Born in San Cristóbal, Monsalve worked as a youth coach for Deportivo Táchira before being named an assistant of the side for the 2017 season.
In October of that year, he was an interim for one match after the departure of manager Santiago Escobar and new coach Francesco Stifano was unavailable.
[1] Monsalve left Táchira on 29 November 2017,[2] and subsequently joined Universidad Católica del Ecuador as an under-18 coach.
[5] Monsalve left Gafanha in September 2020, and subsequently returned to his home country after being appointed in charge of Ureña on 11 February 2021.
[9] On 6 January 2025, after spending the previous year as an assistant of Colombian side Águilas Doradas, Monsalve returned to managerial duties after taking over Zamora.