Ricardo Lunari

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Lunari and the second or maternal family name is Del Federico.

Ricardo Lunari

Personal information
Full name	Ricardo Gabriel Lunari Del Federico
Date of birth	(1970-02-06) 6 February 1970
Place of birth	San José de La Esquina, Argentina
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1983–1990	Newell's Old Boys
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–1992	Newell's Old Boys	42	(8)
1993–1995	Universidad Católica	32	(20)
1994	→ Atlas (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	?	(?)
Managerial career
2008	Guabirá
2012	Santiago Morning
2013	Deportes Valdivia
2014	Newell's Old Boys
2014–	Millonarios
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 September 2014

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

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 quilified 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.

Honours

Club

Newell's Old Boys

• Argentine Primera División (2): 1990–1991,
• Argentine Clausura Tournament (1): Clausura 1992

Universidad Católica

• Chilean Primera División (1): 1997
• Copa Libertadores (1): Runner-up 1992

Oriente Petrolero

• Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano (1): 2001

External links

• (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics