Benjamin Baltes (born 30 March 1984) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Baltes was born in Saarbrücken. He began playing for KFC Uerdingen 05 in 2002, having switched from the youth team to the first team. Just after he achieved a Player of the Year award for Uerdingen, he found himself on the move, unhappy that he would be playing third division football. He decided to move to SC Freiburg, where he was contracted until 2008. In August 2006, after trialling with TuS Koblenz, he switched to VfB Lübeck, where he played for eighteen months, before moving to Rot-Weiss Essen. He then joined Aue in 2008 and was released on 30 June 2009. After trialling with the club, Baltes signed with Eredivisie team SBV Excelsior. In July 2011, he joined the German Regionalliga West side Wuppertaler SV. In 2020 he returned to former club KFC Uerdingen 05. Baltes played for the Germany U20 national team. References External links Living people 1984 births German footballers Association football midfielders KFC Uerdingen 05 players SC Freiburg players VfB Lübeck players Rot-Weiss Essen players FC Erzgebirge Aue players Borussia Mönchengladbach II players Excelsior Rotterdam players Wuppertaler SV players Eredivisie players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players German expatriate footballers German expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Sportspeople from Saarbrücken