Walter Zunino

Walter Adrián Zunino is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who played as a left-back. He is the current manager of Platense.

Playing career

Born in Buenos Aires, Zunino began his career with Platense in 1999, before moving to Uruguayan side River Plate Montevideo in the following year. In 2001, after a period at Italian club Vicenza, he returned to his home country with Primera División side Nueva Chicago, but did not play.
In 2002, Zunino returned to his first club Platense, now in the Primera B Metropolitana, but joined Primera B Nacional club El Porvenir in the following year. He moved to Instituto in the top tier in 2005, where he featured regularly.
In the following years, Zunino represented second division sides Olimpo, Atlético Rafaela, Platense, Gimnasia Jujuy, Aldosivi and Almirante Brown. On 6 February 2016, he signed for Agropecuario.
In 2016, Zunino returned to El Porvenir, and retired with the club in December 2017, aged 36.

Managerial career

Immediately after retiring, Zunino joined Sebastián Pena's staff at Chacarita Juniors, as his assistant. In the following year, he became the assistant of Favio Orsi and Sergio Gómez at San Martín de Tucumán, and subsequently followed the duo to Ferro Carril Oeste, Godoy Cruz, Atlético Tucumán and Platense.
On 23 November 2025, Zunino was appointed manager of Platense for the upcoming season.