Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Arminia Bielefeld.
Injury-affected season
Missed 3 of Arminia Bielefeld's ~34 games this season through 3 injury absences (wound). He still appeared 17 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 2. Bundesliga | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1451 | 6.98 |
Scout report
M. Bauer is a 26-year-old central defender at Arminia Bielefeld, rated 49.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 173rd of 320 on scout potential in the 2. Bundesliga. In his prime years, he has been a rotation option this season (52% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.78 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Bauer.
Judged on this season alone, Bauer graded 20 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 36th of 57 of the 57 centre-backs in the 2. Bundesliga, on 3 clean sheets and 3.784 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 18 → 20). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 50, 29th of 57 of the 57 centre-backs in the 2. Bundesliga. At 26 Bauer is in his prime years, and a market index of 19 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Bauer missed 3 games through injury (wound) out of roughly 34 this season. The 17 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.
Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Arminia Bielefeld finished 13th of 18 · a lower-table side
3.78 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 17 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (13th of 18) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Defensive volume. 3.78 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 52% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Outlook
With a Rating of 49.9, Bauer carries the 29th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the 2. Bundesliga of 57, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Arminia Bielefeld finished 13th of 18) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.78 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Transfer news
No transfer news found for this player.
