Daniel Bachmann

Daniel Bachmann
Bachmann with the Austria U21 side in 2015
Personal information
Full name Daniel Bachmann[1]
Date of birth (1994-07-09) 9 July 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Wiener Neustadt, Austria
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Watford
Number 1
Youth career
2000–2003 SV Winzendorf
2003–2004 SV Weikersdorf
2004–2006 Admira Wacker
2006–2007 Rapid Wien
2007–2009 Admira Wacker
2009–2010 Sturm Graz
2010–2011 Austria Wien
2011–2012 Stoke City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2017 Stoke City 0 (0)
2014–2015 → Wrexham (loan) 15 (0)
2015 → Ross County (loan) 1 (0)
2015–2016 → Bury (loan) 8 (0)
2017– Watford 107 (0)
2018–2019 → Kilmarnock (loan) 25 (0)
International career‡
2009–2010 Austria U16 3 (0)
2010 Austria U17 1 (0)
2011 Austria U18 1 (0)
2012–2013 Austria U19 5 (0)
2015–2016 Austria U21 16 (0)
2021– Austria 14 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 September 2023 (UTC)

Daniel Bachmann (born 9 July 1994) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL Championship club Watford, which he captains, and the Austria national team.

Bachmann began his career with Stoke City in 2011. During his time at Stoke, he gained first-team experience by going out on loan to Wrexham, Scottish side Ross County and Bury. Bachmann moved to Watford in 2017 and spent the 2018–19 season on loan at Kilmarnock.

Bachmann represented Austria from under-16 to under-21 level, before making his senior international debut in June 2021. He started all of Austria's games at UEFA Euro 2020.

Club career

Stoke City

Bachmann joined English side Stoke City from FK Austria Wien in the summer of 2011. He played with Stoke's under-18 and under-21 squads and joined Conference Premier side Wrexham on loan on 5 August 2014.[2][3] He played 18 times for the Dragons as they finished in 11th position.

Bachmann joined Scottish Premiership side Ross County on a six-month loan in July 2015.[4] Bachmann made his professional debut on 8 August 2015, coming on for injured goalie Scott Fox in a 2–0 victory over Hamilton Academical.[5] On 31 August 2015, the loan deal was terminated by mutual consent after making just two appearances for the Dingwall side.[6] On 28 October 2015, Bachmann joined League One side Bury on a one-month loan.[7] His loan at Gigg Lane was extended until the beginning of January 2016 when he returned to Stoke after making ten appearances for the Shakers.[8]

Bachmann signed a one-year contract extension with Stoke in July 2016.[9] He was released by Stoke at the end of the 2016–17 season.[10]

Watford

On 1 July 2017, Bachmann signed a three-year deal with Watford.[11]

On 8 August 2018, Bachmann joined Scottish Premiership side Kilmarnock on a season-long loan deal.[12] He made his Watford debut the following season, playing in a 3–3 draw against Tranmere Rovers in the FA Cup third round.[13]

On 14 August 2021, Bachmann played his first game in the Premier League in Watford's league opener against Aston Villa, where Watford won 3–2.[14]

International career

Bachmann played youth international football for Austria at under-16, under-17, under-18, under-19 and under-21 levels.[15]

On 14 March 2017, he was called up to the senior national team for the first time for games against Moldova and Finland.[16] In March 2021, Bachmann received his second international call-up for the Austria national team ahead of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers in March against Scotland, Faroe Islands and Denmark.[17] He made his debut on 2 June 2021, in a friendly against England.[18] Bachmann started all four games in Austria's UEFA Euro 2020 campaign which ended in the round of 16.[19][20]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 4 May 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stoke City 2014–15[19] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2015–16[21] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wrexham (loan) 2014–15[19] Conference Premier 15 0 0 0 — 3[c] 0 18 0
Ross County (loan) 2015–16[21] Scottish Premiership 1 0 0 0 1 0 — 2 0
Bury (loan) 2015–16[21] League One 8 0 2 0 0 0 — 10 0
Watford 2017–18[22] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2018–19[23] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2019–20[24] Premier League 0 0 2 0 0 0 — 2 0
2020–21[25] Championship 23 0 1 0 2 0 — 26 0
2021–22[26] Premier League 12 0 1 0 0 0 — 13 0
2022–23[27] Championship 45 0 0 0 0 0 — 45 0
2023–24 Championship 27 0 3 0 0 0 — 30 0
Total 107 0 9 0 2 0 0 0 116 0
Kilmarnock (loan) 2018–19[23] Scottish Premiership 25 0 2 0 1 0 — 28 0
Career total 156 0 11 0 5 0 3 0 174 0
  1. ^ Includes FA Cup, Scottish Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup, Scottish League Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in FA Trophy

International

As of match played 7 September 2023[28]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Austria 2021 12 0
2022 1 0
2023 1 0
Total 14 0

References

  1. ^ "Squads for 2016/17 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Goalkeeper Daniel Bachmann joins Wrexham". Stoke Sentinel. Archived from the original on 28 June 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Stoke's Daniel Bachmann extends Wrexham loan to season's end". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Ross County sign Daniel Bachmann and Jackson Irvine". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Ross County 2–0 Hamilton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  6. ^ "DEADLINE DAY TRANSFER NEWS". Ross County F.C. 31 August 2015. Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Daniel Bachmann: Stoke City keeper joins Bury on loan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  8. ^ "FA CUP FULL TIME: Bury 0 Bradford City 0". Bury Times. 9 January 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  9. ^ "New Deal Pleases Bachmann". Stoke City. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  10. ^ "Potters Submit Retained List". Stoke City Official Site. 26 May 2017. Archived from the original on 26 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  11. ^ "Official: Watford Bag Bachmann". Watford. 1 July 2017. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  12. ^ "Daniel Bachmann joins Killie on season-long loan deal". Kilmarnock. 8 August 2018. Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  13. ^ "Watford 3–3 Tranmere Rovers". BBC Sport. 4 January 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  14. ^ Thomason, Ellie (14 August 2021). "Watford 3–2 Aston Villa". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  15. ^ "D. Bachmann". besoccer.com. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  16. ^ "ÖFB". Archived from the original on 15 March 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  17. ^ "Watford goalkeeper Daniel Bachmann gets Austria call-up". watfordobserver.com. 14 March 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  18. ^ "England v Austria game report". ESPN. 2 June 2021.
  19. ^ a b c Daniel Bachmann at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  20. ^ "Euro 2020: Watford's Daniel Bachmann reflects after Austria's exit". watfordobserver.co.uk. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  21. ^ a b c "Games played by Daniel Bachmann in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  22. ^ "Games played by Daniel Bachmann in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  23. ^ a b "Games played by Daniel Bachmann in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  24. ^ "Games played by Daniel Bachmann in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  25. ^ "Games played by Daniel Bachmann in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  26. ^ "Games played by Daniel Bachmann in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  27. ^ "Games played by Daniel Bachmann in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  28. ^ "Daniel Bachmann". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 22 June 2022.

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