Fabian Spiess

Fabian Spiess
Personal information
Full name Fabian Spiess[1]
Date of birth (1994-02-22) 22 February 1994 (age 30)[2]
Place of birth Wesel, Germany
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
2010–2012 Notts County
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Notts County 13 (0)
2011 → Lewes (loan) 2 (0)
2012 → Corby Town (loan) 5 (0)
2014–2015 → Bristol Rovers (loan) 3 (0)
2015 Torquay United 19 (0)
2015–2016 Alfreton Town 1 (0)
2016 Boston United 18 (0)
2016–2017 Alfreton Town 38 (0)
2017–2019 Nantwich Town 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fabian Spiess (born 22 February 1994) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Career

Spiess joined the Notts County youth system in the 2010–11 season,[3] and while still in the club's academy he signed for Isthmian League Premier Division side Lewes on loan in October 2011.[4][5] He made his debut on 26 October in a Sussex Senior Challenge Cup 4–0 victory over Wick, before making his league bow in a 4–0 defeat of A.F.C. Hornchurch on 29 October.[5] Having made three appearances for Lewes the loan came to an end in November after Spiess was injured in a training session with parent club County.[5][6] He joined Corby Town of the Conference North on a youth loan on 1 March 2012.[4] Spiess made his debut two days later in a 2–0 defeat away at Nuneaton Town and finished his loan at Corby with five appearances.[7] His debut for County came as a 74th minute substitute for Stuart Nelson in the final day 4–1 victory at home to Colchester United on 5 May.[8]

Spiess joined Bristol Rovers on an emergency loan on 5 December 2014 due to injuries to Steve Mildenhall and Will Puddy.[9]

He moved to Nantwich Town in June 2017.[10]

Personal life

Spiess completed a Masters in Sports Business Management from the University of Central Lancashire in 2019, going on to work with Athletes USA, a sport scholarship company.[11]

Career statistics

As of match played 26 December 2014
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League[A] FA Cup League Cup Other[B] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Notts County 2011–12[8] EFL League One 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2012–13[12] EFL League One 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2013–14[13] EFL League One 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
2014–15[14] EFL League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
Total 9 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 13 0
Lewes (loan) 2011–12[5] Isthmian League 2 0 0 0 – 1 0 3 0
Corby Town (loan) 2011–12[15] Football Conference 5 0 0 0 – 0 0 5 0
Bristol Rovers (loan) 2014–15[14] Football Conference 3 0 0 0 – 1 0 4 0
Torquay United 2015–16[16] National League 17 0 1 0 – 0 0 0 0
Career total 36 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 25 0

Footnotes

A. ^ The "League" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League, Football Conference and Isthmian League.
B. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in Football League Trophy, Sussex Senior Challenge Cup and FA Trophy.

References

  1. ^ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/09/2010 and 30/09/2010" (PDF). The Football Association. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Fabian Speiss". footballzz.co.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2012.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "2011/12 Playing Squad". Notts County F.C. 5 August 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2012.[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ a b "Drury adds Spiess to the mix". Corby Town F.C. 1 March 2012. Archived from the original on 24 March 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
  5. ^ a b c d Appearances and goals for this season are taken from:
    "Rooks 4:0 Wick". Lewes F.C. 26 October 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2012.[permanent dead link‍]
    "Rooks 0:4 AFC Hornchurch". Lewes F.C. 29 October 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2012.[permanent dead link‍]
    "Rooks 2:0 Margate". Lewes F.C. 1 November 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2012.[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ "Rooks banking on Rikki". Lewes F.C. 25 November 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2012.[permanent dead link‍]
  7. ^ "F. Spiess". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  8. ^ a b "Games played by Fabian Spiess in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
  9. ^ "Fabian Spiess: Bristol Rovers sign Notts County keeper on loan". BBC Sport. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  10. ^ Nantwich Town are building a strong squad[permanent dead link‍]‚ rnantwichtownfc.co.uk, 22 June 2017
  11. ^ "Scout Page Fabian Spiess". athletesusa.org. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  12. ^ "Games played by Fabian Spiess in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  13. ^ "Games played by Fabian Spiess in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  14. ^ a b "Games played by Fabian Spiess in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  15. ^ "F. Speiss". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  16. ^ "Games played by Fabian Spiess in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Retrieved 15 December 2015.