Ricardo Ferretti is the manager of Liga MX club Cruz Azul.
19 Facts About Ricardo Ferretti
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Ricardo Ferretti was a free kick specialist and spent most of his playing career with Pumas UNAM.
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Ricardo Ferretti played for Botafogo, Vasco da Gama and Bonsucesso in his native Brazil, and Atlas, Neza, Monterrey and Toluca in Mexico.
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Ricardo Ferretti is one of two managers in Mexican football history to manage 1,000 league matches, the other being Ignacio Trelles.
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Ricardo Ferretti has served as interim coach of the Mexico national team twice, winning the CONCACAF Cup in 2015.
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Ricardo Ferretti stayed with Tigres until 2003, where his constant success and the good economic standing of the team combined to make Ferretti one of the best paid coaches of the time.
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Ricardo Ferretti then moved on to coach Toluca for the Apertura 2003.
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However, in that season, Tigres signed Nery Pumpido as coach, but because of the similarity in the style of play and the almost insignificant change to the squad's roster, local media in Monterrey always rumored that Ricardo Ferretti coached Tigres behind Pumpido.
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In 2004, due to personal differences with Jose Cardozo, and despite qualifying for the play-offs in all his seasons in Toluca, Ricardo Ferretti was separated from the team.
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Ricardo Ferretti then moved on to coach Morelia, with mixed success but did help save the team from relegation.
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On January 1,2006, Ricardo Ferretti was appointed as coach for the a second time.
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Ricardo Ferretti led Tigres to win Apertura 2011 league title after defeating Santos Laguna, the first title for Tigres in 29 years.
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Ricardo Ferretti was awarded best manager of the tournament for the first time in his career.
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In July 2015, Ricardo Ferretti guided Tigres to the 2015 Copa Libertadores final, becoming the third Mexican team to do so.
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Ricardo Ferretti later led Tigres to their fourth league title, his second with the team, after defeating his former club UNAM on penalty kicks.
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Ricardo Ferretti became the first manager to win five league titles in the short tournament era.
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On 3 June 2021, Ricardo Ferretti was appointed manager of Juarez.
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On 22 February 2023, Ricardo Ferretti became the new manager of Cruz Azul.
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Ricardo Ferretti previously stated various times he did not want to manage the Mexico national team but agreed to manage the team until the Mexican Football Federation hired a new manager.