Ricardo Moniz (born 17 June 1964) is a Dutch football manager and former player who is the head coach of Swiss Super League club Zürich.

[7] On 26 April 2010, he was named the interim head coach by Hamburger SV, replacing Bruno Labbadia for the last two games in the season 2009/2010.

[10] Ricardo was then appointed the Global Director of Youth Development for Red Bull, responsible for academies in four continents.

After the resignations of Huub Stevens and Dietmar Beiersdorfer on 8 April 2011, Moniz was named the new head coach of Red Bull Salzburg.

Yet, struggling with difficult circumstances, on 2 December 2013, Moniz was sacked by Ferencváros due to poor performance of the team.

[citation needed] On 27 March 2014, he was named a new coach of Lechia Gdańsk,[14] and successfully brought them to their highest ever league position, of 4th.

[24] In October 2018, after only a few months in charge, he announced that he was leaving the club, citing widespread corruption in Slovak football as the reason.

[31][32] In an interview, published on Nemzeti Sport, Moniz said that Zalaegerszeg cannot purchase top players, therefore, a bigger emphasis should be placed on the youth academies.

[33] On 25 February 2023, Moniz paid tribute to Miklós Lendvai, who died at the age of 48, by beating Fehérvár in the 2022-23 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season.