Francesco Lunardini (born 3 November 1984) is an Italian former professional
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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.
Career
Lunardini began his career with
Rimini
Rimini ( , ; or ; ) is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy.
Sprawling along the Adriatic Sea, Rimini is situated at a strategically-important north-south passage along the coast at the southern tip of the Po Valley. It is ...
in 2001, where he spent loan spells at
Val di Sangro
Atessa Val di Sangro A.S.D. 2012 is an Italian association football club from Atessa, Abruzzo. It currently plays only in the youth sector: the main team is that of ''Allievi Regionali Abruzzo'' in the group B.
History
The former Atessa Val ...
and
Pavia
Pavia ( , ; ; ; ; ) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy, in Northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino (river), Ticino near its confluence with the Po (river), Po. It has a population of c. 73,086.
The city was a major polit ...
. He signed for
Parma
Parma (; ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmesan, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,986 inhabitants as of 2025, ...
in January 2009 for €1 million along with
Daniele Vantaggiato
Daniele Vantaggiato (born 10 October 1984) is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie D club Avezzano as a striker.
Career Bari
Vantaggiato started his career at Bari. He made his Serie B debut on 26 January 2003, against Triestina.
He w ...
(€1.9M) in a
co-ownership deal. In June 2010 Parma acquired Lunardini outright for €100,000 (and Vantaggiato for €1.9M in January).
Lunardini then moved to Serie B outfit
Triestina
Unione Sportiva Triestina Calcio 1918, commonly referred to US Triestina or just Triestina, is an Italian football club based in Trieste, in the northern Friuli-Venezia Giulia region. Originally established in 1918, Triestina was one of the fo ...
in August 2010 for a season-long loan. In summer 2011 he was signed by
Gubbio
Gubbio () is an Italian town and ''comune'' in the far northeastern part of the Italian province of Perugia (Umbria). It is located on the lowest slope of Mt. Ingino, a small mountain of the Apennine Mountains, Apennines.
History Prehistory
The ol ...
along with
Daniel Ciofani. Parma subsidized Gubbio €170,000 as '' premi di valorizzazione''. On 22 August 2012 he was signed by
San Marino
San Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino, is a landlocked country in Southern Europe, completely surrounded by Italy. Located on the northeastern slopes of the Apennine Mountains, it is the larger of two European microstates, microsta ...
. In 2013 Parma mutually terminated the contract of Lunardini.
[Parma FC SpA ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2013 ]
He was signed by
Serie D
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club
Fano
Fano () is a city and ''comune'' of the province of Pesaro and Urbino in the Marche region of Italy. It is a beach resort southeast of Pesaro, located where the ''Via Flaminia'' reaches the Adriatic Sea. It is the third city in the region by pop ...
on 22 August 2013.
References
External links
Goal.com
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1984 births
Living people
Italian men's footballers
Rimini FC 1912 players
Parma Calcio 1913 players
US Triestina Calcio 1918 players
AS Gubbio 1910 players
AC Pavia 1911 SSD players
San Marino Calcio players
Serie A players
Serie B players
Serie D players
Footballers from Cesena
Men's association football midfielders
21st-century Italian sportsmen
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