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Andrés Lillini

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Andrés Lillini
Personal information
Full name Andrés Luciano Lillini
Date of birth (1974-08-13) 13 August 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Santa Fe, Argentina
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
?–1999 Newell's Old Boys
Managerial career
2015 San Luis de Quillota (assistant)
2016 Gimnasia Jujuy (assistant)
2020 UNAM (interim)
2020–2022 UNAM
2023 Necaxa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrés Luciano Lilini (born 13 August 1974) is an Argentine football manager and former player.

Career

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Early career

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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 Mexico's 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 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

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On 24 November 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 23 July 2020, replacing Míchel, who resigned the day before.[7] Due to the good results shown and the youth soccer development policy, on 17 August, 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.

After getting the Liga MX runner-up in the Apertura 2020, Lillini qualified UNAM for the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League, in the international tournament Mexico's team reached the final after eliminating the clubs Saprissa, New England Revolution and Cruz Azul. However, in the last series UNAM was defeated by the American team Seattle Sounders FC with an aggregate score of 5–2, being the first time in 17 years that Mexico was not champion of the most important club competition in CONCACAF.[10]

Lillini remained at UNAM until October 2022 when he was fired for having poor results in the Apertura 2022 tournament.[11]

Necaxa

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A month after leaving UNAM, Lillini was appointed as the manager of Club Necaxa, another team participating in the Liga MX.[12] Lillini only stayed one tournament with Necaxa because in May 2023 he left the team by mutual agreement. During his stay at that club, Lillini led 17 games in which he only won three.[13]

Mexico national team

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On 31 May 2023, Lillini was appointed as director of the youth teams of the Mexico national team, a management position that is in charge of coordinating all the representative youth teams of Mexico.[14]

Managerial statistics

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As of 30 April 2023.
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
UNAM 23 July 2020 4 October 2022 107 34 39 34 031.78
Necaxa 1 January 2023 2 May 2023 17 3 5 9 017.65
Total 124 37 44 43 029.84

References

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  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). Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. 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.
  10. ^ "Seattle Sounders FC Win 2022 Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League". MLS. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  11. ^ Quiroga, Antonio (4 October 2022). "Andrés Lillini queda fuera como director técnico de los Pumas". TUDN (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  12. ^ "¡OFICIAL! Andrés Lillini fue anunciado como nuevo técnico del Necaxa". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 4 November 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  13. ^ Gutiérrez, Esteban (2 May 2022). "Necaxa hace oficial la salida de Andrés Lillini; apunta al Tri". RÉCORD (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  14. ^ Díaz, Víctor (31 May 2023). "Selección Mexicana: Duilio Davino y Andrés Lillini fueron presentados con el Tricolor". Récord (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 August 2023.
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