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Monchi

Ramón Rodríguez Verdejo (born 20 September 1968), known as Monchi, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He currently works for football holding company V Sports in an advisory role.

He played solely for Sevilla in a nine-year professional career. Later, he worked as director of football at that club (two spells), Roma and Aston Villa.

Born in San Fernando, Andalusia, Monchi signed with Sevilla from his local club San Fernando. He made his senior debut with the former's reserves in the 1988–89 season, in the Segunda División B.

In the summer of 1990, Monchi was promoted to the main squad in La Liga. He first appeared in the competition on 13 January 1991, starting in a 1–1 away draw against Real Sociedad.

Monchi spent the vast majority of his career as a backup to Juan Carlos Unzué, only featuring more regularly from 1995 onwards. He played a career-best 26 matches in 1996–97, as the campaign ended in relegation.

Monchi retired in 1999 aged only 30, after contributing 20 games – playoffs included – to his team's promotion.

In 2000, after Sevilla were relegated from the top division, Monchi was appointed their director of football. He was given two objectives by the board: develop the club's youth system and implement a vast scouting policy inside and outside Spain.

Monchi helped discover Diego Capel, Alberto Moreno, Jesús Navas, Antonio Puerta, Sergio Ramos and José Antonio Reyes, and he also created a network of over 700 scouts around the world. Within this setup, he sourced a number of profitable bargains (including Adriano, Dani Alves, Júlio Baptista, Federico Fazio, Seydou Keita and Ivan Rakitić), making a profit of around 200 million in the transfer market, as the club established itself in the top half of the top division in his 16 years there.

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