Fabian Lustenberger

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Fabian Lustenberger
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Lustenberger in 2015
Personal information
Full name Fabian Lustenberger
Date of birth (1988-05-02) 2 May 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Nebikon, Switzerland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1995–2000 SC Nebikon
2000–2005 FC Luzern
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2007 Luzern 34 (0)
2007–2019 Hertha BSC 271 (4)
2007–2014 Hertha BSC II 21 (2)
2019–2024 Young Boys 116 (2)
International career
2007–2011 Switzerland U-21 25 (2)
2013–2015 Switzerland 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fabian Lustenberger (born 2 May 1988) is a Swiss former professional footballer. He has earned three caps with the Switzerland national team.

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Career

FC Luzern

In his first season for FC Luzern, Lustenberger succeeded in integrating himself into the team. He earned increasingly more respect from manager Ciriaco Sforza, and by the winter break, he had earned a spot in Luzern's starting eleven.

Hertha BSC

In August 2007, Lustenberger transferred to Hertha BSC in the Bundesliga for 1.5 million Euros. In his first season with Hertha, he made 24 Bundesliga appearances. He scored his first Bundesliga goal during a Hertha 2–1 loss to 1. FC Nürnberg in December 2007. Although he was never a consistent starter, Lustenberger earned 37 caps over the two seasons that followed, and stayed with Hertha when the club was relegated to the 2. Bundesliga at the end of the 2009–10 season. During the 2010 summer break, he sustained an injury that ruled him out for almost four months. In his first game back, Lustenberger was forced to play the last eight minutes as goalkeeper, following the expulsion of Marco Sejna. Since 2013, Lustenberger has been the captain of the Berlin side, after helping Hertha BSC return to the Bundesliga after a season in 2. Bundesliga. [1] On 9 March 2016, he extended his contract until 2019. [2] In 2019, after 12 years in Berlin, Lustenberger confirmed that he would not extend his contract and would leave Hertha and move back to Switzerland joining Young Boys Bern on a free. Lustenberger played his final game for Hertha in a 5–1 home defeat to Bayer Leverkusen, spending his final 20 minutes on the pitch as captain after Vedad Ibisevic was subbed off. He ended his career in Berlin with 308 appearances for the club.

Young Boys

On 28 January 2019, BSC Young Boys announced that Lustenberger would join the club from the upcoming 2019/20 season. [3] He penned a three-year deal.

Personal life

His brother Simon is also a footballer who plays for the FC Luzern reserves. He is not related to his former Luzern teammate Claudio Lustenberger.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played on 26 May 2024 [4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Luzern 2005-06 Swiss Challenge League 100010
2006–07 Swiss Super League 30063363
2007–08 Swiss Super League300030
Total34063403
Hertha BSC 2007–08 Bundesliga 24100241
2008–09 Bundesliga141219 [lower-alpha 1] 0252
2009–10 Bundesliga230004 [lower-alpha 1] 0270
2010–11 2. Bundesliga 18100181
2011–12 Bundesliga12030150
2012–13 2. Bundesliga33010340
2013–14 Bundesliga19020210
2014–15 Bundesliga27010280
2015–16 Bundesliga30140341
2016–17 Bundesliga190102 [lower-alpha 1] 0220
2017–18 Bundesliga230105 [lower-alpha 1] 0290
2018–19 Bundesliga29010300
Total27141612003075
Hertha BSC II 2007–08 NOFV-Oberliga Nord 2020
2008–09 Regionalliga Nord 6060
2009–10 Regionalliga Nord3131
2010–11 Regionalliga Nord4040
2011–12 Regionalliga Nord4141
2014–15 Regionalliga Nordost 2121
Total213212
Young Boys 2019–20 Swiss Super League300317 [lower-alpha 2] 0401
2020–21 Swiss Super League2101011 [lower-alpha 3] 0330
2021–22 Swiss Super League210001 [lower-alpha 4] 0220
2022–23 Swiss Super League260404 [lower-alpha 5] 0300
2023–24 Swiss Super League182302 [lower-alpha 6] 0232
Total11621112501523
Career total442933545052014
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, nine appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  5. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League
  6. One appearance in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played on 26 February 2021
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Switzerland 201310
201320
Total30

Honours

Hertha BSC

Young Boys

Individual

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