Ricardo Catalá Salgado Júnior (born 28 April 1982) is a Brazilian professional

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, currently the head coach of São Bernardo.

Career

Of Catalan heritage, Catalá's first senior job was at CE Europa's ''Cadete A'' squad in 2005. He left the club in 2007, and joined Audax in the following year, being appointed in charge of the under-17s. On 13 November 2013, Catalá joined Maurício Barbieri's staff as an assistant at

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. On 11 October 2017, he was appointed as manager for the ensuing campaign, but was sacked the following 3 September after a run of poor results. On 23 April 2019, Catalá was named at the helm of

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. On 6 November, after reaching the semifinals of the year's

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(the club's best-ever position in the tournament), he renewed his contract for a further year. Catalá took Mirassol to the semifinals of the 2020 Campeonato Paulista, despite losing 18 first team players due to the

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. On 29 August, he replaced sacked Thiago Carpini at the helm of Guarani, but was himself dismissed on 7 October. On 29 December 2020, Catalá was announced at the helm of São Bernardo. The following 1 October, after winning the

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, he left the club and took over Operário Ferroviário in the second division. On 19 March 2022, Catalá left Operário in a mutual agreement, and returned to Mirassol just hours later. He was dismissed from the latter on 4 May 2023, despite leading the side to the second division in the previous year. On 25 May 2023, Catalá was appointed in charge of

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in the third level. On 28 February 2024, after being knocked out in the first phase of the 2024 Copa do Brasil, he was sacked, and returned to São Bernardo on 3 April.

Honours

Club

;São Bernardo *

: 2021 ;Mirassol *

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Best Manager:

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Catala, Ricardo 1982 births Living people Sports coaches from São Paulo Brazilian football managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série B managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série C managers Red Bull Bragantino II managers Mirassol Futebol Clube managers Guarani FC managers São Bernardo Futebol Clube managers Operário Ferroviário Esporte Clube managers Clube do Remo managers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain