Brazilian footballer
For other people named Zé Ricardo, see Zé Ricardo (disambiguation)
José Ricardo Mannarino (born 5 June 1971), known as Zé 🍋 Ricardo, is a Brazilian professional football manager and former player.
He most recently managed J2 League club Shimizu S-Pulse.
Career [ edit 🍋 ]
Early career [ edit ]
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Zé Ricardo represented São Cristóvão and Olaria as a youth, but 🍋 retired at early age.
He subsequently appeared professionally in futsal, 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 manage Vasco da Gama and Botafogo 🍋 in the 1990s, and also took charge of adult teams in Italy.[1]
Zé Ricardo arrived at Flamengo in 1998, still in 🍋 futsal.
In 2005, he moved to football, being initially in charge of the youth categories.
In 2008 Zé Ricardo left Fla and 🍋 was appointed manager of Audax Rio.
[2] He returned to the former in 2012, being crowned champions of multiple tournaments with 🍋 the under-18s and under-20s.
[3]Flamengo [ edit ]
On 26 May 2016, Zé Ricardo was appointed as caretaker of the first team, 🍋 after Muricy Ramalho resigned due to health problems.
[4] His first professional match in charge occurred on 29 May 2016, a 🍋 2–1 Série A away win against Ponte 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]
Vasco da Gama 🍋 [ edit ]
On 22 August 2017, just two weeks after departing Flamengo, Zé Ricardo took charge of fellow state club 🍋 Vasco da Gama.
[9] He took the club to a seventh position in the season, thus qualifying for the 2018 Copa 🍋 Libertadores.
On 2 June of the following year, Zé Ricardo resigned.
[10]Botafogo [ edit ]
On 4 August 2018, Zé Ricardo was appointed 🍋 manager of Botafogo still in his native state, in the place of fired Marcos Paquetá.
[11] On 12 April 2019, after 🍋 being knocked out of the year's Copa do Brasil by Série C side Juventude, he was sacked.
Fortaleza [ edit ]
On 🍋 12 August 2019, Zé Ricardo replaced Rogério Ceni at the helm of Fortaleza, still in the first division.
[12] On 27 🍋 September, however, he was relieved from his duties,[13] with Ceni subsequently taking his place.
Internacional [ edit ]
On 21 October 2019, 🍋 Zé Ricardo was announced as manager of Internacional until the end of the year.
[14]Qatar SC [ edit ]
After leaving Internacional, 🍋 Zé Ricardo spent a year in Italy studying, and was appointed manager of Qatar SC on 14 June 2021.
[15] On 🍋 29 September, after only five matches, he was sacked.[16]
Vasco da Gama return [ edit ]
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]
Shimizu S-Pulse [ edit ]
Following the dismissal of Hiroaki Hiraoka in the middle of the 2022 J1 League season, 🍋 Zé Ricardo was appointed manager of Shimizu S-Pulse.
[19] However, he was unable to help them survive in the top flight 🍋 and they were relegated to the J2 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 his contract with the 🍋 club had been mutually terminated.[20]
Managerial statistics [ edit ]
As of match played 1 April 2023Honours [ edit ]As manager [ 🍋 edit ]FlamengoIndividual
