Moritz Bauer

Moritz Bauer (German pronunciation: [ˈmoːʁɪts ˈbaʊ̯ɐ]; born 25 January 1992) is an Austrian footballer who plays as a right midfielder or a right back for Russian Premier League club FC Ufa.

Bauer began his career in the Swiss Super League with Grasshopper Club Zurich. He spent five seasons at Letzigrund making over 100 appearances for Grasshoppers before joining Russian Premier League club Rubin Kazan June 2016. After two years playing in Russia Bauer signed for English club Stoke City in January 2018.

Club Career

Early career

Bauer began playing football with the youth teams at SC Veltheim, Grasshopper Club Zurich and FC Winterthur.

Grasshopper Club Zurich

A youth exponent from Grasshopper Club Zurich, Bauer made his Swiss Super League debut on 14 August 2011 against BSC Young Boys playing the full game which ended in a 3–0 defeat. Bauer became a regular at Letzigrund, making 102 appearances in five years with the Swiss Super League side.

Rubin Kazan

In June 2016, Bauer signed for Russian Premier League club Rubin Kazan. He established himself as first choice right back under Javi Gracia and played 23 times in 2016–17 as Rubin finished in ninth position. He became a popular player with the Rubin Kazan supporters who voted Bauer as their player-of the year for 2017. With Rubin struggling financially in 2017–18 Bauer was free to find another club.

Stoke City

On 9 January 2018, Bauer signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Premier League club Stoke City. Bauer played 15 times in 2017–18 as Stoke were relegated to the EFL Championship. Despite relegation Bauer admitted that he would be willing to remain with the club. Bauer signed a new five-year contract with the Potters in July 2018. Bauer began the first two games of the 2018–19 away at Leeds United and at home to Brentford but was then dropped from the team by Gary Rowett. It wasn't until Nathan Jones became m

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