Ricardo Lunari
# Ricardo Lunari

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

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

## Honours

### Club

**Newell's Old Boys**

* Argentine Primera División (2): 1990–1991,
* Argentine Clausura Tournament (1): Clausura 1992
* Copa Libertadores (1): Runner-up 1992

**Universidad Católica**

* Primera División de Chile (1): 1997 Apertura

**Oriente Petrolero**

* Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano (1): 2001
