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My Take
What I admire about Daniel Baier is his refusal to chase the spotlight. Spending his entire career within German football and becoming a true FC Augsburg legend, he embodies the quiet loyalty that modern football too often discards. At just 174 cm, he won games with his mind rather than his physique, threading the kind of incisive passes that managers adore and casual fans overlook. Dieter Eilts praised his deadly passing for good reason. To me, Baier is a connoisseur's footballer: the unglamorous craftsman whose value shows up not on highlight reels but in the rhythm of a well-run midfield.
Overview
Daniel Baier (German pronunciation: [ˈdaːni̯eːl ˈbaɪɐ, -ni̯ɛl -]; born 18 May 1984) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Baier is a legend of FC Augsburg who spent his entire career in Germany. Dieter Eilts has said about Baier: "Daniel is an individual talent. He plays a deadly passing game. If he continues in this way, he has a big future."
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Daniel Baier
- Name (Japanese)
- ダニエル・バイアー
- Reading
- だにえる・ばいあー
- Born
- May 18, 1984 (age 42)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Rat
- Origin
- Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 174 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.