Fabian Lustenberger

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Fabian Lustenberger
Lustenberger in 2015
Personal information
Full name Fabian Lustenberger
Date of birth (1988-05-02) 2 May 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth Nebikon, Switzerland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Young Boys
Number 28
Youth career
1995–2000 SC Nebikon
2000–2005 FC Luzern
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Luzern 34 (0)
2007–2019 Hertha BSC 271 (4)
2007–2014 Hertha BSC II 21 (2)
2019– Young Boys 113 (1)
International career‡
2007–2011 Switzerland U-21 25 (2)
2013–2015 Switzerland 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:38, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:53, 4 June 2023 (UTC)

Fabian Lustenberger (born 2 May 1988) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a defender for and captains BSC Young Boys. He has earned three caps with the Switzerland national team.

Career[edit]

FC Luzern[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played on 31 March 2024[4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC Luzern 2005-06 Swiss Challenge League 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
2006–07 Swiss Super League 30 0 6 3 — 36 3
2007–08 Swiss Super League 3 0 0 0 — 3 0
Total 34 0 6 3 — 40 3
Hertha BSC 2007–08 Bundesliga 24 1 0 0 — 24 1
2008–09 Bundesliga 14 1 2 1 9[a] 0 25 2
2009–10 Bundesliga 23 0 0 0 4[a] 0 27 0
2010–11 2. Bundesliga 18 1 0 0 — 18 1
2011–12 Bundesliga 12 0 3 0 — 15 0
2012–13 2. Bundesliga 33 0 1 0 — 34 0
2013–14 Bundesliga 19 0 2 0 — 21 0
2014–15 Bundesliga 27 0 1 0 — 28 0
2015–16 Bundesliga 30 1 4 0 — 34 1
2016–17 Bundesliga 19 0 1 0 2[a] 0 22 0
2017–18 Bundesliga 23 0 1 0 5[a] 0 29 0
2018–19 Bundesliga 29 0 1 0 — 30 0
Total 271 4 16 1 20 0 307 5
Hertha BSC II 2007–08 NOFV-Oberliga Nord 2 0 — — 2 0
2008–09 Regionalliga Nord 6 0 — — 6 0
2009–10 Regionalliga Nord 3 1 — — 3 1
2010–11 Regionalliga Nord 4 0 — — 4 0
2011–12 Regionalliga Nord 4 1 — — 4 1
2014–15 Regionalliga Nordost 2 1 — — 2 1
Total 21 3 — — 21 2
Young Boys 2019–20 Swiss Super League 30 0 3 1 7[b] 0 40 1
2020–21 Swiss Super League 21 0 1 0 11[c] 0 33 0
2021–22 Swiss Super League 21 0 0 0 1[d] 0 22 0
2022–23 Swiss Super League 26 0 4 0 4[e] 0 30 0
2023–24 Swiss Super League 15 1 2 0 2[f] 0 19 1
Total 113 1 10 1 25 0 148 2
Career total 439 8 32 5 45 0 516 13
  1. ^ a b c d 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[edit]

As of match played on 26 February 2021
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Switzerland 2013 1 0
2013 2 0
Total 3 0

Honours[edit]

Hertha BSC

Young Boys

Individual[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Zeitung, Berliner. "Jos Luhukay: Fabian Lustenberger ist neuer Hertha-Kapitän". Berliner Zeitung.
  2. ^ "DER KAPITÄN BLEIBT AN BORD!" (in German). Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  3. ^ FABIAN LUSTENBERGER IM SOMMER ZU YB, bscyb.ch, 28 June 2019
  4. ^ "Fabian Lustenberger". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Yes: Hertha BSC win promotion! - Teams - HerthaBSC.de". www.herthabsc.de (in German). Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Young Boys wins Swiss league title in 54th week of season". Washington Post. Associated Press. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Young Boys seal third straight Swiss title". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Schweizerischer Fussballverband - Statistik und Resultate". www.football.ch (in German). Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  9. ^ "SAFP Golden 11 Winners 2020". Golden11. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2022.

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