Stefan Posch
Posch with Austria U21 in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-05-14) 14 May 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Judenburg, Austria
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Right-back, centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Bologna
Number 3
Youth career
Tus Kraubath
DSV Leoben
Grazer AK
AKA HIB Liebenau
Sturm Graz
0000–2014 Admira Wacker
2015–2016 TSG Hoffenheim
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Admira Wacker Amateure 28 (4)
2016–2018 TSG Hoffenheim II 38 (3)
2017–2023 TSG Hoffenheim 109 (2)
2022–2023 → Bologna (loan) 30 (6)
2023– Bologna 16 (0)
International career‡
2012–2013 Austria U16 13 (2)
2013–2014 Austria U17 13 (4)
2014–2015 Austria U18 6 (1)
2015–2016 Austria U19 11 (2)
2017–2018 Austria U21 7 (1)
2019– Austria 28 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:55, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

Stefan Posch (German pronunciation: [ˈʃtɛfa(ː)n ˈpɔʃ];[2][3] born 14 May 1997) is an Austrian footballer who plays as a right-back or centre-back for Serie A club Bologna and the Austria national team.[4]

Club career

On 1 September 2022, Posch joined Serie A club Bologna on loan with an option to buy and a conditional obligation to buy.[5] On 31 May 2023, the transfer was made permanent.[6]

International career

Posch made his Austria national football team debut on 10 June 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against North Macedonia, as a half-time substitute for Aleksandar Dragović.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 14 January 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Admira Wacker Amateure 2013–14 Austrian Regionalliga 14 2 — — — 14 2
2014–15 Austrian Regionalliga 14 2 — — — 14 2
Total 28 4 — — — 28 4
TSG Hoffenheim II 2015–16 Under 19 Bundesliga 22 2 — — — 22 2
2016–17 Regionalliga Südwest 30 1 — — — 30 1
2017–18 Regionalliga Südwest 4 0 — — — 4 0
2018–19 Regionalliga Südwest 4 2 — — — 4 2
Total 38 3 — — — 38 3
TSG Hoffenheim 2017–18 Bundesliga 9 0 0 0 4[a] 0 — 13 0
2018–19 Bundesliga 17 0 1 0 2[b] 0 — 20 0
2019–20 Bundesliga 28 0 2 0 — — 30 0
2020–21 Bundesliga 26 0 1 0 3[a] 0 — 30 0
2021–22 Bundesliga 28 2 3 0 — — 31 2
2022–23 Bundesliga 1 0 1 0 — — 2 0
Total 109 2 8 0 9 0 — 126 2
Bologna (loan) 2022–23 Serie A 30 6 1 0 — — 31 6
Bologna 2023–24 Serie A 16 0 3 0 — — 19 0
Career total 243 13 12 0 9 0 0 0 264 13

International

As of match played 20 November 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Austria 2019 5 1
2020 4 0
2021 6 0
2022 5 0
2023 8 0
Total 28 1

International goals

As of match played 20 November 2023
Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Posch goal.[8]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 13 October 2019 Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia  Slovenia 1–0 1–0 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification

Notes

  1. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

References

  1. ^ "Stefan Posch". TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  2. ^ Dudenredaktion; Kleiner, Stefan; Knöbl, Ralf (2015) [First published 1962]. Das Aussprachewörterbuch [The Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German) (7th ed.). Berlin: Dudenverlag. pp. 697, 804. ISBN 978-3-411-04067-4.
  3. ^ Krech, Eva-Maria; Stock, Eberhard; Hirschfeld, Ursula; Anders, Lutz Christian (2009). Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch [German Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 836, 951. ISBN 978-3-11-018202-6.
  4. ^ Stefan Posch at WorldFootball.net
  5. ^ "Stefan Posch al Bologna" (in Italian). Bologna. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Posch joins on a permanent deal". Bologna. 31 May 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  7. ^ "North Macedonia v Austria game report". UEFA. 10 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Stefan Posch". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 27 June 2021.

External links


Bologna FC 1909 – current squad
Austria squad – UEFA Euro 2020
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