Marcelo Zunino

Marcelo Zunino
Zunino in 2026.
Personal information
Full name Marcelo Antonio Zunino Poblete
Date of birth (1967-01-30) 30 January 1967
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Position Centre-back
Youth career
Audax Italiano
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1990 Audax Italiano 174 (11)
1991–1992 Unión Española 35 (0)
1993 Deportes Concepción 12 (0)
1994 Deportes Antofagasta 8 (0)
1995 Coquimbo Unido 21 (4)
1996 Provincial Osorno 23 (0)
1997–2001 Audax Italiano 135 (1)
Managerial career
2017–2017 Deportes Melipilla (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marcelo Antonio Zunino Poblete (born 30 January 1967) is a Chilean former football player who played as a centre-back. He is a historical player for Audax Italiano.[1]

Club career

A product of Audax Italiano, Zunino started his career in the 1986 Primera División de Chile.[2] He spent four seasons with them in the Segunda División de Chile from 1987 to 1990.[1][3]

The next years, Zunino played for Unión Española,[3] Deportes Concepción, Deportes Antofagasta, Coquimbo Unido and Provincial Osorno, all of them in the Chilean top Division.[4]

Zunino returned to Audax Italiano in 1997 until his retirement in 2001.[1][4]

Managerial career

Zunino served as assistant coach of Deportes Melipilla in 2016 and 2017.[5][6]

In February 2026, Zunino assumed as sport manager of Tricolor Municipal de Paine.[7]

Political career

Zunino served as councillor for La Florida commune from 2004 to 2016.[4][8][9]

Zunino was elected a member of the Regional Council of Santiago Metropolitan Region for the Santiago V Division in the 2021 Chilean general election as a member of National Renewal. He was reelected in the 2024 Chilean regional elections.[9]

Controversies

In February 2025, Zunino was charged with tax evasion during his stint as a civil servant for Municipality of La Florida from February to November 2021.[9][10][11]

Tv career

Zunino has participed as a commentator about Audax Italiano in the program Show de Goles (Show of Goals) from TNT Sports Chile.[12]

In 2014, Zunino competed in the reality show Generaciones Cruzadas (Crossways Generations) from Canal 13 alongside his daughter, Michelle.[13]

In September 2020, Zunino participed in the reality series La Divina Comida (The Divine Dinner) from Chilevisión.[14]

Personal life

Zunino is of Italian descent.[15]

Marcelo is the cousin of the Chilean journalist Carla Zunino.[16]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Figuras Históricas Audax Italiano". audaxitaliano.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  2. ↑ "Audax Italiano 1986 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  3. 1 2 García, Javier (14 February 2025). "Marcelo Zunino se aburrió de las sociedades anónimas y avisa: "Quiero ser presidente de Audax Italiano"". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 González, Diego (6 September 2025). "Del fútbol a la política: Los campeones de la Libertadores 1991 lideran a ex futbolistas en Elecciones 2024". PrensaFútbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  5. ↑ "Marcelo Zunino Ayudante Técnico de Los Potros nos invita y pide apoyo para este Sábado!" (in Spanish). Deportes Melipilla. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  6. ↑ "Marcelo Zunino confirmó candidatura de su hija para ser diputada". Radio Agricultura (in Spanish). 20 August 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2025. En la actualidad es ayudante de club de Segunda División Profesional, Deportes Melipilla
  7. ↑ Casanova, Esteban (19 February 2026). "Marcelo Zunino asume importante desafío en el fútbol chileno: "Vamos con todo"". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  8. ↑ "Los deportistas que se pasaron a la política". Diario AS (in Spanish). 17 November 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  9. 1 2 3 González, Diego (6 September 2025). "De la cancha a tribunales: Marcelo Zunino imputado por remuneraciones fraudulentas". PrensaFútbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  10. ↑ Solís, Francisco (15 April 2025). "Marcelo Zunino se defiende ante querella del CDE por millonario fraude: "No hay nada oculto"". BioBioChile (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  11. ↑ Meneses, Angélica (15 April 2025). "Marcelo Zunino: Un escándalo de fraude al Fisco". enciclopediabiobio.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  12. ↑ @showdegoles; (17 July 2025). "Un histórico volvió al SDG para hablar de gran momento de Audax" (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 October 2025 – via Instagram.
  13. ↑ Ulloa, Gabriela (7 March 2014). "Conoce a los participantes del nuevo reality de Canal 13 "Generaciones Cruzadas"". BioBioChile (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  14. ↑ La Divina Comida - Álvaro Ballero, Patricia López, Paulina Rojas y Marcelo Zunino on YouTube
  15. ↑ "Marcelo Zunino invita a votar a los @italochilenos". Visibles World (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  16. ↑ @zuninoaudax (26 February 2019). "Es mi prima querida Leonardo!!" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 October 2025 – via Twitter.
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