Ramiro Muñoz
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ramiro Muñoz Calvo | ||
| Date of birth | 10 February 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Madrid, Spain | ||
| Position | Centre back[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Olimpija Ljubljana (assistant) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| ED Moratalaz[1] | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2019 | VJS (assistant) | ||
| 2021 | SJK (assistant) | ||
| 2022–2024 | Inter Turku (assistant) | ||
| 2022 | Inter Turku (caretaker) | ||
| 2024–2025 | Finland U21 (assistant) | ||
| 2025– | Olimpija Ljubljana (assistant) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 March 2024 | |||
Ramiro Muñoz Calvo (born 10 February 1994) is a Spanish football coach and a former player, currently an assistant for Slovenian club Olimpija Ljubljana.
Playing career
[edit]Muñoz has played for ED Moratalaz in his native Spain.
Career
[edit]After moving to Finland in 2014, Muñoz has worked as a teacher in Vierumäki Sports Center in Vierumäki. He has also worked as a youth and assistant coach for Helsingin Palloseura and Vantaan Jalkapalloseura. During the 2021 season, he worked as an assistant coach of Veikkausliiga club SJK Seinäjoki with manager Jani Honkavaara.[1]
On 6 November 2021, Muñoz was named the assistant coach of Miguel Grau for fellow Veikkausliiga club Inter Turku.[2] After Grau was dismissed in September 2022, Muñoz was named the caretaker manager for the rest of the season.[3][4][5] He continued as assistant coach for the 2023 and 2024 seasons under head coaches Jarkko Wiss and Vesa Vasara, and his departure from Inter was announced in late September 2024.[6][7]
On 29 January 2024, Muñoz was appointed an assistant coach of the Finland U21 national team in the coaching staff of Mika Lehkosuo, focusing on the set pieces.[8] They went on to qualify for the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship final tournament, for the second time in the nation's history.
In January 2025, he also started as an assistant coach of Slovenian club Olimpija Ljubljana, in a coaching staff of Víctor Sánchez.[9][10]
Personal life
[edit]Muñoz is a fluent Finnish speaker.[11][12]
Managerial statistics
[edit]- As of 27 October 2024
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||||
| Inter Turku[a] | 
|
20 September 2022 | 31 December 2022 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16.67 | |||
| Total | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16.67 | ||||||
- ^ caretaker manager
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Ramiro Muñoz täydentää SJK:n valmennusryhmän, sjk.fi, 1 February 2021
- ^ FC Inter jatkaa espanjalaisvalmennuksessa – Miguel Grau ottaa komennon Turussa: "Identifioin itseni hyökkäävän jalkapallon ystäväksi", Yle, 6 November 2021
- ^ Miguel Grau jättää Interin, Ramiro Muñoz päävalmentajaksi loppukaudeksi, Aamuset, 19 September 2022
- ^ "Paras on vielä tulossa" - Inter-luotsi Ramiro Muñoz muistuttaa ettei kausi pääty vielä sunnuntaina, veikkausliiga.com, 15 October 2022
- ^ "Otimme kuitenkin stepin eteenpäin" - Inter-luotsi Ramiro Muñoz näki HJK-tappiossa hyvääkin, veikkausliiga.com, 3 October 2022
- ^ Ramiro Muñoz päättää kolmevuotisen matkansa Interissä, fcinter.fi, 23 September 2024
- ^ Muñoz lähtee Interistä etuajassa, Aamuset, 24 September 2024
- ^ Ramiro Muñoz liittyy Pikkuhuuhkajien valmennustiimiin, Football Association of Finland, palloliitto.fi, 29 January 2024
- ^ Sanchez ima pri Olimpiji novega pomočnika, 24ur.com, 16 January 2025
- ^ Haastattelu: Näin Pikkuhuuhkajien valmentaja Ramiro Muñoz kehittäisi suomalaista jalkapalloa – ”Pitäisi pikku hiljaa kehittää oma pelitapa”, suomifutis.com, 7 June 2025
- ^ Interviews 15.12. Ramiro Muñoz, youtube.com
- ^ HJK – FC Inter lehdistötilauus, youtube.com, 2 October 2022