Robert Moreno González (born 19 September 1977) is a Spanish

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. He worked in youth and amateur football before becoming assistant to

Luis Enrique Luis Enrique Martínez García (; born 8 May 1970), known as Luis Enrique, is a Spanish football manager and former player. A versatile player with good technique, he was capable of playing in several different positions, but usually played as ...

at various clubs and the

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. In 2019, Moreno succeeded his mentor as manager of the national team and qualified for

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before Luis Enrique returned to his post. He later managed

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Coaching career

Early career

Born in

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, Moreno played as a

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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 Centre d'Esports l'Hospitalet is a Spanish football team based in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1957 it currently plays in Tercera División RFEF - Group 5, holding home games at Estadi Municipal ...

, CD Marianao Poblet,

UE Castelldefels Unió Esportiva Castelldefels is a Spanish football team based in Castelldefels, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1948 it currently plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 5, holding home matches at ''Municipal Els Canyars' ...

and

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, 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

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during the 2010–11 season, Moreno worked as assistant manager under

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(2011–2012),

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(2013–2014) and Barcelona (2014–2017). For the 2017–18 season, he assisted

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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

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after Luis Enrique had to leave due to personal problems. He was also in charge during the following two matches, against the

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and

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. 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. He signed a contract until the end of

. Only five months later, Moreno resigned and was replaced by his predecessor Luis Enrique despite an unbeaten record and qualifying for UEFA Euro 2020. Luis Enrique dismissed Moreno from his coaching staff and called him "disloyal" and "over ambitious" for wanting to manage Spain at

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Monaco

On 28 December 2019, Moreno was named as the new manager of

side

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, replacing

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. A week later, he won his first match 2–1 at home to

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in the last 64 of the

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. On 12 January in his first league match, the team from the principality drew 3–3 at leaders

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. Having finished the season in 9th, missing out on European qualification, Moreno was sacked on 18 July 2020.

Granada

On 18 June 2021,

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club

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announced Moreno as the side's new head coach on a two-year contract. He drew 0–0 at

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on his debut on 16 August. On 6 March 2022, Moreno was sacked by the

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, after six defeats in the last seven matches.

Managerial statistics

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moreno, Robert 1977 births Living people Sportspeople from L'Hospitalet de Llobregat Spanish football managers CE L'Hospitalet managers Spain national football team managers AS Monaco FC managers Granada CF managers Ligue 1 managers La Liga managers Spanish expatriate football managers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Monaco Expatriate football managers in Monaco Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Italy A.S. Roma non-playing staff FC Barcelona non-playing staff RC Celta de Vigo non-playing staff