Ricardo Catalá


Ricardo Catalá Salgado Junior, known as Ricardo Catalá, is a Brazilian football manager, currently in charge of Mirassol.

Career

Of Catalan heritage, Catalá's first senior job was at CE Europa's Cadete A squad in 2005. He left the club in 2007, and joined Audax in the following year, being appointed in charge of the under-17s.
On 13 November 2013, Catalá joined Maurício Barbieri's staff as an assistant at Red Bull Brasil. On 11 October 2017, he was appointed as manager for the ensuing campaign, but was sacked the following 3 September after a run of poor results.
On 23 April 2019, Catalá was named at the helm of Mirassol. On 6 November, after reaching the semifinals of the year's Copa Paulista, he renewed his contract for a further year.