Ricardo Moniz

Ricardo Moniz (born 17 June 1964) is a Dutch football manager and former player who is the head coach of Slovak club Trenčín.

Moniz played for RKC Waalwijk, HFC Haarlem, Helmond Sport and Eindhoven.

Moniz was formerly a skills trainer at Tottenham Hotspur, leaving the club in May 2008 after three seasons.

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

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. 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. He was in that position until Armin Veh was hired on 24 May 2010.

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

Ricardo won the League and Cup double with 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.