Fabian Posch

Fabian Posch
Personal information
Born	(1988-01-05) 5 January 1988 (age 37) Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria
Nationality	Austrian
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Playing position	Pivot
Club information
Current club	Retired
Youth career
Team
–	UHC Salzburg
Senior clubs
Years	Team
0000-2006	UHC Salzburg
2006-2011	Bregenz Handball
2011-2013	ULZ Schwaz
2013-2014	SC Ferlach
2014-2016	SG Handball West Wien
2016-2022	UHK Krems
2022-2024	Jags Vöslau
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007-2024	Austria	113	(196)

Fabian Posch (born 5 January 1988) is an Austrian former handball player, who played for the Austrian national team. ^{[1] [2]}

Career

Posch started his career at the youth team of UHC Salzburg. He started as a back player, and was reeducated as a pivot. ^[3]

In 2006 he joined Bregenz Handball. ^[4] Here he won the Austrian Championship four times. In the 2008-09 season he was named rookie of the season. ^[3]

For the 2010-11 season he joined ULZ Schwaz. ^[5]

For the 2013-14 eaon he joined the recently promoted SC Ferlach. ^[6] Here he had his best season scoring wise with 137 goals, and that prompted a move to SG Handball West Wien in 2014. ^[7]

After 2 years he joined UHK Krems. ^[8] In the 2018-19 he won the cup and league double with Krems. ^{[9] [10]} The same season he was named as the player of the season. ^[11]

In 2022 he joined Jags Vöslau. ^[12] After the 2023-24 season he retired. ^[13]

National team

With the Austrian national team Posch played at the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship, ^[2] where Austria reached the round of 16. Posch played 6 games and scored 14 goals. ^[14]

Seasonal statistics

Season	Team	League	Goals	Penalty goals	Outfield goals
2008/09	Bregenz Handball	HLA	57	0	57
2009/10	Bregenz Handball	HLA	61	0	61
2010/11	Bregenz Handball	HLA	111	0	111
2011/12	ULZ Schwaz	HLA	88	0	88
2012/13	ULZ Schwaz	HLA	87	1	86
2013/14	SC Ferlach	HLA	137	10	127
2014/15	SG Handball West Wien	HLA	131	0/0	131
2015/16	SG Handball West Wien	HLA	65	0/0	65
2016/17	UHK Krems	HLA	167	0/0	167
2017/18	UHK Krems	HLA	172	0/0	172
2018/19	UHK Krems	HLA	142	0/0	142
2019/20	The Austrian league was cancelled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic
2020/21	UHK Krems	HLA	85	0/0	85
2008–2021	Total	HLA	1294	11	1283

Titles

• Handball Liga Austria
  • Winner: 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2018-19, 2021-22
• ÖHB-Cup
  • Winner: 2018-19

Accolades

• HLA „Newcomer des Jahres“ 2008-09
• HLA „Handballer des Jahres“ 2018-19

References

1. "Fabian Posch". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
2. "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
3. Christoph Pichler (26 January 2020). "EM-Handballer Fabian Posch: "Der Biss ist noch immer da"". sn.at. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
4. "Bronze bei Studenten-WM: Fabian Posch im Interview" (in German). handball-world.news. 23 July 2008. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
5. "Wir bleiben realistisch" (in German). Tiroler Tageszeitung. Archived from the original on 30 August 2011.
6. "Gleich sieben Neue beim HLA-Klub SC kelag Ferlach"" (in German). scferlach.at. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
7. "Bericht über den Wechsel von Posch zu West Wien" (in German). Archived from the original on 11 September 2014.
8. "Krems vermeldet mit Fabian Posch erste Neuverpflichtung" (in German). HLA. Archived from the original on 7 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
9. Thomas Mayer (20 April 2019). "UHK ist CUPSIEGER 2019" (in German). uhk-krems.com. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
10. "Krems holt mit 27:22 über Hard 4. Meistertitel!" (in German). krone.at. 8 June 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
11. "2019 - das Jahr von Fabian Posch" (in German). oehb.at. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
12. "Kremser Posch wechselt nach Bad Vöslau" (in German). noen.at. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
13. "Transferfieber in der HLA MEISTERLIGA – Alle Wechsel der neuen Saison im Blick!" (in German). HLA . Retrieved 27 September 2024.
14. "24th Men's World Championship 2015: Austria" (PDF). archive.ihf.info. International Handball Federation . Retrieved 31 October 2022.

External links

• Fabian Posch at the European Handball Federation