Steven Lustü (born 13 April 1971) is a Danish former

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player. He played as a

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. He is currently the head coach of

Viborg FF Viborg Fodsports Forening ("Viborg Footsport Association"), or Viborg F.F. and VFF for short, is a Danish professional football club based in Viborg. The club was founded in 1896 and waited more than a century before winning its only national ...

U17. From 2000 to 2005, Steven Lustü played nine games for the Danish national team.

Biography

Steven Lustü started his senior career with

Næstved BK Næstved () is a town in the municipality of the same name, located in the southern part of the island of Zealand in Denmark. Næstved has several adult education centers, five elementary schools - and has at least one of each type of the four ...

in the 1991–92 Superliga championship. In 1993, he moved on to Superliga club

Herfølge BK Herfølge is a suburb of the town of Køge, Denmark, located about 5 kilometers south of Køge, and is a part of Køge Municipality. The suburb is connected to Køge and Næstved by the Lille Syd railway line. Residential areas Holmebækhus ...

, with whom he won the 2000 Danish Superliga championship. He made his debut for the Danish national team under manager

Morten Olsen Morten Per Olsen (born 14 August 1949) is a Danish football manager and former player. He was the head coach of the Denmark national team for 15 years from 2000 until 2015, guiding Denmark to the 2002 FIFA World Cup, 2004 European Championshi ...

, in an August 2000 match against the

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.Danish national team profile
/ref> He went on to play for Superliga rivals AB, but left the club after a single year. He moved abroad to play for Norwegian club FC Lyn in 2002. He played almost every game for Lyn, and enjoyed great popularity with the club's supporters, who nicknamed him "Psycho" on account of his uncompromising playing style. During his stay at Lyn, Lustü played a further eight Danish national team games. He was included in the Danish squad for the

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, though he spent the entire tournament as an unused substitute. He participated in Denmark's unsuccessful qualifying campaign for the

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, and played his final national team game in Denmark's February 2005 loss to

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. Steven Lustü moved back home to Denmark when he signed with Silkeborg in December 2006. He made his first Superliga appearance for Silkeborg on 11 March 2007, in a match against AC Horsens. On 6 December 2009, Lustü played his last career game, as Silkeborg won 3–0 over

Brøndby IF Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening (, usually abbreviated to Brøndby IF (), is a professional association football club based in Brøndbyvester, Capital Region of Denmark. The club was founded in 1964 as a merger between two local clubs and was pr ...

. Lustü was taken out in

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to standing ovations, marking the end of a career that saw Lustü play 247 games in the Danish Superliga championship.

Coaching career

After retiring from professional football, Lustü started his coaching career. He began at the club he retired in,

Silkeborg IF Silkeborg Idrætsforening, (; commonly known as Silkeborg IF or SIF in short) is a professional football club based in Silkeborg, Denmark. The club was founded in 1917, reached the highest level of Danish football in 1987, and afterwards becam ...

, and got in charge of the second team. Later, he took charge of the U17 girls at AC Silkeborg. On 27 April 2016, Lustü was confirmed as the new head coach of the U15 of

. He left the job in June 2018, to become the head coach of Kjellerup IF. The deal was already announced in May 2018. He was fired from the club in October 2018. On 18 January 2019, Lustü went back to

, this time as the head coach of the U17 squad.Organisationen styrkes i VFF Talent
vff.dk, 18 January 2019

Honours

Danish Superliga The Danish Superliga ( da, Superligaen, ) is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 12 teams each yea ...

: **Winner (1): 2000 *

Norwegian Cup The Norwegian Football Cup ( no, Norgesmesterskapet i fotball for herrer) is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest footba ...

: **Runner-up (1): 2004

References

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