Fabian Lustenberger

Fabian Lustenberger

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*
Years	Team	Apps	(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.

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

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	18	2	3	0	2[f]	0	23	2
	Total		116	2	11	1	25	0	152	3
Career total			442	9	33	5	45	0	520	14

1. 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 team	Year	Apps	Goals
Switzerland	2013	1	0
	2013	2	0
Total		3	0

Honours

Hertha BSC

• 2. Bundesliga: 2010–11, 2012–13^[5]

Young Boys

• Swiss Super League: 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022–23^[6][7]
• Swiss Cup: 2019–20, 2022–23^[8]

Individual

• Swiss Super League Team of the Year: 2020–21^[9]

References

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.

External links

• Fabian Lustenberger at HerthaBSC.de (in German)
• Fabian Lustenberger at fussballdaten.de (in German)