Ricardo Mannetti
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| 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 | 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
International
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]
Managerial career
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]
