Fabian Bäcker

Club

Bäcker was born in Rotenburg an der Fulda, Hesse. He passed through numerous youth teams in Borussia Mönchengladbach and brought himself to notice when he scored 42 goals in 48 games in the Under-19-Bundesliga. In parallel, he played in Borussia's under-23 team in the Regionalliga, where he achieved two goals in 13 games. In the 2009–10 season, he signed a professional contract with Borussia Mönchengladbach. Already in his second friendly game against SV Wacker Gotha, he succeeded in scoring a hat-trick only eight minutes into the game. On 16 January 2010, Bäcker scored his first Bundesliga goal against VfL Bochum. In April 2011, Bäcker signed a two-year contract with Alemannia Aachen.

National team

Bäcker played for various German youth teams