Andrés Luciano Lilini (born August 13, 1974 in Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz) is an Argentine former professional footballer and current manager of Necaxa.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrés Luciano Lillini | ||
| Date of birth | (1974-08-13) 13 August 1974 (age 48) | ||
| Place of birth | Santa Fe, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Necaxa (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) | ||
| 2020–2022 | UNAM | ||
| 2023– | Necaxa | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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]
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.
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| UNAM | 23 July 2020 | 4 October 2022 | 107 | 34 | 39 | 34 | 031.78 |
| Total | 107 | 34 | 39 | 34 | 031.78 | ||
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