Mika Baur
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mika Joel Baur[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 9 July 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Salem, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Celtic | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2022 | SC Freiburg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2024 | SC Freiburg II | 61 | (5) |
| 2024 | SC Paderborn II | 2 | (2) |
| 2024–2026 | SC Paderborn | 39 | (4) |
| 2025 | → Dynamo Dresden (loan) | 18 | (1) |
| 2026– | Celtic | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2022 | Germany U18 | 7 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | Germany U19 | 7 | (2) |
| 2023–2025 | Germany U20 | 7 | (3) |
| 2026– | Germany U21 | 1 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 29 August 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10:21, 28 March 2026 (UTC) | |||
Mika Joel Baur (born 9 July 2004) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Scottish Premiership club Celtic.
Club career
SC Paderborn
On 13 June 2024, Baur signed with 2. Bundesliga club SC Paderborn.[2] Over two seasons with the club, he 44 appearances and scored four goals.
Loan to Dynamo Dresden
On 17 January 2025, Baur was loaned to 3. Liga side Dynamo Dresden until the end of the 2024–25 season,[3] scoring one goal across 18 appearances.
Celtic
On 13 August 2026, Baur signed with Scottish Premiership club Celtic.[4]
International career
Baur has represented Germany at youth international level.[5]
Personal life
Baur was born in Germany to German and Malagasy roots.[6] Baur is the son of the German handball player Markus Baur.[7]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 29 August 2026[8]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| SC Freiburg II | 2021–22 | 3. Liga | 10 | 1 | – | – | – | 10 | 1 | |||
| 2022–23 | 3. Liga | 21 | 3 | – | – | – | 21 | 3 | ||||
| 2023–24 | 3. Liga | 30 | 1 | – | – | – | 30 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 61 | 5 | – | – | – | 61 | 5 | |||||
| SC Paderborn II | 2024–25 | Regionalliga West | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | |||
| Paderborn 07 | 2024–25 | 2. Bundesliga | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2025–26 | 2. Bundesliga | 33 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | 1[a] | 0 | 36 | 4 | ||
| Total | 39 | 4 | 4 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 44 | 4 | |||
| Dynamo Dresden (loan) | 2024–25 | 3. Liga | 18 | 1 | – | – | – | 18 | 1 | |||
| Celtic | 2026–27 | Scottish Premiership | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Career total | 121 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 129 | 12 | ||
- ↑ Apearance in Promotion Play-offs
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ↑ Appearance in Scottish League Cup
References
- ↑ "Mika Baur | SC Paderborn 07". bundesliga.com - the official Bundesliga website.
- ↑ "KREATIVE OFFENSIVE" [CREATIVE OFFENSIVE] (in German). SC Paderborn. 13 June 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ↑ "SGD leiht Mika Baur aus Paderborn" [SGD loans Mika Baur from Paderborn] (in German). Dynamo Dresden. 17 January 2025. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
- ↑ "Welcome to Celtic, Mika Baur". Celtic FC. 13 August 2026. Retrieved 13 August 2026.
- ↑ Mika Baur at DFB (also available in German)
- ↑ Pilcher, Ross (22 July 2026). "Celtic transfer target Mika Baur is son of a German handball legend". Daily Record.
- ↑ "Freiburgs Mika Baur stellt bei Debüt neuen Drittliga-Rekord auf".
- ↑ Mika Baur at Soccerway
External links
Categories:
- 2004 births
- Living people
- People from Bodenseekreis
- Footballers from Tübingen (region)
- 21st-century German sportsmen
- German people of Malagasy descent
- Men's association football midfielders
- German men's footballers
- Germany men's youth international footballers
- Germany men's under-21 international footballers
- 2. Bundesliga players
- 3. Liga players
- Regionalliga players
- SC Freiburg players
- SC Freiburg II players
- SC Paderborn 07 players
- Dynamo Dresden players
- Celtic F.C. players
- German expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland
- German expatriate sportspeople in Scotland