Carsten Lakies
# Carsten Lakies

Carsten Lakies (born 8 January 1971 in Kassel) is a German football coach and a former player.

## Career

Lakies spent two seasons in the Bundesliga with FC Bayern Munich and Hertha BSC. Lakies was involved in an incident during the 1996–97 Bundesliga season, when he was substituted into the game during a match between Bayern Munich and SC Freiburg. 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 KSV Baunatal. In summer 2010, he was named as manager of SVG Göttingen.

## Honours

* Bundesliga champion: 1996–97
