Ricardo Lunari

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Ricardo Lunari
Personal information
Full name Ricardo Gabriel Lunari Del Federico
Date of birth (1970-02-06) 6 February 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth San José de La Esquina, Argentina
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1983–1990 Newell's Old Boys
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1991–1992 Newell's Old Boys 42 (8)
1993–1995 Universidad Católica 32 (20)
1994Atlas (loan) 21 (6)
1995 Puebla 14 (1)
1996 Millonarios 30 (10)
1996–1998 Universidad Católica 48 (17)
1998–1999 Salamanca 12 (0)
2000 Farense 14 (2)
2000–2001 Almagro 8 (0)
2001–2002 Oriente Petrolero 32 (8)
2002 Estudiantes de Mérida 7 (1)
2003 Centenario
2003–2005 Guspini Calcio
Managerial career
2008 Guabirá
2008 Newell's Old Boys (assistant)
2009–2010 Chacarita Juniors (assistant)
2010 Veracruz (assistant)
2010–2011 Colón (assistant)
2012 Santiago Morning
2013 Deportes Valdivia
2013–2014 Newell's Old Boys (reserves)
2014 Newell's Old Boys
2014–2015 Millonarios
2016 Deportes Valdivia
2017 Blooming
2019 Colón FC
2021–2022 Provincial Osorno
2023–2024 Newell's Old Boys (youth)
2024 Newell's Old Boys (interim)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ricardo Gabriel Lunari Del Federico (born 6 February 1970) is an Argentine football manager and former player.

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Playing career

Lunari started his career in 1991 with Newell's Old Boys in Argentina, he was a young member of two championship winning teams before moving to Chile in 1993 to play for Universidad Católica.

In his first season with UC he was part of the team that reached the final of the Copa Libertadores. He then had short spells with Atlas and Puebla in Mexico and Millonarios in Colombia before returning to UC in 1996. In 1997 the club won the National Championship. He scored the last goal in the 3–0 final match against Colo-Colo.

In 1998, he joined Spanish club Salamanca in La Liga, before moving to Portugal to play for Farense.

In 2000 Lunari returned to Argentina to play for Almagro. Towards the end of his career he played for Oriente Petrolero in Bolivia Estudiantes de Mérida in Venezuela and amateur side Guspini in Italy.

Coaching career

After retiring as a player Lunari took his coaching qualifications. He is a level 1 qualified coach in Italy, and obtained his international coaching licence in England. In March 2008, Lunari made his coaching debut with Bolivian first division club Guabirá, but after only five games into the season he resigned from his duties due to poor team performance. He later joined Fernando Gamboa as his assistant coach when he took over Newell's Old Boys in August 2008.

On 18 January 2019, Lunari was appointed as the manager of Colón FC from Montevideo, Uruguay. [1]

From 2021 to 2022, he was in charge of Provincial Osorno in the Chilean Tercera A. [2]

Honours

Newell's Old Boys

Universidad Católica

Oriente Petrolero

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References

  1. OFICIAL: Colón FC, Lunari nuevo entrenador, todomercadoweb.es, 18 January 2019
  2. "Ricardo Lunari dejó de ser el técnico de Provincial Osorno". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  3. Newell's Old Boys 1992 Archived 1 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine