| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ricardo Giovanni Mannetti [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 24 April 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Windhoek, South West Africa | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (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 and coached the Namibia national team. [2]
Nicknamed Bucksy, Mannetti grew up in 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]
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 totaled 1 goal in 63 games for them. [7]
Before he resigned in June 2015, he competed in the COSAFA Cup and led 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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