Mio Backhaus

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Mio Backhaus
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Backhaus with FC Volendam
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-04-16) 16 April 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth Mönchengladbach, Germany
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) [1]
Position(s) 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*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021– Werder Bremen 0 (0)
2021– Werder Bremen II 14 (0)
2023–2024 → FC Volendam (loan) 33 (0)
International career‡
2019 Germany U15 1 (0)
2019–2020 Germany U16 4 (0)
2021–2022 Germany U18 4 (0)
2022–2023 Germany U19 2 (0)
2023– Germany U20 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:56, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:16, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

Mio Backhaus (born 16 April 2004) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club Werder Bremen. [2] He is a German youth international.

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Club career

From Baesweiler, in Aachen, [3] 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. [4] [5] He agreed a new contract with Bremen tying him to the club until 2026. [6]

In July 2023, Backhaus joined FC Volendam on a season-long loan from Werder Bremen, in order to get first-team minutes. [7] 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. [8] During his season with Volendam he made the most saves (176) of any goalkeeper in the division. [9]

International career

Backhaus has represented Germany internationally at youth levels Germany U15, Germany U16, Germany U18 and Germany U19. [10]

Personal life

Backhaus is half-German and half-Japanese. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Mio Backhaus". Bundesliga.com. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  2. ↑ "Mio Backhaus". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  3. ↑ "Nachwuchs im DFB-Trikot:Fußball-Profi zu werden, ist mein Traum". Aachener-Zeitung.de. 4 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  4. ↑ "Werder verleiht Torhüter Backhaus in die Eredivisie" [Werder loan goalkeeper Backhaus to the Eredivisie]. kicker (in German). 20 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  5. ↑ Perez, Isabella (8 July 2023). "From Germany to the Netherlands: Mio Backhaus was loaned to FC Volendam". srdeportescr.com. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  6. ↑ "Werder Bremen verlängert Vertrag mit U18-Nationaltorwart Mio Backhaus" [Werder Bremen extend contract with U18 national goalkeeper Mio Backhaus]. Weser Kurier (in German). 12 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  7. ↑ "Werder Bremen leiht Torwart Backhaus in die Niederlande aus" [Werder Bremen loan goalkeeper Backhaus to the Netherlands]. Süddeutsche Zeitung. 5 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  8. ↑ Walraven, Richard (5 July 2023). "Duitse doelman voor FC Volendam: talentvolle 'sweeperkeeper' Mio Backhaus gehuurd van Werder Bremen" [German goalkeeper for FC Volendam: talented 'sweeper-keeper' Mio Backhaus loaned from Werder Bremen]. Noordhollandsdagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  9. ↑ "Debuut Oostzaanse doelman Kayne van Oevelen: Onder de lat in slotduel GAE-FC Volendam". Voetbalinzaanstad. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  10. ↑ Mio Backhaus at DFB (also available in German )
  11. ↑ Bürger, Malte (13 February 2023). "Japaner nehmen Werders Torhütertalent Mio Backhaus ins Visier" [Japanese target Werder's goalkeeping talent Mio Backhaus]. Weser Kurier. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
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