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Frank Baum (born 30 January 1956) is a retired German footballer, who played as a defender for several German football clubs and the East Germany national football team between 1963 and 1997.
 Frank Baum (front row, first from right) with 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig in 1988 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Frank Baum | ||
| Date of birth | 30 January 1956 | ||
| Place of birth | Zwenkau, Bezirk Leipzig, East Germany | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1963–1968 | BSG Aktivist Zwenkau | ||
| 1968–1974 | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | ||
| 1974–1979 | BSG Chemie Leipzig | ||
| 1979–1989 | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | ||
| 1989–1990 | BSG Chemie Böhlen | ||
| 1990–1992 | FC Sachsen Leipzig | ||
| 1992–1995 | VfB Zwenkau | ||
| 1995–1997 | SV LVB Leipzig | ||
| International career | |||
| 1979–1984 | East Germany | 17 | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1995–1997 | SG LVB Leipzig (player-coach) | ||
| Kickers 94 Markkleeberg | |||
| 2003– | SG LVB Leipzig | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  East Germany
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| Men's Football | ||
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1980 Moscow | Team Competition |
Baum spent his youth playing for BSG Aktivist Zwenkau and 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig. Between 1974 and 1979 Baum played for BSG Chemie Leipzig and by the 1978–79 season was a regular first-team player. On 28 February 1979 he gained his first cap for East Germany in a 1–0 loss to Bulgaria. The same year saw Baum transfer to city rivals Lokomotiv Leipzig, where he played for the next ten years. Following the transfer, he won the FDGB Pokal three times and played the European Cup. He was part of the team who reached the final of the 1986–87 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in Athens, losing 1–0 to AFC Ajax.
In total, Baum played in 248 games in the DDR-Oberliga, scoring ten goals.[1]
Between 1979 and 1984 he made 17 appearances for East Germany.[2] He won a silver medal in the 1980 Olympics in Moscow[3] with the GDR Olympic team.
After leaving Lokomotive Leipzig in 1989, Baum had spells at Chemie Böhlen, Sachsen Leipzig and VfB Zwenkau.
Baum became first-team player-coach at SV LVB Leipzig and also coached Kickers 94 Markkleeberg in 1995. Currently, he is coaching the men's first team of the Leipzig Transport Authority team in the Leipzig District League.
Honours
edit- FDGB Pokal champion: 1981, 1986, 1987 (1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig)
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup runners-up: 1987 (1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig)
- Olympic silver medal: 1980 (East Germany)
External links
edit- Frank Baum at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Frank Baum at WorldFootball.net
- Frank Baum at National-Football-Teams.com
References
edit- ^ Arnhold, Matthias (25 June 2015). "Frank Baum – Matches and Goals in Oberliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- ^ Arnhold, Matthias (25 June 2015). "Frank Baum – International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- ^ "Frank Baum Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
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