{{short description|Austrian handball player (born 1988)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox handball biography | name = Fabian Posch | image = 20150106 1901 Handball AUTSUI 7382.jpg | nationality = Austrian | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|1|5|df=y}} | birth_place = Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria | height = 1.98 m | position = Pivot | currentclub = ''Retired'' | clubnumber = | youthclubs1 = UHC Salzburg | years1 = {{0|0000}}-2006 | clubs1 = UHC Salzburg | years2 = 2006-2011 | clubs2 = Bregenz Handball | years3 = 2011-2013 | clubs3 = ULZ Schwaz | years4 = 2013-2014 | clubs4 = SC Ferlach | years5 = 2014-2016 | clubs5 = SG Handball West Wien | years6 = 2016-2022 | clubs6 = UHK Krems | years7 = 2022-2024 | clubs7 = Jags Vöslau | nationalyears1 = 2007-2024 | nationalteam1 = Austria | nationalcaps1 = 113 | nationalgoals1 = 196 }} '''Fabian Posch''' (born 5 January 1988) is an Austrian former handball player, who played for the Austrian national team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurohandball.com/player/528234|title=Fabian Posch|publisher=eurohandball.com|accessdate=12 January 2014}}</ref><ref name=WC2015>{{cite web|url=http://ihf.info/files/CompetitionData/153/pdf/AUT.pdf |title=2015 World Championship Roster |publisher=IHF |accessdate=15 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218194618/http://www.ihf.info/files/CompetitionData/153/pdf/AUT.pdf |archivedate=18 December 2014 }}</ref>
==Career== Posch started his career at the youth team of UHC Salzburg. He started as a back player, and was reeducated as a pivot.<ref name="geschichte">{{cite web |url=https://www.sn.at/sport/regionalsport/em-handballer-fabian-posch-der-biss-ist-noch-immer-da-82567921 |title=EM-Handballer Fabian Posch: "Der Biss ist noch immer da" |author=Christoph Pichler |publisher=sn.at |date=2020-01-26 |access-date=2021-09-29}}</ref>
In 2006 he joined Bregenz Handball.<ref name="Bronze">{{cite web |url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-1-18-15654.html |title=Bronze bei Studenten-WM: Fabian Posch im Interview |date=2008-07-23 |publisher=handball-world.news|language=de |access-date=2021-09-29}}</ref> Here he won the Austrian Championship four times. In the 2008-09 season he was named rookie of the season.<ref name="geschichte" />
For the 2010-11 season he joined ULZ Schwaz.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tt.com/csp/cms/sites/tt/%C3%9Cberblick/Sport%C3%BCberblick/Sport%C3%BCberblickContainer/3275125-8/wir-bleiben-realistisch.csp | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830014948/http://www.tt.com/csp/cms/sites/tt/%C3%9Cberblick/Sport%C3%BCberblick/Sport%C3%BCberblickContainer/3275125-8/wir-bleiben-realistisch.csp |archive-date=30 August 2011| title=Wir bleiben realistisch|publisher=Tiroler Tageszeitung|language=de}}</ref>
For the 2013-14 eaon he joined the recently promoted SC Ferlach.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scferlach.at/index.php?sa=0&nav=1&sub=0&page=&oc=news&content=news&ID=1935 |publisher=scferlach.at|title=Gleich sieben Neue beim HLA-Klub SC kelag Ferlach“|access-date=5 January 2014|language=de}}</ref> Here he had his best season scoring wise with 137 goals, and that prompted a move to SG Handball West Wien in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.handball-westwien.at/?p=2051 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911145209/http://www.handball-westwien.at/?p=2051 |title=Bericht über den Wechsel von Posch zu West Wien |language=de|archive-date=11 September 2014}}</ref>
