Ricardo Gabriel Lunari Del Federico (born 6 February 1970) is an Argentine

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and former player.

Playing career

Lunari started his career in 1991 with

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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

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. He then had short spells with

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and

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in Mexico and

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in Colombia before returning to UC in 1996. In 1997 the club won the

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. He scored the last goal in the 3–0 final match against Colo-Colo. In 1998, he joined Spanish club

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, before moving to

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to play for Farense. In 2000 Lunari returned to Argentina to play for Almagro. Towards the end of his career he played for

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in Bolivia

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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

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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

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, Uruguay. From 2021 to 2022, he was in charge of

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in the Chilean Tercera A.

Honours

Newell's Old Boys *

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: 1990–91 * Argentine Clausura Tournament: Clausura 1992Newell's Old Boys 1992
*

runners-up:

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Universidad Católica *

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: 1997 Apertura *

runners-up:

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Oriente Petrolero *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lunari, Ricardo 1970 births Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent Living people People from Caseros Department Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Newell's Old Boys footballers Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers Atlas F.C. footballers Club Puebla players Millonarios F.C. players UD Salamanca players S.C. Farense players Club Almagro players Oriente Petrolero players Estudiantes de Mérida F.C. players Argentine Primera División players Chilean Primera División players Liga MX players Categoría Primera A players La Liga players Primeira Liga players Bolivian Primera División players Venezuelan Primera División players Argentine football managers Santiago Morning managers Newell's Old Boys managers Millonarios F.C. managers Club Blooming managers Primera B de Chile managers Argentine Primera División managers Categoría Primera A managers Bolivian Primera División managers Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Bolivia Expatriate men's footballers in Venezuela Expatriate men's footballers in Uruguay Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate football managers in Bolivia Expatriate football managers in Chile Expatriate football managers in Colombia Expatriate football managers in Uruguay Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Colombia Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Venezuela Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Uruguay Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy Footballers from Santa Fe Province