Mio Backhaus
German footballer (born 2004)
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Mio Backhaus (長田 澪, Nagata Mio; born 16 April 2004), also known as Mio Nagata is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club Werder Bremen.[2] He has represented both the Germany and Japan at underage level.
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Backhaus with FC Volendam | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 April 2004[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Mönchengladbach, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Werder Bremen | ||
| Number | 30 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2015–2017 | Kawasaki Frontale | ||
| 2017–2018 | Alemannia Aachen | ||
| 2018–2021 | Werder Bremen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021– | Werder Bremen | 32 | (0) |
| 2021–2025 | Werder Bremen II | 14 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | → FC Volendam (loan) | 33 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Japan U15 | 1 | (0) |
| 2019 | Germany U15 | 1 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Germany U16 | 4 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Germany U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Germany U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | Germany U20 | 8 | (0) |
| 2025– | Germany U21 | 5 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:22, 16 May 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 00:10, 1 April 2026 (UTC) | |||
He will join SC Freiburg on 1 July 2026.[3]
Club career
From Baesweiler, in Aachen,[4] Backhaus joined the Werder Bremen youth team in 2018, having previously been at Alemannia Aachen. He featured for the Bremen second team in the Regionalliga Nord as a teenager, and played for the German age-group teams, up to representing the U19 team.[5][6] He agreed a new contract with Bremen tying him to the club until 2026.[7]
In July 2023, Backhaus joined FC Volendam on a season-long loan from Werder Bremen, in order to get first-team minutes.[8] Volendam’s goalkeeper from the previous two seasons, Filip Stankovic had also been a loanee, but had returned to Inter Milan from the Eredivisie club.[9] During his season with Volendam he made the most saves (176) of any goalkeeper in the division.[10]
On 23 May 2026, SC Freiburg announced that Backhaus will join the club next season, with the details of the contract being undisclosed.[11]
International career
Backhaus has represented Germany internationally at youth levels since 2019, winning 12 international caps in the Germany U15, Germany U16, Germany U18 and Germany U19 sides (He had played for the U15 team of Japan in 2018). In early 2023, the head coach of Japan Hajime Moriyasu visited him with representatives from the Japanese FA whilst he was in training in Bremen according to Werder Bremen managing director for sport, Clemens Fritz.[12] In March 2025, he played for the Germany national under-20 football team, starting the match and keeping a clean sheet as they beat Czechia U20 1-0.[13]
Personal life
Backhaus was born in Germany to a German father and Japanese mother.[14]
Career statistics
- As of matches played 16 May 2026[2]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Werder Bremen | 2021–22 | 2. Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2025–26 | Bundesliga | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 0 | |||
| Total | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 0 | ||||
| Werder Bremen II | 2021–22 | Regionalliga Nord | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | Regionalliga Nord | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 15 | 0 | — | — | — | 15 | 0 | |||||
| FC Volendam (loan) | 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 80 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 0 | ||