Pedro Monzón

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Pedro Monzón
Personal information
Full name Pedro Damián Monzón
Date of birth (1962-02-23) 23 February 1962 (age 62)
Place of birth Goya, Argentina
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Independiente (interim)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1981 Unión Santa Fe 7 (0)
1981–1991 Independiente 199 (8)
1992 Barcelona SC 10 (1)
1992–1993 Huracán 23 (0)
1993–1994 Quilmes 41 (1)
1995 Alianza Lima ? (?)
1995–1996 Atlético Tucumán 16 (0)
1996 Santiago Wanderers ? (?)
Total 296 (10)
International career
1988–1990 Argentina 15 (1)
Managerial career
2003 Potros
2004 Independiente (interim)
2005 Olmedo
2006 Coatzacoalcos [es]
2006–2007 Veracruz
2008 Chacarita Juniors
2010 Juventud Antoniana
2011–2012 San Martín de Tucumán
2012–2013 Tiro Federal
2013 Platense
2014 Flandria
2015–2016 Tristán Suárez
2016 Güemes
2017–2021 Argentino de Quilmes
2021 Independiente (assistant)
2022 Colón (assistant)
2022 Dock Sud
2022– Independiente (assistant)
2023– Independiente (interim)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pedro Damián Monzón (born 23 February 1962) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a defender. He is the current interim manager of Independiente.

Club career[edit]

Moncho Monzón played in different clubs, but most importantly in Independiente, with which he obtained 4 titles, including the Intercontinental Cup in 1984.

International career[edit]

With the Argentina national team he scored one goal against Romania in the 1990 World Cup.

Monzón became the first player to be sent off in a World Cup final, when referee Edgardo Codesal gave him a straight red card for a high tackle on Jürgen Klinsmann of Germany 65 minutes into the game, 20 minutes after he replaced fellow defender Oscar Ruggeri. Argentina lost the game 1–0. Many critics called the incident a prime example of Klinsmann's diving, a claim he contradicted. In an interview in 2004, Klinsmann noted that the foul left a 15-cm gash on his shin.[1]

Managerial career[edit]

After retirement, Monzón became a coach and manager. He has coached different clubs in Mexico and Ecuador, as well as youth divisions of clubs in Mexico and Argentina. He had a short spell as interim manager of Independiente,.

In Ecuador, he was suspended for 2 months while coaching club Olmedo for aggression towards a referee.

He then became youth team manager at CD Veracruz before taking over as first team manager in the Primera División de México, he was replaced in 2007.

In 2008, he returned to Argentina to take over as manager of Chacarita Juniors.

Personal life[edit]

Monzón's son, Florián, is a professional footballer.[2]

Career statistics[edit]

International goals[edit]

Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first.
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 18 June 1990 Stadio San Paolo, Naples, Italy  Romania 1–0 1–1 1990 FIFA World Cup

Honours[edit]

Player[edit]

Independiente
Argentina

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Klinsmann: the rise...and the falls". Guardian News and Media Limited. 7 March 2004. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  2. ^ ""De mí sacó la altura, ja"". Olé. 20 July 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2020.

External links[edit]

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