Ricardo Moniz is a Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 football coach of FC Red Bull Salzburg and former football player.

Career

He played for RKC Waalwijk

RKC Waalwijk

RKC Waalwijk is a football club currently playing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' and was a fusion club of HEC, WVB and Hercules.-History:...

, HFC Haarlem

HFC Haarlem

HFC Haarlem was a Dutch football club from the city of Haarlem, established in 1889. The club won the Dutch national title in 1946 and reached five Cup finals, winning in 1902 and 1912...

, Helmond Sport

Helmond Sport

Helmond Sport is a Dutch football club, playing in the Dutch Eerste Divisie and located in Helmond, Noord-Brabant. The club was founded on July 27, 1967, as a breakaway from the local professional club Helmondia '55, which had gone bankrupt.-History:...

 and FC Eindhoven

FC Eindhoven

FC Eindhoven is a Dutch football club based in Eindhoven, North Brabant. They current play in the Eerste Divisie , and are one of two professional clubs which are based in the city of Eindhoven, the other one being PSV Eindhoven....

.

Coaching career

He was formerly a skills trainer at Tottenham Hotspur Football Club

Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....

, leaving the club in May 2008 after three seasons.

Moniz is one of the few proteges of the skills training guru Wiel Coerver

Wiel Coerver

Wiel Coerver was a football manager from the Netherlands and the developer of the Coerver Method, a soccer coaching technique. He won the UEFA Cup with Feyenoord Rotterdam in the 1973-1974 season....

 which is aimed at improving technical ability over tactical ability. He was previously academy coach at PSV Eindhoven.

On June 8, 2008, he signed a new contract to be the new skills and talent coach next to head coach Martin Jol

Martin Jol

Maarten Cornelis "Martin" Jol is a Dutch football manager and former midfielder who currently manages Fulham in the Premier League. Jol played over 400 games during his career which included spells in the Netherlands, Germany, and England, as well as earning three caps with the Dutch national team...

 at Hamburger SV

Hamburger SV

Hamburger Sport-Verein, usually referred to as HSV in Germany and Hamburg in international parlance, is a German multi-sport club based in Hamburg, its largest branch being its football department...

. On 26 April 2010, he was named the interim coach by Hamburger SV

Hamburger SV

Hamburger Sport-Verein, usually referred to as HSV in Germany and Hamburg in international parlance, is a German multi-sport club based in Hamburg, its largest branch being its football department...

, replacing Bruno Labbadia

Bruno Labbadia

Bruno Labbadia is a former German footballer of Italian heritage who is now head coach of German Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart.- Club career :...

 for the last two games in the season 2009/2010. After the resignations of Huub Stevens

Huub Stevens

Hubertus "Huub" Jozef Margaretha Stevens is a Dutch football manager and former defender.- Playing career :...

 and Dietmar Beiersdorfer

Dietmar Beiersdorfer

Dietmar Beiersdorfer is a former footballer and coach. He began his coaching career with Hamburger SV in 2003 and served as sporting director of the Austrian team FC Red Bull Salzburg between 2010 and April 2011.-Career:...

 on April 8, 2011, Moniz was named the new head coach of FC Red Bull Salzburg.