Daniel Baier

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.

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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)

Origin

Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Height

174 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Rat

• Official sitehttps://www.daniel-baier.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Baier
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q547625

Tags

• North Rhine-Westphalia
• association football player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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