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{{Short description|German footballer and manager}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Holger Fach
| fullname       = 
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1962|9|6|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Wuppertal]], West Germany
| height         = 1.86 m
| position       = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub    = 
| clubnumber     = 
| youthyears1    = 
| youthclubs1    = SV Bayer Wuppertal
| youthyears2    = 
| youthclubs2    = ASV Wuppertal
| youthyears3    = 
| youthclubs3    = [[Wuppertaler SV]]
| youthyears4    = 1976–1981
| youthclubs4    = [[Fortuna Düsseldorf]]
| years1         = 1981–1987
| clubs1         = [[Fortuna Düsseldorf]]
| caps1          = 164
| goals1         = 24
| years2         = 1988–1991
| clubs2         = [[KFC Uerdingen 05|Bayer Uerdingen]]
| caps2          = 101
| goals2         = 27
| years3         = 1991–1995
| clubs3         = [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]]
| caps3          = 102
| goals3         = 15
| years4         = 1995–1996
| clubs4         = [[Bayer 04 Leverkusen|Bayer Leverkusen]]
| caps4          = 32
| goals4         = 3
| years5         = 1996–1997
| clubs5         = [[Fortuna Düsseldorf]]
| caps5          = 24
| goals5         = 1
| years6         = 1997
| clubs6         = [[TSV 1860 Munich|1860 Munich]]
| caps6          = 10
| goals6         = 0
| years7         = 1998–1999
| clubs7         = [[Fortuna Düsseldorf]]
| caps7          = 10
| goals7         = 1
| totalcaps      = 443
| totalgoals     = 71
| nationalyears1 = 1988–1989
| nationalteam1  = [[Germany national football team|West Germany]]
| nationalcaps1  = 5
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1  = 1999–2000
| managerclubs1  = SV Bayer Wuppertal
| manageryears2  = 2001–2003
| managerclubs2  = [[Borussia Mönchengladbach|Borussia M'gladbach II]]
| manageryears3  = 2003
| managerclubs3  = [[Rot-Weiss Essen]]
| manageryears4  = 2003–2004
| managerclubs4  = [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]]
| manageryears5  = 2005
| managerclubs5  = [[VfL Wolfsburg]]
| manageryears6  = 2007–2008
| managerclubs6  = [[SC Paderborn 07|SC Paderborn]]
| manageryears7  = 2008–2009
| managerclubs7  = [[FC Augsburg]]
| manageryears8  = 2010–2011
| managerclubs8  = [[FC Lokomotiv Astana|Lokomotiv Astana]]
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{FRG}}}}
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Football]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]] | [[football at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Team competition]]}}
}}

'''Holger Fach''' (born 6 September 1962) is a German [[association football|football]] manager and former professional player. Mainly a [[defensive midfielder]], he could also pitch in at [[centre back]].

==Club career==
Between 1981 and 1998, Fach played 416 [[Bundesliga]] games for [[Fortuna Düsseldorf]], [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]], [[Bayer Uerdingen]], [[Bayer 04 Leverkusen]] and [[TSV 1860 Munich]].<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/players/fachdata.html | title = Holger Fach – Matches and Goals in Bundesliga | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 2 September 2015 | access-date = 8 September 2015 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref> He scored 67 goals during this period, and won the [[DFB-Pokal]] with Borussia in [[1994–95 DFB-Pokal|1995]]. In only half-a-season with Uerdingen in [[1987–88 Bundesliga|1987–88]], Fach scored a career-best nine league goals, greatly contributing to the side maintaining its top flight status. He retired with Fortuna Düsseldorf in the [[2. Bundesliga|second division]] in 1997–98.

== International career ==
During a one-year span, Fach also gained five [[Cap (football)|caps]] for the [[Germany national football team|national team]], his debut coming on 31 August 1988, in a [[1990 FIFA World Cup qualification|1990 World Cup qualifier]] against [[Finland national football team|Finland]], in [[Helsinki]] (he played the entire match in a 4–0 win).<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/fach-intl.html | title = Holger Fach - International Appearances | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 2 September 2015 | access-date = 8 September 2015 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref> He also represented West Germany at the [[Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Summer Olympics]] in [[Seoul]], where he played a role in the side winning a Bronze medal scoring 2 goals in the process.

== Coaching career ==
After retiring as a player, Fach was appointed to coach the amateur team at Borussia Mönchengladbach (he worked with the club as a scout the previous year) and after a short ''[[intermezzo]]'' at [[Rot-Weiss Essen]], on 21 September 2003 he became head coach for the former, leaving his post on October of the following year.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=249942.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121026142352/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=249942.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 26 October 2012 | title = Fach moves out of Mönchengladbach | publisher=[[UEFA]] | date = 27 October 2004 | access-date =2 September 2009}}</ref>

On 5 June 2005, he became the new manager for [[VfL Wolfsburg]],<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=307536.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121026142401/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=307536.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 26 October 2012 | title = Wolfsburg move for Fach | publisher=[[UEFA]] | date = 6 June 2005 | access-date =2 September 2009}}</ref> but after a weak first half of [[2005–06 Bundesliga|the season]] was fired on 19 December, together with [[general manager]] [[Thomas Strunz]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=380905.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121024074947/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=380905.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 24 October 2012 | title = Fach fired by Wolfsburg | publisher=[[UEFA]] | date = 19 December 2005 | access-date =2 September 2009}}</ref>

In January 2007, Fach took the reins of second division outfit [[SC Paderborn 07]] (being fired midway through his second season). On 18 April 2008, he took over as manager of another second-tier side, [[FC Augsburg]]. After a disappointing beginning to 2009, FC Augsburg club management passed a vote of confidence in Fach for the remainder of the season, however both sides also agreed to end their cooperation at season's end.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bundesliga.de/en/liga2/news/2008/index.php?f=121831.php&fla=4 | title = Augsburg to part ways with Fach | publisher = bundesliga.de | language = de | date = 16 March 2009 | access-date = 2 September 2009 | archive-date = 29 September 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110929134132/http://www.bundesliga.de/en/liga2/news/2008/index.php?f=121831.php&fla=4 | url-status = dead }}</ref> On 13 April 2009, he was fired from [[FC Augsburg]] along with his assistant coach [[Dariusz Pasieka]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.kicker.de/fca-feuert-fach-507191/artikel | title = FCA feuert Fach | publisher=[[Kicker (magazine)|Kicker]] | language = de | access-date =23 April 2011 }}</ref> After nine months without a job Fach was named on 25 January 2010 as the new head coach of the Kazakhstani vice-champion [[FC Astana|Lokomotiv Astana]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ftd.de/sport/fussball/auslandsfussball/news/:holger-fach-neuer-trainer-in-kasachstan/50065399.html | title = Holger Fach neuer Trainer in Kasachstan | date = 25 January 2010 | access-date = 22 January 2011 | publisher = [[Financial Times Deutschland]] | language = de | url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101210121608/http://www.ftd.de/sport/fussball/auslandsfussball/news/:holger-fach-neuer-trainer-in-kasachstan/50065399.html | archive-date = 10 December 2010 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Fussballdaten|fachholger}}
* {{WorldFootball.net|holger-fach}}
* {{NFT|17346}}

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{{West Germany football squad 1988 Summer Olympics}}
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