Ricardo Catalá

Ricardo Catalá
Personal information
Full name	Ricardo Catalá Salgado Júnior
Date of birth	(1982-04-28) 28 April 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Team information
Current team	São Bernardo (head coach)
Managerial career
Years	Team
2005–2007	Europa (youth)
2008–2013	Audax U17
2014–2017	Red Bull Brasil (assistant)
2018	Red Bull Brasil
2019–2020	Mirassol
2020	Guarani
2021	São Bernardo
2021–2022	Operário Ferroviário
2022–2023	Mirassol
2023–2024	Remo
2024–	São Bernardo

Ricardo Catalá Salgado Júnior (born 28 April 1982), known as Ricardo Catalá, is a Brazilian professional football coach.

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Career

Of Catalan heritage, Catalá's first senior job was at CE Europa's Cadete A squad in 2005.^[1] He left the club in 2007, and joined Audax in the following year, being appointed in charge of the under-17s.^[2]

On 13 November 2013, Catalá joined Maurício Barbieri's staff as an assistant at Red Bull Brasil.^[3] On 11 October 2017, he was appointed as manager for the ensuing campaign,^[4] but was sacked the following 3 September after a run of poor results.^[5]

On 23 April 2019, Catalá was named at the helm of Mirassol.^[6] On 6 November, after reaching the semifinals of the year's Copa Paulista (the club's best-ever position in the tournament), he renewed his contract for a further year.^[7]

Catalá took Mirassol to the semifinals of the 2020 Campeonato Paulista, despite losing 18 first team players due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 29 August, he replaced sacked Thiago Carpini at the helm of Guarani,^[8] but was himself dismissed on 7 October.

On 29 December 2020, Catalá was announced at the helm of São Bernardo.^[9] The following 1 October, after winning the Campeonato Paulista Série A2, he left the club and took over Operário Ferroviário in the second division.^[10]

On 19 March 2022, Catalá left Operário in a mutual agreement,^[11] and returned to Mirassol just hours later.^[12] He was dismissed from the latter on 4 May 2023, despite leading the side to the second division in the previous year.^[13]

On 25 May 2023, Catalá was appointed in charge of Remo in the third level.^[14] On 28 February 2024, after being knocked out in the first phase of the 2024 Copa do Brasil, he was sacked,^[15] and returned to São Bernardo on 3 April.^[16]

Honours

Club

São Bernardo

Campeonato Paulista Série A2: 2021

Mirassol

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C: 2022

Individual

Campeonato Paulista Best Manager: 2020 (shared with Vanderlei Luxemburgo)

References

^ "Fundació: Cadet A I" (in Catalan). Tunel de Vestuarios. 16 January 2007. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
^ "Origem catalã do técnico e inspiração no Barça de Ronaldinho moldam estilo do RBB" [Catalan origin of manager and inspiration in Ronaldinho's Barça mold RBB style] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
^ "Red Bull acerta a contratação do técnico Maurício Barbieri" [Red Bull sign manager Maurício Barbieri] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Terra. 13 November 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
^ "Red Bull anuncia treinador caseiro, Ricardo Catalá, para a disputa do Paulistão 2018" [Red Bull announce home-grown manager, Ricardo Catalá, for the 2018 Paulistão] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 11 October 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
^ "RB Brasil anuncia saída de Ricardo Catalá e promove técnico do Sub-20" [RB Brasil announce the departure of Ricardo Catalá and promote manager of the under-20s] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
^ "Mirassol FC apresenta treinador Ricardo Catalá para equipe profissional" [Mirassol present manager Ricardo Catalá for the first team] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Mirassol FC. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
^ "Mirassol renova com Ricardo Catalá para o Paulistão 2020" [Mirassol renew with Ricardo Catalá for the 2020 Paulistão] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Mirassol FC. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
^ "Com cinco derrotas em seis jogos na Série B, Guarani demite Carpini e define Catalá como novo técnico" [With five defeats in six matches at Série B, Guarani sack Carpini and set Catalá as new manager] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 29 August 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
^ "São Bernardo FC anuncia Ricardo Catalá como treinador para 2021" [São Bernardo FC announce Ricardo Catalá as manager for 2021] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário do Grande ABC. 29 December 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
^ "Operário-PR anuncia Ricardo Catalá como novo técnico para reta final da Série B" [Operário-PR announce Ricardo Catalá as new manager for the final stages of the Série B] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 1 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
^ "Em comum acordo com a diretoria, Ricardo Catalá deixa o comando do Operário-PR" [In a mutual agreement with the board, Ricardo Catalá leaves Operário-PR] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
^ "Mirassol acerta a contratação do técnico Ricardo Catalá" [Mirassol agree the signing of manager Ricardo Catalá] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
^ "Mirassol anuncia saída de Catalá e demite um técnico 13 anos depois" [Mirassol announce the departure of Catalá and sack a head coach after 13 years] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
^ "Novo comandante! Remo anuncia contratação do técnico Ricardo Catalá" [New man in charge! Remo announce the signing of head coach Ricardo Catalá] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 25 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
^ "Caiu! Ricardo Catalá não é mais técnico do Clube do Remo" [Out! Ricardo Catalá is no longer head coach of Remo] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
^ "Ricardo Catalá está de volta ao São Bernardo" [Ricardo Catalá is back at São Bernardo] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário do Grande ABC. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.