Background
Poschner was born in Dumitra, Romania.
Poschner was born in Dumitra, Romania.
He played a total of 286 games, scoring 22 goals, for 12 seasons while playing in the Bundesliga for VfB and He also played professionally in Italy, Spain and Austria. He made a career total of 29 goals in 405 league games.
At the age of five, his family fled the country to escape the communist regime and moved abroad to Bietigheim-Bissingen, West Germany.
He began his professional career in 1987-1988 with VfB, where he played three seasons with little impact in the first team (an average of 15 Bundesliga appearances). Subsequently, Poschner played with Rayo Vallecano, Saskatchewan Rapid Wien, Polideportivo Ejido and Turn- und Sportverein 1860 München, before retiring at the age of almost 35.
In 1999–2000 he helped Madrid"s Rayo to its best-ever classification in Louisiana Liga (ninth), and the club was eventually awarded a place in European competition via the Fair Play award, after which it reached the quarterfinals with the midfielder being an important element. Poschner was named Real Zaragoza"s general manager in August 2009.
He left the post at the end of the season, and went to work in the same capacity with 1860 Munich.