Carsten Lakies (born 8 January 1971 in

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) is a German

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coach and a former player.

Career

Lakies spent two seasons in the

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with

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and

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. Lakies was involved in an incident during the

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season, when he was substituted into the game during a match between Bayern Munich and

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. At a disappointing score of 0–0 with only ten minutes to play, coach Giovanni Trappatoni brought Lakies on for star striker Jürgen Klinsmann, who, in anger about the decision, kicked a nearby advertising can, an action that brought significant media attention.

Coaching career

In summer 2007, he began his coaching career at

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. In summer 2010, he was named as manager of

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Honours

champion: 1996–97

References

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