Domestic-league season · Arminia Bielefeld.
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.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 2. Bundesliga | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1451 | 6.98 |
Following his move to Arminia Bielefeld, Bauer's current-season form is level with last season (Season 18→20), while his Rating eased 55→50. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 22).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Arminia Bielefeld · 13th | 17 | 1 | 0 | 6.98 | 50 | 20 |
| 2024/25 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern · 7th | 11 | 0 | 1 | 7.13 | 55 | 18 |
| 2023/24 | FC Augsburg · 11th | 14 | 1 | 0 | 6.64 | 68 | 10 |
| 2022/23 | FC Augsburg · 15th | 27 | 0 | 1 | 6.52 | 73 | 22 |
| 2021/22 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth · 18th | 26 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 72 | 21 |
| 2020/21 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth · 2nd | 29 | 2 | 0 | 6.82 | 68 | 18 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
M. Bauer is a 26-year-old central defender at Arminia Bielefeld, rated 49.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 178th of 320 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, 30th of 57 of the 57 centre-backs in the 2. Bundesliga. At 26 Bauer is in his prime years, and a market index of 52.9 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.
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.
With a Rating of 49.9, Bauer carries the 30th-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.
The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~53), then tapers with age. At 26, Bauer sits on 52.9, at or near its peak. The blue line is Bauer's projected Rating — 49.9 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.
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