Stefan Posch
{{short description|Austrian footballer (born 1997)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Stefan Posch
| full_name =
| image = Austria national under-21 football team - Teamcamp June 2017 (110).jpg
| caption = Posch with Austria U21 in 2017
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1997|5|14}}
| birth_place = Judenburg, Austria
| position = Right-back, centre-back
| currentclub = Bologna
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 2004–2008
| youthclubs1 = Tus Kraubath
| youthyears2 = 2008–2009
| youthclubs2 = DSV Leoben
| youthyears3 = 2009–2010
| youthclubs3 = Grazer AK
| youthyears4 = 2010
| youthclubs4 = AKA HIB Liebenau
| youthyears5 = 2010–2011
| youthclubs5 = Sturm Graz
| youthyears6 = 2011–2014
| youthclubs6 = Admira Wacker
| youthyears7 = 2015–2016
| youthclubs7 = TSG Hoffenheim
| years1 = 2014–2015
| clubs1 = Admira Wacker Amateure
| caps1 = 28
| goals1 = 4
| years2 = 2016–2018
| clubs2 = TSG Hoffenheim II
| caps2 = 38
| goals2 = 3
| years3 = 2017–2023
| clubs3 = TSG Hoffenheim
| caps3 = 109
| goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2022–2023
| clubs4 = → Bologna (loan)
| caps4 = 30
| goals4 = 6
| years5 = 2023–
| clubs5 = Bologna
| caps5 = 45
| goals5 = 1
| years6 = 2025
| clubs6 = → Atalanta (loan)
| caps6 = 5
| goals6 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2012–2013
| nationalteam1 = Austria U16
| nationalcaps1 = 13
| nationalgoals1 = 2
| nationalyears2 = 2013–2014
| nationalteam2 = Austria U17
| nationalcaps2 = 13
| nationalgoals2 = 4
| nationalyears3 = 2014–2015
| nationalteam3 = Austria U18
| nationalcaps3 = 6
| nationalgoals3 = 1
| nationalyears4 = 2015–2016
| nationalteam4 = Austria U19
| nationalcaps4 = 11
| nationalgoals4 = 2
| nationalyears5 = 2017–2018
| nationalteam5 = Austria U21
| nationalcaps5 = 7
| nationalgoals5 = 1
| nationalyears6 = 2019–
| nationalteam6 = Austria
| nationalcaps6 = 44
| nationalgoals6 = 2
| pcupdate = 03:01, 26 May 2025 (UTC)
| ntupdate = 23:34, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
}}
Stefan Posch ({{IPA|de|ˈʃtɛfa(ː)n ˈpɔʃ}};{{cite book|first1=Stefan|last1=Kleiner|first2=Ralf|last2=Knöbl|year=2015|orig-year=First published 1962|title=Das Aussprachewörterbuch|trans-title=The Pronunciation Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T6vWCgAAQBAJ|language=German|edition=7th|location=Berlin|publisher=Dudenverlag|isbn=978-3-411-04067-4|pages=697, 804}}{{Cite book|first1=Eva-Maria|last1=Krech|first2=Eberhard|last2=Stock|first3=Ursula|last3=Hirschfeld|first4=Lutz Christian|last4=Anders|title=Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch|trans-title=German Pronunciation Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E-1tr_oVkW4C&q=deutsches+ausspracheworterbuch|language=de|year=2009|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|location=Berlin|isbn=978-3-11-018202-6|pages=905, 1062}} born 14 May 1997) is an Austrian footballer who plays as a right-back or centre-back for Italian {{Italian football updater|Bologna}} club Bologna and the Austria national team.{{WorldFootball.net|stefan-posch}}
Club career
Posch started his senior career at Admira Wacker Amateure in the Austrian Regionalliga, before joining the youth ranks of TSG Hoffenheim in 2015. On 28 September 2017, he made his senior debut for the first team of TSG Hoffenheim, by starting in a 2–1 away defeat against Ludogorets Razgrad in the Europa League.{{cite web |url=https://www.tsg-hoffenheim.de/aktuelles/news/2017/10/tsg-youngster-posch-der-serioese-abraeumer |title=TSG-Youngster Posch - Der seriöse Abräumer |publisher=TSG 1899 Hoffenheim |language=de |date=7 October 2017 }} A year later, on 19 September 2018, he made his UEFA Champions League debut in a 2–2 away draw against Shakhtar Dontesk during the 2018–19 season.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2025063--shakhtar-donetsk-vs-hoffenheim/ |title=Shakhtar Donetsk 2–2 Hoffenheim |publisher=UEFA |date=19 September 2018 }} He scored his first goal for the club in a 5–0 victory over FC Köln on 15 October 2021.{{cite web |last=Saltenberger |first=Joscha |url=https://www.zdf.de/sport/bundesliga/tsg-hoffenheim-tsg-koe-1-fc-koeln-highlights-zusammenfassung-100.html |title=TSG Hoffenheim - 1. FC Köln 5:0 |publisher=ZDF |language=de |date=18 October 2021 }}
On 1 September 2022, Posch joined Serie A club Bologna on loan with an option and obligation to buy.{{cite web|title=Stefan Posch al Bologna|url=https://www.bolognafc.it/stefan-posch-al-bologna/|date=1 September 2022|language=it}} Two months later, on 6 November, he netted his first goal in a 2–1 victory over Torino.{{cite web |url=https://sport.sky.it/calcio/serie-a/partite/2022/giornata-13/bologna-torino/risultato-gol |title=Bologna-Torino 2-1: gol e highlights. Orsolini e Posch ribaltano la rete di Lukic |publisher=Sky Sport |language=it |date=6 November 2022 }} The transfer to Bologna was made permanent on 31 May 2023.{{Cite web|title=Posch joins on a permanent deal|url=https://www.bolognafc.it/en/posch-joins-on-a-permanent-deal/|publisher=Bologna FC 1909|date=31 May 2023|access-date=20 July 2023}}
