Robert Moreno
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Robert Moreno González | ||
Date of birth | 19 September 1977 | ||
Place of birth | L'Hospitalet, Spain | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Granada (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
Team | |||
Tecla Sala | |||
Teams managed | |||
Years | Team | ||
2002–2003 | La Florida (youth) | ||
2003–2004 | PB Collblanc | ||
2004–2005 | Hospitalet (youth) | ||
2005–2006 | Marianao Poblet (youth) | ||
2006–2007 | Castelldefels | ||
2007–2008 | Damm | ||
2008–2009 | Castelldefels (youth) | ||
2011–2012 | Roma (assistant) | ||
2013–2014 | Celta (assistant) | ||
2014–2017 | Barcelona (assistant) | ||
2017–2018 | Celta (assistant) | ||
2018–2019 | Spain (assistant) | ||
2019 | Spain | ||
2019–2020 | Monaco | ||
2021– | Granada |
Robert Moreno González (born 19 September 1977) is a Spanish football manager. He is currently head coach of La Liga club Granada.
He worked in youth and amateur football before becoming assistant to Luis Enrique at various clubs and the Spain national football team. In 2019, Moreno succeeded his mentor as manager of the national team and qualified for UEFA Euro 2020 before Luis Enrique returned to his post. He later managed French club Monaco in Ligue 1.
Coaching career[]
Early career[]
Born in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia,[1] Moreno played as a central defender for his hometown side, La Florida CF.[2] He started developing interest for coaching at the age of just 14, when his physical education teacher asked him to help in classes. At the age of 16, he started managing La Florida CF's Alevín squad along with Antonio Camacho.[3]
Moreno started his professional coaching career in 2003, after being the youngest to receive the title of manager in the country,[2] when he took charge of Penya Blaugrana Collblanc. From there he went to CE L'Hospitalet, CD Marianao Poblet,[2] UE Castelldefels[4][5] and CF Damm,[6] managing their youth sides. In 2006, he also took over Castelldefels' first team, but was sacked in March of the following year.[2]
After working as a scout for FC Barcelona during the 2010–11 season, Moreno worked as assistant manager under Luis Enrique at Roma (2011–2012), Celta de Vigo (2013–2014) and Barcelona (2014–2017). For the 2017–18 season, he assisted Juan Carlos Unzué at Celta, prior to rejoining Luis Enrique for the Spain national team in July 2018.
Spain national team[]
On 26 March 2019, Moreno was in charge of the national team in a 2–0 win against Malta after Luis Enrique had to leave due to personal problems.[7] He was also in charge during the following two matches, against the Faroe Islands and Sweden.[8]
After three matches in charge of Spain on an interim basis, Moreno was appointed the team's head coach on 19 June 2019, after Luis Enrique's resignation due to his daughter's illness.[9] He signed a contract until the end of UEFA Euro 2020.[10] Only five months later, Moreno resigned and was replaced by his predecessor Luis Enrique despite an unbeaten record and qualifying for UEFA Euro 2020.[11] Luis Enrique dismissed Moreno from his coaching staff and called him "disloyal" and "over ambitious" for wanting to manage Spain at Euro 2020.[12]
Monaco[]
On 28 December 2019, Moreno was named as the new manager of Ligue 1 side Monaco, replacing Leonardo Jardim.[13] A week later, he won his first match 2–1 at home to Reims in the last 64 of the Coupe de France.[14] On 12 January in his first league match, the team from the principality drew 3–3 at leaders Paris Saint-Germain FC.[15]
Having finished the season in 9th, missing out on European qualification, Moreno was sacked on 18 July 2020.[16]
Granada[]
On 18 June 2021, La Liga club Granada announced Moreno as the side's new head coach on a two-year contract.[17] He drew 0–0 at Villarreal CF on his debut on 16 August.[18]
Managerial statistics[]
- As of match played 13 September 2021
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
Spain | 26 March 2019 | 19 November 2019 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 4 | +25 | 77.78 | [19][20] | |
Monaco | 28 December 2019 | 19 July 2020 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 21 | −3 | 38.46 | ||
