood fan of Bayern Munich.[2] She also supports Barcelona.[15] In 2022, her brother, Dennis, who had introduced her to football, died in a car accident.[2] Baum has since taken up the habit of writing a meaningful word on a piece of tape and attaching it to her wrist before each match, often to remind her of her late brother.[15]
