Patrick Fabian (footballer)

Not to be confused with Patrick Fabian.

Patrick Fabian (born 11 October 1987) is a German retired professional footballer who played as a centre-back.^[1][2]

Patrick Fabian

Personal information
Date of birth	(1987-10-11) 11 October 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth	Hagen, West Germany
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
1993–1999	VfB Westhofen
1999–2000	SF Oestrich Iserlohn
2000–2006	VfL Bochum
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2013	VfL Bochum II	112	(0)
2009–2020	VfL Bochum	148	(5)
Total		260	(5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Fabian was born in Hagen. He made his debut on the professional league level in the Bundesliga with VfL Bochum on 14 February 2009 when he came on as a 90th-minute substitute in a game against Schalke 04.^[3] Over the course of his career Fabian suffered four separate anterior cruciate ligament injuries.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[2]

Club	Season	League			DFB-Pokal		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
VfL Bochum II	2005–06	Oberliga Westfalen	2	0	0	0	—		2	0
	2006–07		29	0	—		—		29	0
	2007–08		31	0	—		—		31	0
	2008–09	Regionalliga West	17	0	—		—		17	0
	2009–10		18	0	—		—		18	0
	2010–11		9	0	—		—		9	0
	2011–12		2	0	—		—		2	0
	2012–13		4	0	—		—		4	0
	Total		112	0	0	0	0	0	112	0
VfL Bochum	2008–09	Bundesliga	5	0	0	0	—		5	0
	2009–10		1	0	0	0	—		1	0
	2010–11	2. Bundesliga	6	0	0	0	0^[a]	0	6	0
	2011–12		0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2012–13		0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2013–14		31	2	2	0	—		33	2
	2014–15		30	0	1	0	—		31	0
	2015–16		29	1	4	0	—		33	1
	2016–17		3	0	0	0	—		3	0
	2017–18		21	0	2	0	—		23	0
	2018–19		18	2	0	0	—		18	2
	2019–20		4	0	0	0	—		4	0
	Total		148	5	9	0	0	0	157	5
Career total			260	5	9	0	0	0	269	5

1. Appearances in the 2. Bundesliga promotion play-offs

References

1. "Patrick Fabian" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
2. "Patrick Fabian" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
3. "Dabrowski bestraft zu lässige Schalker" [Dabrowski punishes too nonchalant Schalke] (in German). kicker. 14 February 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2011.

External links

• Patrick Fabian at fussballdaten.de (in German)