Matthias Baron

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Matthias Baron
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-08-17) 17 August 1988 (age 36)
Position(s) Striker, midfielder
Youth career
FV Brombach
0000–2005 SV Weil  [ de ]
2005–2007 SC Freiburg
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2010 SV Weil  [ de ] ? (?)
2010–2011 FC Basel U21 22 (9)
2010–2011 FC Basel 4 (0)
2011–2014 FC Vaduz 35 (7)
Total61(16)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Matthias Baron (born 17 August 1988) is a German former professional footballer who played mainly in the position as striker, but also as midfielder.

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Career

Youth

Baron started his youth football with local club FV Brombach and then joined SV Weil. After completing the U-18 stage, the midfielder switched to SC Freiburg in the summer of 2005 and made 21 appearances in the Under 19 Bundesliga during the 2006/07 season. He suffered a collarbone fracture and his recovery was slow. [1] He returned to SV Weil in 2007 and subsequently played in the Verbandsliga Südbaden. There he developed into one of the most prolific midfielders in the league. [2]

Basel

FC Basel's scouting watched Baron and he was invited by the Swiss club on sign in on trial in 2010. Since the transfer took place outside the transfer window, Baron was only eligible to play for the Basler U-21 team in the Promotion League, third tier of Swiss football, until the summer break. He proved himself here scoring 6 goals in 9 appearances.

In the summer of 2010 he advanced to the professional squad and received a one-year contract. Baron joined Basel's first team for their 2010–11 season under head coach Thorsten Fink. After playing in 13 test games, in which he scored eight goals, Baron played his debut for the first team in the Swiss Cup game on 19 September 2010 as Basel won 5–0 against FC Mendrisio-Stabio. [3] He played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game on 6 February 2011 as Basel won 3–2 against Thun. [4] At the end of the 2010–11 Swiss Super League season Baron won the Swiss Championship title with FC Basel. Baron made only four appearances and he managed only 24 minutes play in the entire championship.

The club let Baron leave on a free transfer. During his time with the first team, Baron played a total of 34 games for Basel scoring 14 goals. Four of these games were in the Swiss Super League, three in the Swiss Cup and 27 were friendly games. He scored all 14 goals during the test games. He had also had 22 appearances in the U-21 team scoring nine goals. [5]

Vaduz

After winning the championship title in Basel, Baron signed a one-year contract for the 2011/2012 season with Liechtenstein's record cup winners Vaduz, who at the time played in the Challenge League the second tier of Swiss football. [6]

Baron made his debut for Vaduz on 24 July 2011 in the match against St. Gallen He scored his first goal on 1 August in a home game against Winterthur. His contract was then extended until the end of 2014. At the end of the 2013–14 Challenge League season Vaduz won the championship and were promoted to the Super League. Thrown back by injuries, he only made it to a few appearances that season and had to undergo an operation. The contract, which expired in December 2014, was not renewed, after which Baron ended his active playing career. The Striker from Lörrach had scored seven goals in 47 competitive matches during his time with Vaduz. [7]

Honours

Basel

Vaduz

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References

  1. ↑ Held, Felix (6 May 2010). "Talent auf dem Sprung". Lörrach talent about to move on (in German). suedkurier.de. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  2. ↑ Gerigk, Peter (14 August 2009). "Schnell, schneller, Matthias Baron". Fast, faster, Matthias Baron (in German). badische-zeitung.de. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  3. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (19 September 2010). "FC Mendrisio-Stabio - FC Basel 0:5 (0:2)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  4. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (6 February 2011). "FC Thun - FC Basel 2:3 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  5. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (2014). "Matthias Baron - FCB statistic". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  6. ↑ (si) (14 June 2011). "FC Vaduz holt zwei Meister". FC Vaduz signs two champions (in German). 20min.ch. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  7. ↑ "Matthias Baron verlässt den FC Vaduz". Matthias Baron leaves FC Vaduz (in German). Liechtensteiner Vaterland. 4 December 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2022.

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