Ricardo Mannetti

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Ricardo Mannetti
Personal information
Full name Ricardo Giovanni Mannetti [1]
Date of birth (1975-04-24) 24 April 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Windhoek, South West Africa
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995–1997 Civics
1997–2005 Santos
2000–2001 → Avendale Athletico (loan) 12 (0)
2005–2006 Umtata Bush Bucks
2006–2007 Western Province United
International career
1992–2003 Namibia 63 (1)
Managerial career
2007–2010 Civics
2010 Black Africa
2011–2013 Namibia U20
2013–2015 Namibia
2015–2019 Namibia
2022–2023 African Stars (dir. football)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ricardo Mannetti (born 24 April 1975) is a Namibian retired footballer who now works as a coach. He has managed coached the Namibia national team. [2]

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Playing career

Club

Nicknamed Bucksy, Mannetti grew up in the Windhoek's Bethlehem township and played as a midfielder in South Africa for Santos [3] and became the first Namibian to win the South African Professional Soccer League in 2001. [4]

International

He competed for the Namibia national football team from 1992–2003, including the 1998 African Cup of Nations. [5] He made his debut for the Brave Warriors in an October 1992 [6] World Cup qualification match against Zambia and totalled 1 goal in 63 games for them. [7]

Managerial career

Before he resigned in June 2015, he competed in the COSAFA cup and lead the Namibian National team to their first international Trophy victory. [8] He was re-appointed coach in September 2015 after patching things up with the Namibia Football Association. [9] Mannetti has led the Namibian national team, Brave Warriors to their first ever 2015 COSAFA Cup triumph in South Africa [10] . He helped Namibia reach the quarter finals of the 2018 CHAN Games in Cameroon [11] and led the team to the 2019 AFCON in Egypt. [12]

He was director of football for one season at African Stars. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.swapoparty.org/namibia_today/namibia_today_sport_9.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  2. ↑ "Namibia new coach eyes Eagles upset - MTNFootball". Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "Namibia coach quits ahead Nigeria match". Compass. 11 June 2013. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Down memory lane with man of the moment, Ricardo ‘Bucksy’ Mannetti - New Era Live
  5. ↑ Ricardo Mannetti at FIFA.com
  6. ↑ IN MANNETTI I TRUST - Nambian Sun
  7. ↑ Namibia International Matches - RSSSF
  8. ↑ "Ricardo Mannetti quits as coach of Cosafa winners Namibia". BBC Sport. 19 June 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "Mannetti to lead Warriors for four years | Namibia Football Association". www.nfa.org.na. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  10. ↑ "How Namibia won the 2015 COSAFA Castle Cup". 9 May 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  11. ↑ "Mannetti hails Namibia after CHAN victory". 15 January 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  12. ↑ "Ricardo Mannetti: Afcon 2019 is Namibia's World Cup | Goal.com". www.goal.com. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  13. ↑ Clubs should emulate Stars – Mannetti… will guarantee development of Namibian football - New Ear Live
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