Manuel Baum
German former footballer
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Manuel Baum (born 30 August 1979) is a German football manager of FC Augsburg and former player.
| 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 (interim manager) | ||
| 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 (interim) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Coaching career
Baum 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 interim manager of FC Augsburg.[8]
Managerial statistics
| 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 | [9] | |||
| FC Augsburg II | 11 November 2015 | 31 December 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | [10] | |||
| FC Augsburg | 14 December 2016 | 9 April 2019 | 87 | 25 | 24 | 38 | 28.74 | [11] | |||
| Germany U20 | 21 June 2019 | 30 June 2020 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 80.00 | [10] | |||
| Germany U18 | 1 July 2020 | 30 September 2020 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | [10] | |||
| Schalke 04 | 30 September 2020 | 18 December 2020 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9.09 | [12] | |||
| FC Augsburg | 1 December 2025 | present | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 33.33 | ||||
| Total | 124 | 34 | 35 | 55 | 27.42 | — | |||||
