Patrick Posipal (born 3 March 1988) is a German

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who most recently played as a

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for

Lüneburger SK Hansa Lüneburger SK Hansa is a football club from the Lower Saxon Hanseatic town of Lüneburg in Northern Germany. The club was founded in spring 2008 as part of the planned merger of the football divisions of the two sports clubs Lüneburger SK and ...

Career

Posipal joined Meppen from

in 2015.

Personal life

Patrick Posipal is the son of former

Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig () or BTSV (), is a German football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. They compete in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier o ...

player

Peer Posipal Peer Posipal (born 3 July 1962, in Hamburg) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent three seasons in the Bundesliga with Eintracht Braunschweig, as well as five seasons in the 2. Bundesliga with Braunschwe ...

and the grandson of

1954 FIFA World Cup The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the 5th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June ...

winner

Josef Posipal Josef "Jupp" Posipal (20 June 1927 – 21 February 1997) was a German footballer. Born in Romania, he was part of the Germany national team that won the 1954 FIFA World Cup. During his club career he played for SV Linden 07, SV Arminia Hannove ...

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* * 1988 births Living people German people of Romanian descent German men's footballers Footballers from Braunschweig Men's association football midfielders 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Hamburger SV II players TuS Heeslingen players FC Oberneuland players TSV Havelse players Lüneburger SK Hansa players SV Meppen players VfB Oldenburg players 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-footy-midfielder-stub