Gonzalo Sanchez Moreno

Gonzalo Sanchez Moreno is a former football player and was the head coach of the Bangladesh national football team. He was reappointed in March 2017 to coach the team. Andrew Ord soon replaced him.

Gonzalo Sanchez Moreno
Personal information
Full name Gonzalo Sanchez Moreno
Date of birth (1972-05-06) 6 May 1972[1]
Place of birth Barcelona, Spain
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Full-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1995 FC Barcelona B 56 (2)
1995–1997 UD Almería 42 (1)
1997–1998 FC Barcelona B[1] 5 (0)
Total 103 (3)
Managerial career
2015–2016 Bangladesh under-23
2016 Bangladesh
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Moreno was born in Barcelona in 1972. He played as a right-back for FC Barcelona for 17 years for all categories. He was part of the first team FC Barcelona under Johan Cruyff during the 1994 UEFA Champions League Final. From 1995 to 1996 he signed for UD Almería.[1] He rejoined FC Barcelona in 1997. He retired a year later due to a knee injury.

Coaching

In 2014, Moreno coached Madagascar's youth teams. He also won the 2014 Champion Clubs' Cup Indian Ocean with CNaPS Sports club from Madagascar. In 2016, he coached the Bangladesh national football team. Former Bangladeshi player and Bangladesh Football Federation president Kazi Salahuddin said he was impressed with his long career in FC Barcelona since the age of eight.[2] He was taught by former Dutch legend Johan Cruyff and played with stars like Luís Figo and Pep Guardiola. Moreno also coached the Bangladesh's under-23 team with Satyajit Das Rupu.[3] He achieved a bronze medal for Bangladesh at the 2016 South Asian Games.

He holds the UEFA A-license and is currently coaching for FC Barcelona Academy PRO, New York, US.

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Moreno's Bangladeshi team lost against the Jordan under Harry Redknapp.[4] However, the Bangladeshi team had ten players sanctioned, so he had to take a team full of substitutes.

Reappointment and replacement

Moreno was appointed again to train with the team and was replaced later by Andrew Ord.

Managerial statistics
Team Nat. From To P W D L GS GA %W
Bangladesh U23 Bangladesh 28 December 2015 18 February 2016 4 2 1 1 6 11 050.00
Bangladesh Bangladesh 19 February 2016 24 March 2016 2 0 0 2 1 14 000.00

P – Total of played matches W – Won matches D – Drawn matches L – Lost matches GS – Goal scored GA – Goals against
%W – Percentage of matches won

Honours
Champion 2014 with CNaPS Sports
Bronze medal (1): 2016

References
  1. "Gonzalo, Gonzalo Sánchez Moreno - Footballer". bdfutbol.com.
  2. "Ex-Barca man Moreno gets six-month contract". New Age. 3 October 2015.
  3. "Bangladesh prepare for Jordan trip". Daily Sun. 24 February 2016. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
  4. "Jordan win 8-0 in Redknapp's first game". BBC Sport.
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