![]() Backhaus with FC Volendam | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | [1] | 16 April 2004||
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* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (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 as of 17:56, 29 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:16, 20 July 2023 (UTC) |
Mio Backhaus (born 16 April 2004) is a German-Japanese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club Werder Bremen. [2] He is a German youth international.
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]
Backhaus has represented Germany internationally at youth levels, winning 12 international caps in the Germany U15, Germany U16, Germany U18 and Germany U19 sides. He also featured for the U15 team of Japan. The Japanese head coach 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, in early 2023. [10] 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. [11]
Backhaus was born in Germany to a German father and Japanese mother. [12]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
Werder Bremen II | 2021–22 | Regionalliga Nord | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
2022–23 | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||||
Total | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||||
FC Volendam (loan) | 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 0 | ||
Career total | 47 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0 |