Ricardo Moniz (born 17 June 1964) is a Dutch football manager and former player who is the head coach of Croatian 1. HNL club Slaven Belupo.

Ricardo Moniz
Moniz with Red Bull Salzburg in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth (1964-06-17) 17 June 1964 (age 59)
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Slaven Belupo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1984 Eindhoven 71 (13)
1984–1988 HFC Haarlem 95 (9)
1988–1991 RKC Waalwijk 67 (12)
1991–1992 FC Eeklo 18 (1)
1992–1993 Helmond Sport 22 (4)
Total 273 (39)
Managerial career
1994–1997 VV Nuenen
1997–1998 UAE (assistant)
1998–1999 Feyenoord Rotterdam (assistant)
1999–2004 Grasshoppers Zürich
2004–2005 Jong PSV
2005–2008 Tottenham Hotspur (skills coach)
2008–2010 Hamburger SV
2010 Hamburger SV (caretaker)
2010–2011 Red Bull Salzburg
2011–2012 Red Bull Salzburg
2012–2013 Ferencváros
2014 Lechia Gdańsk
2014 1860 Munich
2015 Notts County
2016–2017[1] FC Eindhoven
2017–2018 Randers
2018 AS Trenčín
2019–2020 Excelsior
2022–2023 Zalaegerszeg
2023 NK Slaven Belupo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career edit

He played for RKC Waalwijk, HFC Haarlem, Helmond Sport and FC Eindhoven.[2]

Coaching career edit

He was formerly a skills trainer at Tottenham Hotspur,[3] leaving the club in May 2008 after three seasons.[4]

Moniz is one of the few proteges of the skills training guru Wiel Coerver which is aimed at improving technical ability over tactical ability.[5] He was previously an academy coach at PSV Eindhoven.[6]

On 8 June 2008, he signed a new contract to be the new skills and talent coach next to head coach Martin Jol at Hamburger SV.[7] On 26 April 2010, he was named the interim head coach by Hamburger SV, replacing Bruno Labbadia for the last two games in the season 2009/2010.[8][9] He was in that position until Armin Veh was hired on 24 May 2010.[10]

Salzburg edit

Ricardo was then appointed the Global Director of Youth Development for Red Bull. Responsible for academies in 4 continents. After the resignations of Huub Stevens and Dietmar Beiersdorfer on 8 April 2011, Moniz was named the new head coach of FC Red Bull Salzburg.

Ricardo won the League and Cup double with FC Red Bull Salzburg. Becoming the first manager in Salzburg history (Austria and Red Bull Salzburg) to achieve a league and cup double.

In June 2012 he resigned after internal differences.[11]

Ferencváros edit

On 21 August 2012, Ricardo Moniz was appointed as the new manager of the Hungarian League club Ferencvárosi TC.[12] At FTC his devotion to football became immediately popular among fans and many successes followed. Yet, struggling with difficult circumstances, on 2 December 2013, Moniz was sacked by Ferencvárosi TC due to poor performance of the team.[13]

Ricardo was voted the Austrian manager of the year for the 2011/2012 season and achieved the Hungarian Players Union Manager of the Year in 2012/2013.[citation needed]

Gdansk edit

On 27 March 2014, he was named a new coach of Lechia Gdańsk,[14] and successfully brought them to their highest ever league position, of 4th. On 4 June 2014 he resigned from his position for personal reasons.[15] Shortly after resigning from Lechia, he became new manager of 1860 Munich,[16] where he made the then 18 year old Julian Weigl captain.[17] Moniz was sacked on 24 September 2014.[18]

Notts County edit

On 7 April 2015, Moniz was appointed manager of the League One club Notts County on a three-year contract.[19] He was sacked on 29 December 2015 with Notts 15th in League Two .[20]

Eindhoven edit

In July 2016 he became new manager of FC Eindhoven. He left the club at the end of the 2016–17 season.[21]

Randers edit

On 8 October 2017, Ricardo Moniz was signed up as new manager of Danish Superliga club Randers FC.[22] He was sacked by the Randers FC board of directors on 26 January 2018, after only 9 games as head coach.[23]

Trencin edit

On 2 June 2018, Moniz was appointed the new head coach of Slovak Super Liga club Trenčín.[24] In October 2018, after only a few months in charge, he announced that he was leaving the club, citing widespread corruption in Slovak football as the reason.[25]

Excelsior edit

On 8 April 2019, Excelsior confirmed the appointment of Ricardo Moniz as their head coach until the end of the season.[26]

On 28 January 2020, Excelsior decided to terminate the contract with Ricardo Moniz, after disappointing results in the 2019-2020 Eerste Divisie.[27]

Zalaegerszeg edit

On 25 May 2022, it was announced that Moniz had been appointed head coach of Hungarian Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Zalaegerszeg.[28]

In the 2022-23 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season, Zalaegerszeg hosted Honvéd. During the match, Honvéd fans shouted racist comments.[29] After the match, Moniz heavily criticized the referee for not terminating the match.[30]

In October 2022, Moniz was suspended by the Hungarian Football Federation.[31][32]

In an interview, published on Nemzeti Sport, Moniz said that Zalaegerszeg cannot purchase top players, therefore, a bigger emphasis should be placed on the youth academies.[33]

On 25 February 2023, Moniz paid tribute to Miklós Lendvai, died at the age of 48, by beating Fehérvár in the 2022-23 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season.[34] Moniz was dismissed from Zalaegerszegi TE FC in April 2023.

NK Slaven Belupo edit

Moniz takes over as coach of the Croatian club NK Slaven Belupo on 15 June 2023.

Personal life edit

Moniz was born in the Netherlands to a Surinamese father, and an Indonesian mother of Chinese descent.[35]

Coaching record edit

As of 1 September 2023
Team From To Record
G W D L Win % Ref.
Hamburger SV 26 April 2010[9] 24 May 2010[10] 3 1 1 1 033.33 [36]
Red Bull Salzburg 29 April 2011 12 June 2012[11] 62 37 14 11 059.68 [37][38]
Ferencváros 21 August 2012[12] 2 December 2013[13] 61 34 13 14 055.74 [39][40]
Lechia Gdańsk 27 March 2014[14] 4 June 2014[15] 10 5 3 2 050.00 [41]
1860 Munich 4 June 2014[16] 24 September 2014[18] 8 2 3 3 025.00 [42]
Notts County 7 April 2015 29 December 2015 34 11 8 15 032.35 [43]
FC Eindhoven 1 July 2016 19 May 2017 40 16 8 16 040.00 [44]
Randers FC 8 October 2017 26 January 2018 9 3 1 5 033.33 [44]
AS Trenčín 1 July 2018 28 October 2018 25 12 5 8 048.00 [44]
Excelsior 8 April 2019 28 January 2020 32 13 8 11 040.63 [44]
Zalaegerszeg 1 July 2022 24 April 2023 33 13 7 13 039.39 [44]
NK Slaven Belupo 1 July 2023 4 September 2023 7 1 3 3 014.29 [44]
Total 324 148 74 102 045.68

Honours edit

Red Bull Salzburg[44]

Ferencváros

Zalaegerszeg

References edit

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  3. ^ Hamburger SV: So tickt der Labbadia-Erbe Ricardo Moniz – Auf den Spuren des Gurus
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  5. ^ Der große Motivator
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  7. ^ HSV – HSV: Ricardo Moniz wird neuer Kotrainer Archived 29 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Bruno Labbadia entlassen" (in German). ZDF. 26 April 2010. Archived from the original on 29 April 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
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