Oliver Batista Meier

Oliver Batista Meier (born 16 February 2001) is a German professional footballer who plays as a winger for 3. Liga club SC Verl, on loan from Dynamo Dresden. [1]

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Batista and the second or paternal family name is Meier.
Oliver Batista Meier
Batista Meier with Bayern Munich in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-02-16) 16 February 2001
Place of birth Kaiserslautern, Germany
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 SC Verl
(on loan from Dynamo Dresden)
Number 17
Youth career
SV Wiesenthalerhof
0000–2016 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 17 (0)
2023– → SC Verl (loan) 2 (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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 January 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 October 2020

Club career

Batista 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]

International career

Batista 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.[6]

Personal life

Batista 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.[7][8]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 3 December 2021[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bayern Munich II 2018–19 Regionalliga Bayern 10———10
2019–20 3. Liga 184———184
2021–22 Regionalliga Bayern 2412———2412
Total 43160000004316
Bayern Munich 2019–20 Bundesliga 1000000010
Heerenveen (loan) 2020–21 Eredivisie 15100—151
Career total 59170000005917

Honours

Bayern Munich

Individual

References
  1. "SGD verpflichtet Oliver Batista Meier". Dynamo Dresden (in German). 3 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  2. "Würzburger Kickers – Bayern München II -:- (3. Liga 2019/2020, 1. Round)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 20 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  3. "Bayern Munich v Fortuna Düsseldorf". The Guardian. 30 May 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  4. "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.
  5. "OLIVER BATISTA MEIER KOMMT LEIHWEISE" (in German). SC Verl. 11 January 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  6. "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.
  7. "Who is Oliver Batista Meier, Bayern Munich's half-Brazilian teenage winger?". bundesliga.com - the official Bundesliga website. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  8. "Oliver Batista Meier". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  9. Oliver Batista Meier at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  10. "FRITZ-WALTER-MEDAILLE IN GOLD AN HAVERTZ, KATTERBACH UND PAWOLLEK" (in German). German Football Association. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.


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