Robert Moreno

Robert Moreno González (born 19 September 1977) is a Spanish football manager. He is currently the head coach of Monaco in the French Ligue 1.

He worked in youth and amateur football before becoming assistant to Luis Enrique at various clubs and the Spanish national team. In 2019, he succeeded his mentor as manager of the national team, and qualified them to UEFA Euro 2020 before Luis Enrique returned to his post.

Coaching career

Early career
Born in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Moreno played as a central defender for his hometown side, La Florida CF. 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.

Moreno started his professional coaching career in 2003, after being the youngest to receive the title of manager in the country, when he took charge of Penya Blaugrana Collblanc. From there he went to CE L'Hospitalet, CD Marianao Poblet, UE Castelldefels and CF Damm, managing their youth sides. In 2006, he also took over Castelldefels' first team, but was sacked in March of the following year.

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. He was also in charge during the following two matches, against the Faroe Islands and Sweden.

After four 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. He signed a contract until the end of UEFA Euro 2020. Only five months later, Moreno resigned and was replaced by his predecessor Luis Enrique despite an unbeaten record and successfully qualifying for UEFA Euro 2020. Luis Enrique did not maintain Moreno in his coaching team, and called him "disloyal" for going to his house to ask whether he could manage Spain at Euro 2020 and then whether he could be assistant.

Monaco
On 28 December 2019, Moreno was named as the new manager of Ligue 1 side Monaco, replacing Leonardo Jardim. A week later, he won his first match 2–1 at home to Stade de Reims in the last 64 of the Coupe de France. On 12 January in his first league match, the team from the principality drew 3–3 at leaders Paris Saint-Germain FC.

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Category:1977 births
Category:Living people
Category:People from L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
Category:Spanish football managers
Category:CE L'Hospitalet managers
Category:Spain national football team managers
Category:AS Monaco FC managers
Category:Catalan sportspeople
Category:Spanish expatriate football managers
Category:Expatriate football managers in Monaco
Category:Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Monaco