Oliver Batista Meier

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Batista and the second or paternal family name is Meier.

Oliver Batista Meier (born 16 February 2001) is a German professional footballer who plays as a winger for 2. Bundesliga club Preußen Münster.

Oliver Batista Meier

Batista Meier with Bayern Munich in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth	(2001-02-16) 16 February 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth	Kaiserslautern, Germany
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Preußen Münster
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)
2022–2025	Dynamo Dresden	32	(1)
2023	→ SC Verl (loan)	28	(10)
2024	→ Grasshoppers (loan)	8	(0)
2025	SSV Ulm	15	(3)
2025–	Preußen Münster	0	(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 as of 24 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals 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.^[1] 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.^[2]

On 10 September 2020, Batista Meier joined Eredivisie side Heerenveen on a season-long loan deal with option to buy.^[3]

In January 2022, he signed with Dynamo Dresden.^[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.

On 15 January 2025, Batista Meier joined SSV Ulm on a two-and-a-half-year contract.^[9]

On 1 July 2025, Batista Mewier signed with Preußen Münster.^[10]

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.^[11]

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.^[12][13]

Career statistics

Club

As of 31 May 2024^[14]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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

1. Games in the relegation play-off.
2. Games in the Sachsenpokal.
3. Games in the Westfalenpokal.

Honours

Bayern Munich

• Bundesliga: 2019–20
• DFB-Pokal: 2019–20
• UEFA Champions League: 2019–20

Individual

• Fritz Walter Medal U17 Silver: 2018^[15]