Granada | 18 June 2021 | Present | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0.00 | ||
Total | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 49 | 32 | +17 | 46.15 | — |
References[]
- ^ "L'hospitalenc Robert Moreno, nou entrenador de la selecció espanyola de futbol" [Hospitalenc Robert Moreno, new manager of the Spanish national football team] (in Catalan). LHdigital. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Viaje a los inicios de Robert Moreno: "Grababa los entrenamientos del infantil, de niños de 12 años"" [Trip back to Robert Moreno's beginnings: "I recorded the trainings of the infantil, 12-year-old kids"] (in Spanish). El Mundo. 23 June 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ "Robert Moreno, del CF La Florida al Barça" [Robert Moreno, from CF La Florida to Barça] (in Catalan). LHdigital. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "Luis Enrique visita el Campus d'Estiu UE Castelldefels 2013" [Luis Enrique visits UE Castelldefels' 2013 Summer Camp] (in Catalan). La Voz. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "Robert Moreno, d'entrenador de la pedrera de la UE Castelldefels a Seleccionador nacional" [Robert Moreno, from manager of UE Castelldefels' cantera to national team manager] (in Catalan). El Castell. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ "Robert Moreno: Un segundo con visión de primero" [Robert Moreno: An assistant with a head coach's vision] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ Quixano, Jordi (26 March 2019). "Malta – España: Robert Moreno, seleccionador por un día" [Malta – España: Robert Moreno, manager for a day]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "Robert Moreno: "Deseo que sea la última vez que tenga que estar en la banda"" [Robert Moreno: "I hope this is the last time I have to be on the sidelines"] (in Spanish). Marca. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "OFICIAL Robert Moreno, nuevo seleccionador nacional de España" [OFFICIAL Robert Moreno, new manager of Spain] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ Lowe, Sid (19 November 2019). "How Luis Enrique's Spain return turned from a fiesta into a crisis". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- ^ Lowe, Sid (19 November 2019). "Luis Enrique makes Spain return as Roberto Moreno walks away in tears". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- ^ "Robert Moreno was 'disloyal', says returning Spain boss Luis Enrique". BBC Sport. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "Monaco annonce l'arrivée de Robert Moreno jusqu'en 2022" [Monaco announce the arrival of Robert Moreno until 2022]. L'Équipe (in French).
- ^ Hamiot, Manon (4 January 2020). "AS Monaco/Reims : premier match du nouvel entraîneur, Robert Moreno et 1ère victoire" [AS Monaco/Reims: first match for new manager, Robert Moreno and 1st victory] (in French). France 3. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ^ White, Adam; Devin, Eric (13 January 2020). "Monaco show PSG the folly of their Fantastic Four frontline". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ^ "Monaco confirm Moreno exit as Kovac awaits". Yahoo Sports. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "Comunicado | Robert Moreno, nuevo entrenador del Granada CF" [Announcement | Robert Moreno, new coach of Granada CF] (in Spanish). Granada CF. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ Brennan, Feargal (16 August 2021). "Villarreal held to Granada stalemate in 2021/22 opener". Football España. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ "Robert Moreno: Robert Moreno González: Matches 2018–19". BDFutbol. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "Robert Moreno: Robert Moreno González: Matches 2019–20". BDFutbol. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
External links[]
- Robert Moreno manager profile at BDFutbol
- 1977 births
- Living people
- People from L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
- Sportspeople from Catalonia
- Spanish football managers
- CE L'Hospitalet managers
- Spain national football team managers
- AS Monaco FC managers
- Granada CF managers
- Ligue 1 managers
- La Liga managers
- Spanish expatriate football managers
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Monaco
- Expatriate football managers in Monaco