Andrés Lillini

Andrés Luciano Lilini (born August 13, 1974 in Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz) is an Argentine former professional footballer and current manager of Liga MX club UNAM.

Andrés Lillini
Personal information
Full name Andrés Luciano Lillini
Date of birth (1974-08-13) 13 August 1974
Place of birth Santa Fe, Argentina
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Club information
Current team
 UNAM (Manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
?–1999 Newell's Old Boys
Teams managed
2015 San Luis de Quillota (Assistant)
2016 Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy (Assistant)
2020 UNAM (Interim)
2020– UNAM
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Early career

Lillini had a brief career as a footballer, which ended at the age of 25 after playing in Newell's Old Boys.

After retiring as a footballer, he began a career in the footballer development structures of various soccer clubs around the world. Between 2001 and 2006 he served as director of youth development at Mexican club Monarcas Morelia.[1] Later, in 2007, Lillini began working at Boca Juniors, where he remained until 2011.[2] Between 2011 and 2014 he continued his career in Europe with PFC CSKA Moscow.[3]

In 2015, Lillini began working as a technical assistant in the Chilean team San Luis de Quillota, accompanying Mario Sciacqua. The following year he continued on Sciacqua's coaching staff, but this time working for Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy.[4][5]

Universidad Nacional

On November 24, 2017, Lillini returned to Mexico and was appointed director of the academy and reserve teams of the Club Universidad Nacional.[6]

Due to his knowledge of the club's academy, Lillini was appointed as interim manager of the UNAM first team on July 23, 2020, replacing Míchel, who resigned the day before.[7] Due to the good results shown and the youth soccer development policy, on August 17, he was ratified as manager for the rest of the Torneo Guardianes 2020.[8] On 13 December 2020 Lillini achieved the runner-up for UNAM, the team was defeated in the final by Club León,[9] however, due to this result, Lillini managed to continue as manager for the Guardianes 2021.

Managerial statistics
As of 1 May 2022.
Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
UNAM 23 July 2020 present 88 32 31 25 036.36
Total 88 32 31 25 036.36

References
  1. Hernández, Eduardo (21 August 2018). ""No existe la formación si no les enseñamos a ganar"". El Economista (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  2. "¿Quién es Andrés Lillini?". W Radio (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  3. Bianchi, Nicole (24 October 2019). "Andrés Lillini contó como fue hasta Siberia para fichar a una promesa rusa". Bolavip (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  4. "Andrés Lillini, de Moscú a Quillota". San Luis de Quillota. Sitio Web Oficial (in Spanish). 27 May 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  5. "Sciacqua vuelve al Lobo". Mundo Ascenso (in Spanish). 29 November 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  6. Cañada, Iván (24 November 2020). "Andrés Lillini, nuevo director de fuerzas básicas de Pumas". ESPN (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  7. Marshall, Tom (23 July 2020). "Real Madrid legend Michel exits Pumas on eve of new Liga MX season". ESPN. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  8. Uzeta, Karla (17 August 2020). "Pumas: Andrés Lillini, ratificado como DT felino para el resto del Apertura 2020". Diario Récord (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  9. "León vs Pumas: Las reacciones de la Final de Liga MX Guardianes 2020". marca.com (in Spanish). Marca Claro. 14 December 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
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