Personal information | |||
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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(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 coached the Namibia national team. [2]
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]
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]
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]