Lothar Huber
Lothar Huber ( born May 5, 1952 in Kaiserslautern ) is a former German football player and an active football coach.
Career as a player
The defender started his Bundesliga career in Kaiserslautern. From 1970 to 1974 he played at the 1st FC Kaiserslautern and was in season 1972 German Vice Cup winner. During this time he was appointed three times in the German national football team of amateurs. In 1972, Huber was to come in the Olympic selection under Jupp, outfitted, but was ousted from his fixed guaranteed place of the surprisingly convalescent Ottmar Hitzfeld, with whom he later worked as an assistant coach. In the season 1974/75 Huber moved to Borussia Dortmund in the 2nd Bundesliga. In Dortmund Huber was a regular player and 1976 he succeeded to the BVB promotion to the highest German league. Here he played until the game 1986 / 87th In addition to Manfred Kaltz Hamburger SV Lothar Huber was known for its bananas flanks.
Lothar Huber had 317 appearances in the Bundesliga and shot into his playing career 30 Bundesliga goals. For Borussia Dortmund he made in the second division 75 games, scoring 18 goals. In addition, he completed 34 DFB Cup games for BVB and scoring three goals. He also ran for two times to ( UEFA Cup matches in 1982 against Glasgow Rangers). From 1977 to 1979 he was captain of the BVB.
Coaching career
Even as an active league players Huber oversaw the youth of VfR Sölde. Later, already shortly before the end of his pro career, he was from 1986 to 1992 assistant coach at Borussia Dortmund as an assistant to Reinhard Juicy, Horst Koeppel and later by Ottmar Hitzfeld, at times as " playing assistant coach ." As co - manager of Reinhard Juicy he oversaw also the BVB amateurs. From BVB went to SpVg Beckum in the league, the Association division Horst- Emscher and 1996 in Japan.
When Brummell Sendai, a Japanese second division, he worked for a year as assistant to Pierre Littbarski. Just back from Japan, it went back to Horst- Emscher, then to SC Hassel, he led the country into the league.
From 2005 to 2007 Lothar Huber coached the Westphalian Association division TSG Sprockhövel. Huber went with the team to Oberliga Westfalen. However, the club's management separated surprising from their manager.
A short coach appearance was Huber until he contested the 2008/09 season the coaching job at his former workplace TSG Sprockhövel and the renewed rise of managed the Association division SpVgg Radevormwald, from September 20, 2007 in the NRW-Liga. Currently, the team plays in the Oberliga Westfalen. End of the season 2013/14 Huber announced the end of his coaching career.
Others
Huber is a bricklayer and currently lives in Dortmund within sight of the stadium. His main job is groundsman at his old club Borussia Dortmund. Huber is married for the second time and the father of two children. His second wife Bärbel is an employee of the BVB and is responsible for the fan shop at the office. Furthermore, it is matron of the youth center in the soccer school of the current main sponsor of Borussia Dortmund.