- Frank Baum (footballer)
Infobox Football biography
playername = Frank Baum
fullname = Frank Baum
dateofbirth =30 January 1956
cityofbirth =Zwenkau
countryofbirth =East Germany
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
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position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1963-1968 1968-1974 1974-1979 1979-1989 1989-1990 1990-1992 1992-1995 1995-1997
clubs = BSG Aktivist Zwenkau1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig Sachsen Leipzig 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig BSG Chemie BöhlenSachsen Leipzig VfB Zwenkau SV LVB Leipzig
caps(goals) = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
nationalyears = 1979-1984
nationalteam = East Germany
nationalcaps(goals) = 17
manageryears = 1995-1997 0 0
managerclubs = SG LVB Leipzig (player-coach) Kickers 94 Markkleeberg SG LVB Leipzig
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ntupdate =Frank Baum (born 30 January 1956) is a retired German footballer, who played as a defender for several german
football club s and theEast Germany national football team between 1963 and 1997.Baum spent his youth playing for BSG Aktivist Zwenkau and
Lokomotive Leipzig . Between 1974 and 1979 Baum played forSachsen Leipzig and by the 1978-79 season was a regular first-team player. On 28 February 1979 he gained his first cap for East Germany in a 1-0 loss to Bulgaria. The same year saw Baum transfer to city rivals Lokomotiv Leipzig, where he played for the next ten years. Following the transfer, he won the FDGB Pokal three times and played the European Cup. He was part of the team who reached the final of the 1986-87 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in Athens, losing 1-0 toAFC Ajax .In total, Baum played in 248 games in the
DDR-Oberliga , scoring ten goals. Between 1979 and 1984 he made 17 appearanced for East Germany, winning a silver medal in the 1980 Olympics inMoscow , part of the team whoAfter leaving Lokomotiv Leipzig in 1989, Baum had spells at Chemie Böhlen,
Sachsen Leipzig and VfB Zwenkau.Baum became first-team
player-coach at SV LVB Leipzig and also coached Kickers 94 Markkleeberg in 1995. Currently, he is coaching the men's first team of the Leipzig Transport Authority team in the Leipzig District League.Honours
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FDGB Pokal champion: 1981, 1986, 1987 (1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig)
*UEFA Cup Winners' Cup runners-up: 1987 (1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig)
* Olympic silver medal: 1980 (East Germany)
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