Fabian Koch

Fabian Koch
Fabian Koch (2013)
Personnel
birthday	June 24, 1989
place of birth	Rum ,  Austria
size	180 cm
position	defense
Juniors
Years	station
1995-2007	SV Natters
2007-2008	BNZ Tirol
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2007-2011	FC Wacker Innsbruck	61 (2)
2008-2009	FC Wacker Innsbruck II	19 (3)
2011-2016	FK Austria Vienna	95 (4)
2016-2020	SK Sturm Graz	106 (6)
2020–	WSG Tirol	11 (1)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2009–	Austria U-21	5 (0)
1 Only league games are given. As of June 30, 2020 2 As of October 18, 2009

Fabian Koch (born June 24, 1989 in Rum ) is an Austrian football player on the position of a defender .

Career

society

Koch, who started playing club football at the age of six, went through the various age groups at SV Natters. After the trainers at the Bundesnachwuchszentrum (BNZ) Tirol became aware of his talent, he was also used there.

From BNZ Tirol his path led directly to FC Wacker Innsbruck in summer 2008, where he was initially signed for the second team that played in the Tyrolean regional league . Thanks to his consistently good performance, coach Walter Kogler became aware of Koch, who then integrated him into the squad of the fighting team. Koch signed a professional contract in autumn 2008 and made his professional debut in the first team on November 22nd, 2008 in the home game against FC Admira Wacker Mödling (2: 2), when he came on for Rene Gsellmann in the 46th minute .

With FC Wacker Innsbruck, Koch was two points ahead of FC Admira Wacker Mödling and champion of the second-rate Austrian first division in the 2009/10 season and was promoted to the Bundesliga with the team.

On November 25, 2010 Koch announced his move to league rivals FK Austria Wien during the winter break .

With Austria he became Austrian champion in 2012/13.

For the 2016/17 season he moved to SK Sturm Graz , where he received a contract valid until 2019. After 106 Bundesliga games for Sturm, he moved to league competitor WSG Tirol in January 2020 .

National team

Fabian Koch started his international career on March 31, 2009 in Wiener Neudorf , when he came on for Guido Burgstaller in the 46th minute in the friendly international match between the Austrian U-21 national team and Switzerland (1: 2) under team boss Andreas Herzog . Since then, Koch has been an integral part of the Austrian U-21 team and plays in the qualification for the U-21 European Football Championship 2011 .

successes

• 1 × Tyrolean champion with FC Wacker Innsbruck II: 2008/09
• 1 × champion of the second class first division : 2009/10
• 1 × Bundesliga champions: 2012/13
• 1 × Austrian Cup winner : 2018

Web links

Commons : Fabian Koch  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Fabian Koch in the database of weltfussball.de
• Fabian Koch in the database of transfermarkt.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FC Wacker Innsbruck against VfB Admira Wacker Mödling on November 22, 2008  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on October 18, 2009)  
2. ↑ René Soukopf: We are back - together we made it. In: fc-wacker-innsbruck.at. May 28, 2010; Archived from the original on May 31, 2010 ; accessed on September 10, 2014 . 
3. ^ Wackers Koch on Austria ( Memento from November 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (from November 25, 2010)
4. ↑ Fabian Koch changes purple for black ( memento of the original from June 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. sksturm.at, May 17, 2016, accessed May 17, 2016  
5. ↑ WSG commits Fabian Koch from Sturm Graz wsg-fussball.at, on January 6, 2020, accessed on January 6, 2020
6. ↑ ÖFB: Unfortunate defeat at the last minute against Switzerland ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on October 18, 2009)