Lucas Andrés Pusineri Bignone (born 16 July 1976) is an

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and former player. He is the current manager of

Atlético Tucumán Club Atlético Tucumán (mostly known as Atlético Tucumán) is an Argentinian football club based in the city of San Miguel de Tucumán of Tucumán Province. Although several sports are practised at the club, Atlético is mostly known for its fo ...

. A

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, Pusineri began his career with

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in 1997, and enjoyed successful spells at

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and Independiente. He retired with Platense in 2011, and subsequently became a manager.

Footballing career

Pusineri started his professional football career in 1998 with a local club in

, he had an impressive season of scoring 11 goals in 29 games, he was quickly signed by

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

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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

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, who took over from

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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

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. Pusineri started his managerial career with

Cúcuta Deportivo Cúcuta Deportivo Fútbol Club S. A. is a professional Colombian football club based in Cúcuta, which plays in the Categoria Primera B. The club was officially founded on 10 September 1924, and its first appearance in a professional league wa ...

of the Primera B of Colombia as head coach.Lucas Pusineri: “No pido paciencia, sino que se entienda la realidad de este plantel”
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Honours

;San Lorenzo * Primera División (1): 2001 Clausura *

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;Independiente * Primera División (1): 2002 Apertura ;Cúcuta Deportivo *

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References

External links

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Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI
1976 births Living people Footballers from Buenos Aires Argentine footballers Argentine expatriate footballers Club Almagro players Club Atlético Independiente footballers San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers Club Atlético River Plate footballers FC Saturn Ramenskoye players Club Atlético Platense footballers Argentine Primera División players Russian Premier League players Expatriate footballers in Russia Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Russia Association football midfielders Argentine football managers Argentine Primera División managers Club Atlético Independiente managers Categoría Primera A managers Cúcuta Deportivo managers Deportivo Cali managers Atlético Tucumán managers Argentine expatriate football managers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Colombia {{Argentina-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub