Robert Moreno · Biography

On 15 October 2019, at the Friends Arena in Solna, a stoppage-time goal from Rodrigo earned Spain a 1-1 draw with Sweden and mathematically secured qualification for Euro 2020. On the bench was Robert Moreno González, born on 19 September 1977 in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, who had been in charge of the national team for four months. He dedicated the result to Luis Enrique, the coach he had assisted for almost a decade and who had stepped down in June for personal reasons.

Learning the trade in Catalonia

Moreno started coaching as a teenager in his hometown's youth football and earned a degree in International Trade from the University of Barcelona. In 2003 he took charge of Penya Blaugrana Collblanc. He then worked with youth sides at L'Hospitalet, Marianao Poblet, UE Castelldefels and CF Damm, one of Catalonia's best-known academies. During those years he also wrote a coaching book on the system he knew best, Mi receta del 4-4-2.

Luis Enrique's assistant

In 2011 he joined Luis Enrique's staff at AS Roma, working there through the 2011-12 season. He followed him to Celta Vigo in 2013-14 and then to FC Barcelona in 2014, where he focused largely on opposition analysis. In three seasons at the Camp Nou the team won the 2015 Champions League, the Spanish league titles of 2015 and 2016, the Copa del Rey in 2015, 2016 and 2017, the 2016 Spanish Super Cup and the 2015 Club World Cup. After Luis Enrique left in 2017, Moreno returned to Vigo as Juan Carlos Unzué's assistant for the 2017-18 campaign.

Spain head coach

In July 2018 he joined the Spain national team as Luis Enrique's assistant. On 26 March 2019 he took interim charge for the first time and won 2-0 against Malta in Valletta. On 19 June 2019, after Luis Enrique resigned, the Spanish federation appointed him head coach. Under Moreno, Spain finished the Euro qualifying campaign unbeaten: his record was nine matches, seven wins and two draws, with 29 goals scored and 4 conceded. His final game was a 5-0 win over Romania on 18 November 2019. The following day Luis Enrique's return was made official and Moreno left the federation.

Monaco and Granada

On 28 December 2019 AS Monaco hired him to replace Leonardo Jardim, with the club seventh in Ligue 1. He took charge of thirteen matches, winning five, drawing three and losing five, and Monaco finished ninth when the French league was ended early in the spring of 2020 because of the pandemic. He was dismissed in July of that year. On 18 June 2021 he signed a two-year deal with Granada CF in the Spanish top flight. His spell lasted twenty-nine matches, with six wins, ten draws and thirteen defeats, and ended on 6 March 2022 after six losses in seven games, with the team in seventeenth place.

Relegation and promotion with Sochi

On 15 December 2023 he took over PFC Sochi, who were bottom of the Russian Premier League. He could not prevent relegation, confirmed on 18 May 2024, but the club extended his deal by three seasons on 27 May that year. On 31 May 2025, after coming through the play-offs, Sochi won promotion back to the top flight. Moreno left by mutual consent in late summer 2025, after one point from the first seven league games. In Russia he took charge of 62 matches: 21 wins, 21 draws and 20 defeats.

South Korea

On 1 September 2026 the Korea Football Association named him interim head coach of South Korea, replacing Hong Myung-bo after the team's group-stage exit at the World Cup. He became the first Spaniard to coach the South Korean national team. His first match came on 24 September 2026 at the Suwon World Cup Stadium, a 3-0 win over Ecuador with goals from Oh Hyeon-gyu, Son Heung-min and Lee Dong-gyeong.