After 2 years he joined UHK Krems.<ref>{{cite web|title=Krems vermeldet mit Fabian Posch erste Neuverpflichtung|access-date=7 June 2016 |url=http://hla.at/2016/04/krems-vermeldet-mit-fabian-posch-erste-neuverpflichtung/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160607124618/http://hla.at/2016/04/krems-vermeldet-mit-fabian-posch-erste-neuverpflichtung/|archive-date=7 June 2016|language=de|publisher=HLA }}</ref> In the 2018-19 he won the cup and league double with Krems.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uhk-krems.com/spusu-liga/kampfmannschaft/aktuelles/aktuelles-im-detail/news/uhk-ist-cupsieger-2019/?tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&cHash=05aad0a90c76dbefb9f5b8043cc8ae07 |title=UHK ist CUPSIEGER 2019 |author=Thomas Mayer |publisher=uhk-krems.com |date=2019-04-20 |access-date=2019-05-13|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.krone.at/1938275 |title=Krems holt mit 27:22 über Hard 4. Meistertitel! |publisher=krone.at |date=2019-06-08 |access-date=2019-05-13|language=de}}</ref> The same season he was named as the player of the season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oehb.at/de/boxnewsshow0-2019-das-jahr-von-fabian-posch |title=2019 - das Jahr von Fabian Posch |publisher=oehb.at|language=de |access-date=2021-09-29}}</ref>
In 2022 he joined Jags Vöslau.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.noen.at/sport/baden/handball-kremser-posch-wechselt-nach-bad-voeslau-bad-voeslau-redaktionsfeed-handball-fabian-posch-transfer-uhk-krems-jags-bad-voeslau-thomas-schartel-redaktion-315292604 |title=Kremser Posch wechselt nach Bad Vöslau |publisher=noen.at |access-date=2022-08-28|language=de}}</ref> After the 2023-24 season he retired.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://hla.at/component/content/article/985-transferfieber-in-der-hla-meisterliga-alle-wechsel-der-neuen-saison-im-blick?catid=90&Itemid=437 |title=Transferfieber in der HLA MEISTERLIGA – Alle Wechsel der neuen Saison im Blick! |publisher=HLA |access-date=2024-09-27|language=de}}</ref>
===National team=== With the Austrian national team Posch played at the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship,<ref name=WC2015 /> where Austria reached the round of 16. Posch played 6 games and scored 14 goals.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://archive.ihf.info/files/CompetitionData/05459bd8-a610-45d1-87a9-172e0b699e38/pdf/AUTTOTAL.PDF |publisher=International Handball Federation|website=archive.ihf.info|title=24th Men's World Championship 2015: Austria|access-date=31 October 2022}}</ref>
==Seasonal statistics== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! Season || Team|| League|| Goals|| Penalty goals|| Outfield goals |- | style="text-align:left"| 2008/09 | style="text-align:left"| Bregenz Handball | HLA | 57 | 0 | 57 |- | style="text-align:left"| 2009/10 | style="text-align:left"| Bregenz Handball | HLA | 61 | 0 | 61 |- | style="text-align:left"| 2010/11 | style="text-align:left"| Bregenz Handball | HLA | 111 | 0 | 111 |- | style="text-align:left"| 2011/12 | style="text-align:left"| ULZ Schwaz | HLA | 88 | 0 | 88 |- | style="text-align:left"| 2012/13 | style="text-align:left"| ULZ Schwaz | HLA | 87 | 1 | 86 |- | style="text-align:left"| 2013/14 | style="text-align:left"| SC Ferlach | HLA | 137 | 10 | 127 |- | style="text-align:left"| 2014/15 | style="text-align:left"| SG Handball West Wien | HLA | 131 | 0/0 | 131 |- | style="text-align:left"| 2015/16 | style="text-align:left"| SG Handball West Wien | HLA | 65 | 0/0 | 65 |- | style="text-align:left"| 2016/17 | style="text-align:left"| UHK Krems | HLA | 167 | 0/0 | 167 |- | style="text-align:left"| 2017/18 | style="text-align:left"| UHK Krems | HLA | 172 | 0/0 | 172 |- | style="text-align:left"| 2018/19 | style="text-align:left"| UHK Krems | HLA | 142 | 0/0 | 142 |- | style="text-align:left"| 2019/20 | colspan="10" |The Austrian league was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |- | style="text-align:left"| 2020/21 | style="text-align:left"| UHK Krems | HLA | 85 | 0/0 | 85 |- style="background:#FFE1C0" | style="text-align:left"| 2008–2021 | style="text-align:left"| '''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== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Sports links}}
{{Austria squad 2014 European Men's Handball Championship}} {{Austria squad 2015 World Men's Handball Championship}} {{Austria squad 2020 European Men's Handball Championship}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Posch, Fabian}} Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:Austrian male handball players Category:21st-century Austrian sportsmen Category:People from Salzburg-Umgebung District Category:Sportspeople from Salzburg (state)