Pedro Monzón

Pedro Monzón

Personal information
Full name	Pedro Damián Monzón
Date of birth	(1962-02-23) February 23, 1962
Place of birth	Goya, Corrientes, Argentina
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1980–1981	Unión de Santa Fe	7	(0)
1981–1991	Independiente	199	(8)
1992	Barcelona SC	10	(1)
1992–1993	Huracán	23	(0)
1993–1994	Quilmes	41	(1)
1995	Alianza Lima	?	(?)
1995–1996	Atlético Tucumán	16	(0)
1996	Santiago Wanderers	?	(?)
Total		296	(10)
International career
1988–1990	Argentina	15	(1)
Managerial career
2004	Independiente (interim)
2005	Potros
2005	Olmedo
2006	Veracruz
2008	Chacarita Juniors
2010	Juventud Antoniana
2011–	San Martín de Tucumán
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of August 2007

Pedro Damián Monzón (born February 23, 1962 in Goya, Corrientes) is an Argentine football coach and former footballer.

Biography

Moncho Monzón played in different clubs, but most importantly in Independiente, with which he obtained 4 titles, including the Intercontinental Cup in 1984.

Monzón was famously the first player to be sent off in a World Cup final, during the Italy 1990 competition.

International career

With the Argentina national team he scored one goal against Romania in the 1990 World Cup.

Monzón became the first player to be sent off in a World Cup final, when referee Edgardo Codesal gave him a straight red card for a high tackle on Jürgen Klinsmann of Germany 65 minutes into the game, 20 minutes after he replaced fellow defender Oscar Ruggeri. Argentina lost the game 1–0. Many critics called the incident a prime example of Klinsmann's diving, a claim he contradicted. In an interview in 2004, Klinsmann noted that the foul left a 15-cm gash on his shin. Monzón requested an apology for making him experience the saddest moment in his career and for making him the first player to be sent off in a world cup final, but Klinsmann rejected doing so, angering Monzón and many Argentine supporters.

Managerial career

After retirement, Monzón overcame drugs problems to establish himself as a coach and manager. He has coached different clubs in Mexico and Ecuador, as well as youth divisions of clubs in Mexico and Argentina. He had a short spell as interim manager of Independiente,.

In Ecuador, he was suspended for 2 months while coaching club Olmedo for aggression towards a referee.

He then became youth team manager at CD Veracruz before taking over as first team manager in the Primera División de México, he was replaced in 2007.

In 2008 he returned to Argentina to take over as manager of Chacarita Juniors.

Monzón still dreams of returning to his beloved Independiente as manager.

International goals

Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first.

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	18 June 1990	Stadio San Paolo, Naples, Italy	Romania	1–0	1–1	1990 FIFA World Cup

Titles as a player

Season	Club	Title
Metropolitano 1983	Independiente	Primera División Argentina
1984	Independiente	Copa Libertadores
1984	Independiente	Copa Intercontinental
1988–1989	Independiente	Primera División Argentina

External links

• Yahoo Sports profile
• (Spanish) Biography
• (Spanish) Ecuatorian Suspension
• (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics
• (Spanish) BDFA profile