Federico Lussenhoff is a beloved son of Venado Tuerto, where he was born on January 14, 1974. Therefore, he was one of the luxury guests at the city’s 140th anniversary celebration, where the great “star” was the arrival of the World Cup. The former Columbus and friend of the current coach of Unión, “Kily” González, was one of the more than 10,000 Venadons who passed through the Venado Tuerto Cultural Center to take “the photo” with the World Cup won by Messi in Qatar . “If I don’t go out with the family, they will kill me,” said “Colo”, accompanied by his wife and one of his daughters.
“Today is a holiday for the city, the number of people waiting outside to take a photo with the World Cup is impressive. I have my parents living here, which is the place where I was born. Now, with my obligations in Central, I live in Rosario…but I always come back. I want to thank the mayor, Leo Chiarella, for the kindness of inviting me and for everything he is doing for this increasingly beautiful One-Eyed Venado,” began the “Colo” Lussenhoff goes head-to-head with El Litoral.
His career as a first-class professional began in Rosario Central, playing from 1992 to December 1995, being a fundamental piece in the team’s scheme and winning the 1995 Conmebol Cup in an electrifying finish. “I was very accelerated like most of the younger ones and beyond the wisdom of Don Angel (Zoff) and the references that were Polilla (Da Silva), Palma and the greats. The younger ones wanted to go for everything , I went too far in one of the first interventions and reached the knee of a rival. They gave me yellow and later the red and out. What was an adventure practically ended in a feat in that final of the 4th. to 0 and it is an indelible memory in my football career.”
Then, he landed in the Mexican league at the beginning of 1996 to play for Toros Neza, signing a contract from ’96 to ’97. His next step was to return to Argentina to San Lorenzo de Almagro from mid-97 to late ’98, resuming the good level he had He would later catapult him into the Tenerife squad in Spain, playing from 1999 to 2002, and then move to Mallorca, where he would play from 2002 to 2004, thus becoming champion of the Copa del Rey in the 2002-03 season. During the Apertura and Clausura seasons of 2005 he played for the cement team, Cruz Azul.
Until one day he decided to return to Argentina to play in Colón in 2006. What came after Sabalero were the final seasons: River Plate in 2007; Talleres, from 2008 to 2009, and retiring momentarily until returning in 2010 to Sportivo Rivadavia in his hometown, which was active in the Regional Federal Amateur Tournament of Argentina.
-What did that return to Argentine football and your time with Colón in Santa Fe mean, “Colo”?
-It is a great memory, a year and a half in First Division with the Colón shirt. They trusted me, it was my return to the country after having passed through Europe and Mexico. My balance of that year in Colón was very good in my opinion, with a lot of empathy with the people. After Colón, that step allowed me to move to River and begin to finish my degree because I was already over 30 years old.
Once, asked about the most beautiful goal of the 24 he scored in his career, Colorado surprised with the answer: “There were two of the most beautiful. While playing for River, I greeted Francescoli, an idol, several times. The prince gave him a Chilean goal against Poland. Federico Guillermo Luseenhoff scored two, heh. One was playing in Colón against Gimnasia de Jujuy when Bauza made his debut as a coach and the second when he did it in San Lorenzo against Newell’s where Nacho González saved. ranking of the Boedo club”.
-Like every former Sabalero player, I imagine I am happy the day that Colón was champion of Argentine soccer for the first time…
-They were years of great teams, great coaches and always with that ambition to get a title that was denied. I was very happy the day Colón became champion because it was something highly sought after and deserved. What I hope is that Colón can now bounce back and reach the First Division.
-“Colo”, you are the technical secretary of a Rosario Central protagonist: undefeated at home for a long time, winner of classics and now in the Copa Libertadores. Are you satisfied as a “rogue” manager?
-I am very happy with the role that was entrusted to me, in this first year of management we went from less to more with a complicated situation at the beginning. But from then on we were working very well and betting on international experience, which is where we are now competing for the Copa Libertadores. The truth is that we face a year with great challenges.
-And in the middle of that challenge from Lussenhoff manager, a couple of times “Kily” almost took it out of Malcorra…
– (laughs) Kily is a personal friend and a friend of the house. The truth is that I see him very well, he is working very well in Unión; with that character that he always proposes and I hope that the results are given to Kily in Unión because he deserves it. On the part of the club, regarding Rosario Central and regarding the former players, we are always attentive and in contact.
At the end of the note with El Litoral, “Colo” Federico Lussenhoff leaves his affection for the people of Colón and for the current coach of Unión. “With Kily we live in the same country as Rosario, in Kentucky. What’s more, in addition to our friendship for so many years in soccer, one of my daughters is a close friend of one of Kily’s sons. In addition to soccer, now we are related by the beautiful things in life; such as children.
Central and the return of Di María
A few days ago, in the midst of a sporting context that smiles on Rosario Central, the “rogue” sports secretary Federico Lussenhoff accepted that the future expectation is to be able to repatriate figures such as Ángel Di María, Marco Ruben and Franco Cervi. “We are prepared to receive any footballer. Last year was very good and one wins the title, having quickly moved away from the relegation zone and qualifying for the Libertadores. All this growth creates the stage for players of this kind of see an organized club, that wants more and that grows day by day.
Even a colorful piece of information was given: the vacant numbers on the list in good faith (9, 11 and 22), to which the former Colón. River and San Lorenzo admitted: “It’s something like a riddle, ha. We will work on those numbers this semester to see if they can be occupied.”
