Pedro Monzón

Pedro Monzón

Personal information
Full name	Pedro Damián Monzón
Date of birth	(1962-02-23) 23 February 1962
Place of birth	Goya, Argentina
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Independiente (assistant manager)
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
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 an assistant manager of Independiente.

Club career

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

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.

Managerial career

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

Monzón's son, Florián, is a professional footballer.

Career statistics

International goals

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

Player

Independiente

• Primera División Argentina: Metropolitano 1983, 1988–89
• Copa Libertadores: 1984
• Copa Intercontinental: 1984
• Supercopa Libertadores runner-up: 1989

Argentina

• FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1990

External links

• Yahoo Sports profile
• (in Spanish) Biography
• (in Spanish) Ecuatorian Suspension
• (in Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics^[usurped]
• (in Spanish) BDFA profile