Oliver Batista Meier (born 16 February 2001) is a German professional footballer who plays as a winger for 3. Liga club Dynamo Dresden.[1]
 Batista Meier with Bayern Munich in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 February 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Kaiserslautern, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Dynamo Dresden | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| SV Wiesenthalerhof | |||
| –2016 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | ||
| 2016–2019 | Bayern Munich | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2022 | Bayern Munich II | 43 | (16) |
| 2020–2022 | Bayern Munich | 1 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → Heerenveen (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2022– | Dynamo Dresden | 26 | (0) |
| 2023 | → SC Verl (loan) | 28 | (10) |
| 2024 | → Grasshoppers (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Germany U15 | 2 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Germany U16 | 8 | (2) |
| 2017–2018 | Germany U17 | 11 | (1) |
| 2019 | Germany U19 | 6 | (0) |
| 2020 | Germany U20 | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 October 2020 | |||
Club career
editBatista Meier made his professional debut for Bayern Munich II in the 3. Liga on 20 July 2019, starting in an away 3–1 loss to Würzburger Kickers.[2] On 30 May 2020, he made his first appearance for the first team, which was also his debut in the Bundesliga, when he replaced Serge Gnabry in the 78th minute of a 5–0 win over Fortuna Düsseldorf, at the Allianz Arena.[3]
On 10 September 2020, Batista Meier joined Eredivisie side Heerenveen on a season-long loan deal with option to buy.[4]
On 11 January 2023, Batista Meier moved to SC Verl on a 1.5-year loan.[5] On 21 December 2023, Dynamo Dresden announced they will terminate the loan early on 1 January 2024.[6]
On 1 February 2024, Batista Meier moved on a new loan to Grasshoppers in Switzerland, with an option to buy.[7] On 19 June 2024, Grasshoppers announced that Batista Meier would depart the club.[8] He had made just eight appearances and started in just two of these. For the final two games of the season, he was not even selected anymore.
International career
editBatista Meier came through the Germany national team youth setups and played at the 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. He received a call up to the Brazil U20s in November 2019, but remains uncapped for his second nation.[9]
Personal life
editBatista Meier was born in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate to a German father and Brazilian mother. He grew up speaking both German and Brazilian Portuguese, though he admits that he has since forgotten most of his Portuguese.[10][11]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of 31 May 2024[12]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bayern Munich II | 2018–19 | Regionalliga Bayern | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 3. Liga | 18 | 4 | — | — | — | 18 | 4 | ||||
| 2021–22 | Regionalliga Bayern | 24 | 12 | — | — | — | 24 | 12 | ||||
| Total | 43 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 16 | ||
| Bayern Munich | 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Heerenveen (loan) | 2020–21 | Eredivisie | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 1 | |||
| Dynamo Dresden | 2021–22 | 2. Bundesliga | 13 | 0 | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | 3. Liga | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[b] | 0 | 14 | 1 | ||
| 2022–23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
| SC Verl (loan) | 2023–24 | 3. Liga | 20 | 9 | — | — | 4[c] | 0 | 24 | 9 | ||
| Grasshopper (loan) | 2023–24 | Super League | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 112 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 119 | 27 | ||
- ^ Games in the relegation play-off.
- ^ Games in the Sachsenpokal.
- ^ Games in the Westfalenpokal.
Honours
editBayern Munich
Individual
- Fritz Walter Medal U17 Silver: 2018[13]
References
edit- ^ "SGD verpflichtet Oliver Batista Meier". Dynamo Dresden (in German). 3 January 2022. Archived from the original on 3 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "Würzburger Kickers – Bayern München II -:- (3. Liga 2019/2020, 1. Round)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 20 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ "Bayern Munich v Fortuna Düsseldorf". The Guardian. 30 May 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ "Bayern-talent Batista Meier op huurbasis naar Fryslân" [Bayern talent Batista Meier on loan to Friesland]. sc-heerenveen.nl (in Dutch). SC Heerenveen. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ "OLIVER BATISTA MEIER KOMMT LEIHWEISE" (in German). SC Verl. 11 January 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
- ^ "OLIVER BATISTA MEIER KEHRT NACH DRESDEN ZURÜCK" [OLIVER BATISTA MEIER RETURNS TO DRESDEN] (in German). Dynamo Dresden. 21 December 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ^ "GC Zurich signs Oliver Batista Meier on loan". Grasshopper Club Zürich. 2 February 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "START OF TRAINING & COACHING STAFF & COMPLETION". Grasshopper Club Zürich. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ^ "Seleção Brasileira Sub-20 é convocada para jogos com Peru e Colômbia" [Brazil U20s call up to games against Peru and Colombia]. cbf.com.br (in Portuguese). CBF. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ "Who is Oliver Batista Meier, Bayern Munich's half-Brazilian teenage winger?". bundesliga.com - the official Bundesliga website. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
- ^ "Oliver Batista Meier". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ Oliver Batista Meier at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "FRITZ-WALTER-MEDAILLE IN GOLD AN HAVERTZ, KATTERBACH UND PAWOLLEK" (in German). German Football Association. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
External links
edit- Oliver Batista Meier – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Oliver Batista Meier at DFB (also available in German)
- Oliver Batista Meier at kicker (in German)