him up as a starter for a friendly in 2005. Lucarelli met Guevara's daughter, Aleida Guevara, after the 2004–05 Serie A season; one subject of discussion was the possibility of Livorno travelling to Cuba to play a charity match, but it never came to fruition. Coaching career Lucarelli became a youth coach at Parma for the 2012–13 season. Charge of the club's second most senior youth side (the Allievi Nazionale), which is composed of players aged between 15 and 17 years. He left Parma in June 2013 to accept an offer to become the new head coach of ambitious Lega Pro Prima Divisione club Perugia, only to be sacked before the season begin due to disagreements with the board. He then returned into management in October 2013, to become the new head coach of Viareggio, still in Lega Pro Prima Divisione. He then left the club in June 2014 to accept an offer from newly promoted Lega Pro club Pistoiese. In October 2016 he was named new head coach of ailing Lega Pro club Messina. After guiding the club to safety during a period of serious financial struggles followed by a club takeover, Lucarelli and Messina mutually parted company by the end of the season. A few days later, he was announced as new head coach of fellow Sicilian Lega Pro club Catania. In July 2017 he was appointed new coach of Catania. He left the club after one season in charge to become the manager of Livorno, but was sacked on 7 November due to a poor start in the 2018–19 Serie B season. On 22 October 2019, he was hired by Catania once again. On 29 July 2020, his Catania contract was terminated by mutual consent. On 8 August 2020, he joined Ternana in Serie C. Under his tenure, Ternana were crowned Girone C champions, winning promotion to Serie B on 3 April 2021 with still four games in hand. After guiding Ternana to safety in their first season back to Serie B, and despite a positive start to the 2022–23 Serie B season, Lucarelli was dismissed on 26 November 2022 following a negative string of results; he was appointed back at the helm of Ternana on 27 February 2023, following the resignations of Aurelio Andreazzoli. Outside of football On 16 July 2010, Lucarelli became a share-holding partner of Carrarese; he initially owned 50% of the club's shares,