Robert Moreno
Personal information
Full name Robert Moreno González
Date of birth (1977-09-19) 19 September 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth L'Hospitalet, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Sochi (head coach)
Youth career
Years Team
Tecla Sala
Managerial career
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
2021–2022 Granada
2023– Sochi

Robert Moreno González (born 19 September 1977) is a Spanish football manager who is in charge of the Russian Premier League club Sochi.

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 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'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 L'Hospitalet, Marianao Poblet,[2] Castelldefels[4][5] and 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 Barelona during the 2010–11 season, Moreno worked as assistant manager under Luis Enrique at Roma (2011–2012), Celta (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.[15]

Having finished the season in ninth place, and thus 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 on his debut on 16 August.[18]

On 6 March 2022, Moreno was sacked by the Andalusians,[19] after six defeats in the last seven matches.[20]

Sochi

On 15 December 2023, Moreno was hired by the Russian Premier League club Sochi. The club was at the bottom of the table at the time.[21]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 13 April 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Spain Spain 26 March 2019 19 November 2019 9 7 2 0 29 4 +25 077.78 [22][23]
Monaco France 28 December 2019 19 July 2020 13 5 3 5 18 21 −3 038.46
Granada Spain 18 June 2021 6 March 2022 29 6 10 13 35 44 −9 020.69
Sochi Russia 15 December 2023 Present 6 1 5 0 8 7 +1 016.67
Total 57 19 20 18 90 76 +14 033.33 —

References

  1. ^ "L'hospitalenc Robert Moreno, nou entrenador de la selecció espanyola de futbol" [Hospitalenc Robert Moreno, new manager of the Spain national football team] (in Catalan). LHdigital. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ Lowe, Sid (19 November 2019). "How Luis Enrique's Spain return turned from a fiesta into a crisis". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  11. ^ Lowe, Sid (19 November 2019). "Luis Enrique makes Spain return as Roberto Moreno walks away in tears". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  12. ^ "Robert Moreno was 'disloyal', says returning Spain boss Luis Enrique". BBC Sport. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  13. ^ "Monaco annonce l'arrivée de Robert Moreno jusqu'en 2022" [Monaco announce the arrival of Robert Moreno until 2022]. L'Équipe (in French).
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ White, Adam; Devin, Eric (13 January 2020). "Monaco show PSG the folly of their Fantastic Four frontline". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  16. ^ "Monaco confirm Moreno exit as Kovac awaits". Yahoo Sports. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  17. ^ "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.
  18. ^ Brennan, Feargal (16 August 2021). "Villarreal held to Granada stalemate in 2021/22 opener". Football España. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  19. ^ "Comunicado | Robert Moreno deja de ser entrenador del Granada CF" [Announcement | Robert Moreno leaves as manager of Granada CF] (in Spanish). Granada CF. 6 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  20. ^ "El Granada destituye a Robert Moreno" [Granada sack Robert Moreno] (in Spanish). Marca. 6 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  21. ^ "Роберт Морено – новый главный тренер "Сочи"" (in Russian). PFC Sochi. 15 December 2023.
  22. ^ "Robert Moreno: Robert Moreno González: Matches 2018–19". BDFutbol. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  23. ^ "Robert Moreno: Robert Moreno González: Matches 2019–20". BDFutbol. Retrieved 27 July 2019.

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