On 3 February 2025, Posch moved on loan to Atalanta, with an option to buy.{{cite web|publisher=Atalanta BC|url=https://en.atalanta.it/news/stefan-posch-a-new-asset-for-atalanta-s-rearguard|title=Stefan Posch: a new asset for Atalanta's rearguard|date=3 February 2025|access-date=3 February 2025}}
International career
On 10 June 2019, Posch debuted for the Austrian senior squad in a Euro 2020 qualifier against North Macedonia, as a half-time substitute for Aleksandar Dragović.{{Cite news|title=Die ÖFB-Spieler in der Einzelkritik|url=https://sport.orf.at/stories/3049865/|website=ORF|date=10 June 2019|language=de}} Later that year, on 13 October, he scored his first international goal in a 1–0 victory over Slovenia during the same qualification.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/report/_/gameId/528910 |title=Austria closer to Euro 2020 with win in Slovenia |publisher=ESPN |date=13 October 2019 |access-date=17 May 2023 }} Subsequently, he was selected in the Austrian squad for the UEFA Euro 2020.{{cite news |url=https://www.oefb.at/oefb/News/Franco-Foda-fixiert-26-Spieler-umfassenden-EURO-Kader |title=Franco Foda fixiert 26 Spieler umfassenden EURO-Kader |trans-title=Franco Foda fixes the 26-player Euro squad |work=Austrian Football Association |date=24 May 2021 |access-date=24 May 2021 |language=de}} On 7 June 2024, he was named in the 26-man squad for the UEFA Euro 2024.{{cite news |date=7 June 2024 |title=Nationalteam-Kader für UEFA EURO 2024 fixiert |trans-title=Final national team squad for UEFA EURO 2024 |url=https://www.oefb.at/oefb/News/OeFB-Kader-UEFA-EURO-2024 |language=de |publisher=Austrian Football Association |access-date=7 June 2024}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 25 May 2025}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes DFB-Pokal, Coppa Italia}} !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="3"|Admira Wacker Amateure
|14 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 14 | 2 | |||
| 2014–15
|Austrian Regionalliga |14 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 14 | 2 | |||
| colspan=2|Total
!28 | 4 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 28 | 4 | |||
| rowspan="5"|TSG Hoffenheim II
|2015–16 |22 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 22 | 2 | |||
| 2016–17
|30 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 30 | 1 | |||
| 2017–18
|Regionalliga Südwest |4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19
|Regionalliga Südwest |4 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 2 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!38 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 38 | 3 | |||
| rowspan="7"|TSG Hoffenheim
|9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4{{efn|name=UEL|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| 2018–19
|Bundesliga |17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=UCL|Appearances in UEFA Champions League}} | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| 2019–20
|Bundesliga |28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21
|Bundesliga |26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3{{efn|name=UEL}} | 0 | 30 | 0 | |
| 2021–22
|Bundesliga |28 | 2 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 31 | 2 | ||
| 2022–23
|Bundesliga |1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!109 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 126 | 2 | |
| Bologna (loan)
|30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 31 | 6 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Bologna
|Serie A |31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 34 | 1 | ||
| 2024–25
|Serie A |14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6{{efn|name=UCL}} | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!75 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 85 | 7 | |
| Atalanta (loan)
|Serie A |5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=UCL}} | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!277 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 307 | 14 |
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=International=
{{updated|match played 10 June 2025}}{{NFT player|id=74577|access-date=27 June 2021}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals | ||
| rowspan="7"|Austria
|2019 | 5 | 1 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 |
| 2024 | 14 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| colspan="2"|Total||44||2 |
|---|
{{updated|match played 10 June 2025}}
:Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Posch goal.
| class="wikitable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Stefan Posch ! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition | ||||||
| 1. | 13 October 2019 | Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia | {{fb|SVN}} | align=center | 1–0 | align=center | 1–0 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualification |
| 2. | 13 October 2024 | Raiffeisen Arena, Linz, Austria | {{fb|NOR}} | align=center | 4–1 | align=center | 5–1 | 2024–25 UEFA Nations League B |
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- [https://www.bolognafc.it/player/lukasz-skorupski/ Profile] at the Bologna FC 1909 website
- {{UEFA player}}
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Category:Footballers from Judenburg
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