Benjamin Baltes
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-03-30) 30 March 1984
Place of birth Saarbrücken, West Germany
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Borussia M'gladbach
0000–2000 MSV Duisburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2005 KFC Uerdingen 05 71 (9)
2005–2006 SC Freiburg 15 (0)
2006–2007 VfB Lübeck 43 (1)
2008 Rot-Weiss Essen 4 (0)
2008–2009 Erzgebirge Aue 10 (0)
2009–2010 Borussia Mönchengladbach II 15 (1)
2010–2011 Excelsior 10 (0)
2011–2012 Wuppertaler SV 25 (0)
2012–2014 KFC Uerdingen 05 47 (10)
Total 240 (21)
International career
2003 Germany U20 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Benjamin Baltes (born 30 March 1984) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Baltes was born in Saarbrücken.

He began playing for KFC Uerdingen 05 in 2002, having switched from the youth team to the first team. Just after he achieved a Player of the Year award for Uerdingen, he found himself on the move, unhappy that he would be playing third division football. He decided to move to SC Freiburg, where he was contracted until 2008.

In August 2006, after trialling with TuS Koblenz,[1] he switched to VfB Lübeck, where he played for eighteen months, before moving to Rot-Weiss Essen.[2] He then joined Aue in 2008 and was released on 30 June 2009.

After trialling with the club,[3] Baltes signed with Eredivisie team SBV Excelsior.

In July 2011, he joined the German Regionalliga West side Wuppertaler SV.

In 2020 he returned to former club KFC Uerdingen 05.[4]

Baltes played for the Germany U20 national team.

References

  1. ↑ "Beim SC soll der Knoten platzen". Offenburger Tageblatt (in German). 25 August 2006. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  2. ↑ Schröer, Thomas (18 January 2008). "Baltes träumt von der Ersten Liga". Neue Rhein/Neue Ruhr Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "Excelsior wil verder met Benjamin Baltes" [Excelsior wants to continue with Benjamin Baltes]. Rijnmond (in Dutch). 17 July 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "KFC Uerdingen: Benjamin Baltes kehrt zum KFC Uerdingen zurück". RP Online (in German). 16 June 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
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