Fabian Lustenberger

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.

Fabian Lustenberger
Lustenberger in 2015
Personal information
Full name Fabian Lustenberger
Date of birth (1988-05-02) 2 May 1988
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)

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 31 March 2024[4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Luzern2005-06Swiss Challenge League1000—10
2006–07Swiss Super League30063—363
2007–08Swiss Super League3000—30
Total34063—403
Hertha BSC2007–08Bundesliga24100—241
2008–09Bundesliga141219[lower-alpha 1]0252
2009–10Bundesliga230004[lower-alpha 1]0270
2010–112. Bundesliga18100—181
2011–12Bundesliga12030—150
2012–132. Bundesliga33010—340
2013–14Bundesliga19020—210
2014–15Bundesliga27010—280
2015–16Bundesliga30140—341
2016–17Bundesliga190102[lower-alpha 1]0220
2017–18Bundesliga230105[lower-alpha 1]0290
2018–19Bundesliga29010—300
Total27141612003075
Hertha BSC II2007–08NOFV-Oberliga Nord20——20
2008–09Regionalliga Nord60——60
2009–10Regionalliga Nord31——31
2010–11Regionalliga Nord40——40
2011–12Regionalliga Nord41——41
2014–15Regionalliga Nordost21——21
Total213——212
Young Boys2019–20Swiss Super League300317[lower-alpha 2]0401
2020–21 Swiss Super League 2101011[lower-alpha 3]0330
2021–22 Swiss Super League 210001[lower-alpha 4]0220
2022–23 Swiss Super League 260404[lower-alpha 5]0300
2023–24 Swiss Super League 151202[lower-alpha 6]0191
Total 11311012501482
Career total 439832545051613
  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 teamYearAppsGoals
Switzerland 201310
201320
Total30

Honours

Hertha BSC

Young Boys

Individual

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.
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