Ramon López Suárez, known as Moncho López (born 10 July 1969 in Ferrol), is a Spanish

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manager and the current coach of

FC Porto Futebol Clube do Porto, Order of Prince Henry, MHIH, Order of Merit (Portugal), OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional association footbal ...

and the

Angola national basketball team The Angolan men's national basketball team is controlled by the '' Federação Angolana de Basquetebol''. Angola has been a member of FIBA since 1979. Ranking 23rd in the FIBA World Rankings, Angola is the top team of FIBA Africa, and a regula ...

Coach career

López coached Baloncesto Galicia Ferrol (1995–1997) and

Gijón Baloncesto Gijón Baloncesto was a basketball team based in Gijón, Asturias, Spain. History Gijón Baloncesto was established in 1982, after taking over the franchise of another local team, Real Grupo de Cultura Covadonga, who was undergoing financial dif ...

(1998–2002), before taking office as the coach of

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, which he guided to a silver medal at the

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. After a brief spell at

CB Sevilla Real Betis Baloncesto S.A.D., simply known as Real Betis, is a professional basketball team based in Seville, Spain. The team plays in the LEB Oro, the second basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system after the Liga ACB. It p ...

, he was sacked after finishing 13th in the ACB. He was without a club when he was hired to coach the

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, in January 2008. Portugal failed the direct qualification for the

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, as well as the final play-offs. The team's performance at the

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lead to his dismissal from office. Before leaving Portugal national team, he cumulated the coaching position in

since 2009. On 10 February 2015 Moncho López was appointed head coach of the Angola national team for the 2015 AfroBasket, where he won the bronze medal. He left office in August 2015.Basketball: Spanish Moncho Lopez appointed new coach of Angola
Agência Angola Press; 10 February 2015

References

External links

Profile at ACB.com
1969 births Living people Spanish basketball coaches Liga ACB head coaches Gijón Baloncesto coaches FC Porto basketball coaches {{Spain-basketball-bio-stub