Elias Baum

Elias Baum

Baum with SV Elversberg in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Elias Niklas Baum
Date of birth	(2005-10-26) 26 October 2005 (age 19)
Place of birth	Frankfurt, Germany
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Team information
Current team	Eintracht Frankfurt
Number	2
Youth career
0000–2015	FC 1957 Marxheim
2015–2023	Eintracht Frankfurt
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2023–2024	Eintracht Frankfurt II	34	(1)
2023–	Eintracht Frankfurt	4	(0)
2024–2025	→ SV Elversberg (loan)	33	(3)
International career‡
2021	Germany U17	2	(0)
2022–2023	Germany U18	7	(1)
2023–2024	Germany U19	11	(0)
2024–2025	Germany U20	7	(0)
2025–	Germany U21	4	(0)
Medal record Men's football Representing   Germany UEFA European Under-21 Championship Runner-up 2025 Slovakia
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10:43, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

Elias Niklas Baum (born 26 October 2005) is a German professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt.

Club career

Baum started playing football at his youth club FC 1957 Marxheim and signed for the Eintracht Frankfurt academy in 2015. In December 2022 he signed a long-term professional contract. ^[1]

The winger had been used at Eintracht Frankfurt reserves team since April 2023 that subsequently reached promotion from Hessenliga to Regionalliga Südwest.

On 9 November 2023, Baum debuted for the first squad in a 1–0 away victory at Finnish team HJK in the UEFA Conference League. ^[2] On 9 December 2023, Baum had his first Bundesliga match, coming on as a substitute in a 5–1 home win against Bayern Munich. ^[3]

For the 2024–25 season he was loaned to 2. Bundesliga side SV Elversberg. ^[4]

International career

In November 2021 Baum debuted for Germany's Under 17, and was capped another time. After seven caps for Germany U18 with one goal contribution he is part of the Germany U19 since September 2023.

Honours

Eintracht Frankfurt II

• Hessenliga: 2022–23

Germany U21

• UEFA European Under-21 Championship runner-up: 2025 ^[5]

Individual

• Fritz Walter Medal U19 Bronze: 2024 ^[6]

References

1. "Eintracht bindet Eigengewächs Elias Baum langfristig" [Eintracht binds home-grown talent Elias Baum long-term]. Stern (in German). 20 December 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
2. "Eintracht Frankfurt bindet Elias Baum langfristig und leiht Talent aus" [Eintracht Frankfurt binds Elias Baum long-term and loans out talent]. Hessenschau (in German). 20 June 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
3. Klichenstein, Thomas (12 July 2024). "Eintracht-Youngster: Erstklassig Luft geschnuppert" [Eintracht youngster: First-class experience]. Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). Retrieved 12 April 2025.
4. "Elias Baum wechselt auf Leihbasis zur SV Elversberg". 20 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
5. "England 3-2 Germany (aet) highlights: Rowe header ensures Young Lions retain title". uefa.com. 28 June 2025. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
6. "Sechs Talente mit Fritz-Walter-Medaille ausgezeichnet". dfb.de (in German). 18 October 2024.

External links

• Elias Baum at DFB (also available in German )
• Elias Baum at WorldFootball.net
• Profile at the SV Elversberg website