 Zé Ricardo in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Ricardo Mannarino | ||
| Date of birth | (1971-06-05)5 June 1971 (age 54) | ||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| São Cristóvão | |||
| Olaria | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2005–2008 | Flamengo (youth) | ||
| 2009–2011 | Audax Rio (youth) | ||
| 2012–2016 | Flamengo (youth) | ||
| 2016–2017 | Flamengo | ||
| 2017–2018 | Vasco da Gama | ||
| 2018–2019 | Botafogo | ||
| 2019 | Fortaleza | ||
| 2019 | Internacional | ||
| 2021 | Qatar SC | ||
| 2022 | Vasco da Gama | ||
| 2022–2023 | Shimizu S-Pulse | ||
| 2023 | Cruzeiro | ||
| 2024 | Goiás | ||
| 2025 | Criciúma | ||
José Ricardo Mannarino (born 5 June 1971), known asZé Ricardo, is a Brazilian professionalfootballcoach and former player.
Born inRio de Janeiro, Zé Ricardo representedSão Cristóvão andOlaria as a youth, but retired at early age. He subsequently appeared professionally infutsal, but retired at the age of 25.
In 1992, aged only 21, Zé Ricardo was appointed manager of futsal club Vila Isabel. He subsequently went on to manageVasco da Gama andBotafogo in the 1990s, and also took charge of adult teams in Italy.[1]
Zé Ricardo arrived atFlamengo in 1998, still in futsal. In 2005, he moved tofootball, being initially in charge of the youth categories.
In 2008 Zé Ricardo leftFla and was appointed manager ofAudax Rio.[2] He returned to the former in 2012, being crowned champions of multiple tournaments with the under-18s and under-20s.[3]
On 26 May 2016, Zé Ricardo was appointed as caretaker of the first team, afterMuricy Ramalho resigned due to health problems.[4] His first professional match in charge occurred on 29 May 2016, a 2–1Série A away win againstPonte Preta.[5]
Zé Ricardo was appointed as permanent first team manager on 14 July 2016.[6] On 6 August of the following year, he was sacked after winning only a single match in eight.[7][8]
On 22 August 2017, just two weeks after departing Flamengo, Zé Ricardo took charge of fellow state clubVasco da Gama.[9] He took the club to a seventh position inthe season, thus qualifying for the2018 Copa Libertadores.
On 2 June of the following year, Zé Ricardo resigned.[10]
On 4 August 2018, Zé Ricardo was appointed manager ofBotafogo still in his native state, in the place of firedMarcos Paquetá.[11] On 12 April 2019, after being knocked out of the year'sCopa do Brasil bySérie C sideJuventude, he was sacked.
On 12 August 2019, Zé Ricardo replacedRogério Ceni at the helm ofFortaleza, still in the first division.[12] On 27 September, however, he was relieved from his duties,[13] with Ceni subsequently taking his place.
On 21 October 2019, Zé Ricardo was announced as manager ofInternacional until the end of the year.[14]
After leaving Internacional, Zé Ricardo spent a year in Italy studying, and was appointed manager ofQatar SC on 14 June 2021.[15] On 29 September, after only five matches, he was sacked.[16]
On 4 December 2021, Zé Ricardo returned to Vasco da Gama after being named manager of the club for the 2022 campaign.[17] On 5 June 2022, he resigned.[18]
Following the dismissal ofHiroaki Hiraoka in the middle of the2022 J1 League season, Zé Ricardo was appointed manager ofShimizu S-Pulse.[19] However, he was unable to help them survive in the top flight and they were relegated to theJ2 League.
Shimizu also started the 2023 season very poorly, winning none of their first seven games, scoring only four goals in the process. On 3 April 2023, it was announced that Zé Ricardo's contract with the club had been mutually terminated.[20]
On 5 September 2023, Zé Ricardo returned to his home country, after being announced atCruzeiro in the top tier.[21] He was dismissed on 12 November, with the club in the relegation zone.[22]
On 25 December 2023, Zé Ricardo was named head coach ofGoiás for the upcoming season.[23] He left on a mutual agreement on 25 March 2024, after being knocked out of the2024 Copa Verde.[24]
On 18 December 2024, Zé Ricardo was appointedCriciúma head coach.[25] The following 6 May, he was sacked.[26]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Flamengo |  | 26 May 2016 | 6 August 2017 | 89 | 48 | 25 | 16 | 147 | 84 | +63 | 053.93 | [27] |
| Vasco da Gama | | 22 August 2017 | 2 June 2018 | 50 | 22 | 13 | 15 | 70 | 65 | +5 | 044.00 | [28] |
| Botafogo | | 4 August 2018 | 12 April 2019 | 41 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 52 | 44 | +8 | 041.46 | [29] |
| Fortaleza | | 12 August 2019 | 27 September 2019 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 014.29 | [30] |
| Internacional | | 22 October 2019 | 8 December 2019 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 036.36 | [31] |
| Qatar SC |  | 1 July 2021 | 29 September 2021 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 020.00 | [16] |
| Vasco da Gama | | 4 December 2021 | 5 June 2022 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 17 | +12 | 048.00 | |
| Shimizu S-Pulse |  | 5 June 2022 | 3 April 2023 | 28 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 021.43 | |
| Cruzeiro | | 5 September 2023 | 12 November 2023 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 030.00 | |
| Goiás | | 25 December 2023 | 25 March 2024 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 056.25 | [24] |
| Criciúma | | 18 December 2024 | 6 May 2025 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 16 | +13 | 042.86 | |
| Total | 304 | 133 | 90 | 81 | 419 | 314 | +105 | 043.75 | — | |||
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