Lothar Huber (born 5 May 1952 in

Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern (; ) is a town in southwest Germany, located in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate at the edge of the Palatinate Forest. The historic centre dates to the 9th century. It is from Paris, from Frankfurt am Main, 666 kilometers (414 m ...

) is a German football coach and a former player.

Career

As a player, he spent 17 seasons in the

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany and the highest level of the German football league system. The Bundesliga comprises 18 teams ...

: 4 with

1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern e. V., also known as 1. FCK, FCK (), FC Kaiserslautern (), K'lautern or colloquially Lautern (), is a German sports club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to Association football, football ...

and 13 with

Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, often known simply as Borussia Dortmund () or by its initialism BVB (), or just Dortmund by International fans, is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is ...

Coaching career

After his assistant coaching job with Borussia Dortmund, he was named as the new manager of

TSG Sprockhövel TSG 1881 Sprockhövel is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Sprockhövel, North Rhine-Westphalia. With over 2,500 members, ''TSG'' is the largest sport club in the town and includes departments for athletics, badmin ...

where he discovered the talent Lukas Schmitz. After three years with

, Huber resigned and began to work as manager of SpVgg Radevormwald, before he returned to his former club

in August 2008.

Honours

DFB-Pokal The DFB-Pokal (), also known as the German Cup in English language, English, is a German knockout Association football, football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competiti ...

finalist: 1971–72

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* 1952 births Living people German men's footballers 1. FC Kaiserslautern players Borussia Dortmund players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players German football managers Borussia Dortmund II managers Men's association football defenders 20th-century German sportsmen {{germany-footy-defender-1950s-stub