Career
Football Club Magdeburg. The striker began his professional career at Football Club Hansa Rostock in 1995. With a two-year interruption he spent six years with Football Club Hansa, scoring 32 goals in 185 appearances. In 2002 he moved to 1.
Football Club Union Berlin, spending 2 years at Stadion An der Alten Försterei where he became a crowd favourite.
In 2004, the club was relegated from 2. Bundesliga, finishing only 17th.
However, Baumgart stayed in the league, moving to Football Club Energie Cottbus on a free transfer. There he helped secure the 2.
Cottbus managed to not be relegated in their first season in the top flight in Germany, but the next season saw Baumgart hardly playing for the first team, and on 3 January 2008 club and player agreed to a mutual termination of the contract.
On 22 January, Regionalliga Nord side 1. Football Club Magdeburg announced Baumgart had signed a contract until June 2008 with an option for another season. After the club missed out on qualifying to the new 3.
Liga, Baumgart"s contract was not extended and he left the club for Germania Schöneiche, a club near Berlin.
On 31 March 2009, he returned to 1. Football Club Magdeburg as a manager and signed a contract running until the end of the season.
His contract was extended at the end of the season, despite a mediocre record in the league. On the contrary, Magdeburg were ten points behind a promotion spot by the end of December.
Following a string of bad results when league play resumed in 2010, Baumgart was let go at the end of March.
Baumgart scored 29 goals in 225 Bundesliga matches and 36 goals in 142 matches in the 2. Bundesliga.