Matthias Lust

Born in Heilbronn, Matthias Lust played a total of 302 games in the first and second Bundesliga. He played for Unterhaching, Saarbrücken and Bochum, among others. After his playing career, he switched to coaching, where he always worked as an assistant coach apart from a brief spell as interim coach at Unterhaching. He already knew Friedhelm Funkel from their time together at 1. FC Kaiserlautern, which they took over in February 2024 and led to the final of the DFB Cup. Now Funkel also wanted him back on board at FC, precisely because Lust is ‘a great person and an extremely great football expert’.