Lucas Pusineri

Lucas Andrés Pusineri Bignone (born 16 July 1976) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a midfielder and had success in San Lorenzo and Independiente. He is also a football manager and has last recently coached Independiente.

Lucas Pusineri
Personal information
Full name Lucas Andrés Pusineri Bignone
Date of birth (1976-07-16) 16 July 1976
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1999 Almagro 61 (20)
1999–2002 San Lorenzo 63 (11)
2002–2003 Independiente 32 (10)
2003–2004 Saturn Ramenskoye 9 (4)
2004–2005 Independiente 38 (6)
2006 River Plate 8 (0)
2007–2010 Independiente 70 (3)
2010–2011 Platense 34 (1)
Teams managed
2018 Cúcuta Deportivo
2019 Deportivo Cali
2020–2021 Independiente
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pusineri and the second or maternal family name is Bignone.

Footballing career

Pusineri started his professional football career in 1998 with a local club in Almagro, he had an impressive season of scoring 11 goals in 29 games, he was quickly signed by San Lorenzo where he helped the club to win the Clausura 2001 championship.

During his three years with Club Atletico San Lorenzo de Almagro, Pusineri made 61 appearances and scored 11 goals. In 2002, Pusineri was snapped up by Independiente, where he played a part in their championship season in Apertura 2002. In 2003, he moved to Russian Premier League side FC Saturn. After failing to make any impact on European soil, Pusineri decided to move back to Independiente in season 2004/2005.

In 2006, Pusineri was signed by Daniel Passarella, who took over from Reinaldo Merlo as the manager of River Plate but returned once again to Independiente in 2007.

Manager career

During the 2013-14 Championship, Pusineri worked with Adrián Domenech as technical assistant of Claudio Borghi for Argentinos Juniors.

Pusineri started his managerial career with Cúcuta Deportivo of the Primera B of Colombia as head coach.[1]

Honours
San Lorenzo
Independiente
Cúcuta Deportivo

References
  1. Lucas Pusineri: “No pido paciencia, sino que se entienda la realidad de este plantel” clarin.com
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