Karsten Bäron

Karsten Baeron (born 24 April 1973 in Berlin ) is a former German football player and current football coach. He played during his playing career almost exclusively for Hamburger SV.

• 2.1 successes as a player with the HSV

Career

Career as a player

With 28 goals in 30 games for FC Hertha 03 Zehlendorf in the season 1991/92 in the third-class NOFV Amateur Oberliga Karsten Baeron moved as a teenager in the focus of German professional clubs. The then 19 -year-old then moved to the beginning of the 1992/93 season of his Berlin youth club Hamburger SV. On September 26, 1992, he came to his first appearance in the 1st Bundesliga. This was followed by 123 operations by the year 2000. His first Bundesliga goal he scored on 23 October 1992 in a 1-2 home defeat against FC Schalke 04 In total, Baeron 39 goals in the Bundesliga.

In addition, he played between 1992 and 1996 for the German U -21 national team. He scored three goals in 16 games, but he never came due to his long injury to a use in the German national football team.

In its heyday Uli Hoeness tried to get him to Bayern Munich because of a good offer on the part of HSV but Baeron remained in Hamburg. After a long injury lay-off from 1997 to 1999, the striker was on 18 December 1999 in a 6-1 victory against the HSV MSV Duisburg his comeback. He came to another six missions in the successful 1999/2000 season, in which the Hamburger SV reached the Champions League qualifiers with him.

In the same year had to finally end his active career, and he was a youth coach at HSV Baeron after eight operations on the knee.

"Air Baeron "

His nickname "Air Baeron " was known by a banner which, even today Frank Niemann, a faithful HSV fan, and inventor of the nickname - long after Bärons End of career - hangs in numerous stages at club and international matches in the stadium.

Career as a coach

On 1 January 2006 he sparked Joachim Philipkowski from as coach of the Regional Team of the HSV and managed with the team in the league in 3rd league. On 18 December 2008 Karsten Baeron and his co- coach Frank Pieper were relieved from their duties with immediate effect, after the employment relationship has been terminated by mutual agreement in 2010. The successor as coach Rodolfo Esteban Cardoso went to.

Achievements

Successes as a player with the HSV

• 5th place in the Bundesliga in 1996 and participation in the UEFA Cup 1996/1997
• 3rd place in the Bundesliga in 2000 and qualifying for the playoffs to participate in the Champions League season 2000/2001

Private

Baeron is married and has two daughters. Bärons daughters are active as track and field athletes at SC Potsdam.